دابي

 

Cognate with Sudanese Arabic دابي (dābi).

• IPA^(key): /daː.bi/

دابي • (dābi) m (plural دبيب (dabīb) or دبايب (dabāyib))

1. snake
   • 2019, الكتاب المقدس بالعربي الدارجي هنا تشاد [The Bible in Chadian Arabic]‎^[1], N'Djamena: Alliance biblique du Tchad, عَدد [Numbers] 21:9:

     وَ خَلَاصْ، مُوسَى صَنَعْ دَابِي هَنَا نَحَاسْ وَ رَفَعَهْ فَوْق فِي عُودْ.

     Wa khalaas, Muusa sanaʼ daabi hana nahaas wa rafaʼah foog fi uud.

     So Moses made a snake of copper and put it up on a stick.

   • 2024 April 24 (last accessed), “Al zunub dakhal fi dunia”, in Global Recordings Network‎^[2]:

     Al daabi gaal lei maraa da maa seyi: maa timutu.

     The snake said to the woman that this is not true: you won't die.

• Heath, Judith, Mahadi, Mahamat Zene (2021) Lexique Arabe Tchadien-Français‎^[3] (in French), 11th edition, N'Djamena, Chad: SIL Chad, page 36