ذباب مايو

Arabic

Etymology

Calque of English mayfly, as ذُبَاب (ḏubāb, “flies”, collectively) +‎ مَايُو (māyū, “May”, Julian calendar month).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ðu.baːb maː.juː/

Noun

ذُبَاب مَايُو • (ḏubāb māyū) m (collective, singulative ذُبَابَة مَايُو f (ḏubāba(t) māyū), plural أَذِبَّة مَايُو (ʔaḏibba(t) māyū) or ذِبَّان مَايُو (ḏibbān māyū) or ذُبّ مَايُو (ḏubb māyū))

  1. (entomology) mayflies (Ephemeroptera)[1]

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

  1. ^ وليد عبد الغني كعكة [Walid Abdel Ghani Kaakeh] (2006), معجم مصطلحات علوم الحشرات والإدارة المتكاملة للآفات [Dictionary of Entomology and Integrated Pest Management Terms]‎[1] (overall work in Arabic and English), جامعة الإمارات العربية المتحدة [United Arab Emirates University], archived from the original on 13 May 2024, page 731
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