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  • Ejtaal Arabic Almanac: Lane's Lexicon, Hans Wehr, Lisan al-Arab and others
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The root *Ab (ذ ا ب) occurs 3 times in Quran, in 1 derived forms:
  • 3 times as noun źab

źab

1

12:13

[Jacob] answered: "Behold, it grieves me indeed [to think] that you might take him with you, for I dread lest the wolf devour him at a moment when you are heedless of him!"

qal any lyHznny an tźhbwa bh waKaf an yaklh alźab wantm Anh ğaflwn

قال انى ليحزننى ان تذهبوا به واخاف ان ياكله الذئب وانتم عنه غفلون

2

12:14

Said they: "Surely, if the wolf were to devour him notwithstanding that we are so many-then, behold, we ought ourselves to perish!"

qalwa lan aklh alźab wnHn ASbẗ ana aźa lKasrwn

قالوا لئن اكله الذئب ونحن عصبة انا اذا لخسرون

3

12:17

[and] said: "O our father! Behold, we went off racing with one another, and left Joseph behind with our things; and thereupon the wolf devoured him! But [we know that] thou wouldst not believe us even though we speak the truth" -

qalwa yaabana ana źhbna nstbq wtrkna ywsf And mtaAna faklh alźab wma ant bmamn lna wlw kna Sadqyn

قالوا يابانا انا ذهبنا نستبق وتركنا يوسف عند متعنا فاكله الذئب وما انت بمؤمن لنا ولو كنا صدقين