إبان

Arabic

Etymology 1

Of the same Middle Persian origin as أَوَان (ʔawān), see it.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔib.baːn/
• Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

إِبَّان • (ʔibbān) m (plural أَبَابِين (ʔabābīn))

1. time, period

Declension

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِبَّان ʔibbān	الْإِبَّان al-ʔibbān	إِبَّان ʔibbān
Nominative	إِبَّانٌ ʔibbānun	الْإِبَّانُ al-ʔibbānu	إِبَّانُ ʔibbānu
Accusative	إِبَّانًا ʔibbānan	الْإِبَّانَ al-ʔibbāna	إِبَّانَ ʔibbāna
Genitive	إِبَّانٍ ʔibbānin	الْإِبَّانِ al-ʔibbāni	إِبَّانِ ʔibbāni
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِبَّانَيْن ʔibbānayn	الْإِبَّانَيْن al-ʔibbānayn	إِبَّانَيْ ʔibbānay
Nominative	إِبَّانَانِ ʔibbānāni	الْإِبَّانَانِ al-ʔibbānāni	إِبَّانَا ʔibbānā
Accusative	إِبَّانَيْنِ ʔibbānayni	الْإِبَّانَيْنِ al-ʔibbānayni	إِبَّانَيْ ʔibbānay
Genitive	إِبَّانَيْنِ ʔibbānayni	الْإِبَّانَيْنِ al-ʔibbānayni	إِبَّانَيْ ʔibbānay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَبَابِين ʔabābīn	الْأَبَابِين al-ʔabābīn	أَبَابِين ʔabābīn
Nominative	أَبَابِينُ ʔabābīnu	الْأَبَابِينُ al-ʔabābīnu	أَبَابِينُ ʔabābīnu
Accusative	أَبَابِينَ ʔabābīna	الْأَبَابِينَ al-ʔabābīna	أَبَابِينَ ʔabābīna
Genitive	أَبَابِينَ ʔabābīna	الْأَبَابِينِ al-ʔabābīni	أَبَابِينِ ʔabābīni

Declension of noun إِبَّان (ʔibbān)

Derived terms

• أَبَّنَ (ʔabbana, “to watch, to observe, to wait for; to eulogize, to commemorate the time of; to be on the tracks of”)
• تَأَبَّنَ (taʔabbana, “to follow step by step”)

Etymology 2

Adverbial accusative of إِبَّان (ʔibbān, “time”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔib.baː.na/

Preposition

إِبَّانَ • (ʔibbāna)

1. in the time of, during
   • 2017 October 14, “الكشف عن دور المخابرات الفرنسية في عملية اغتيال القذافي”, in afrigatenews.net‎, archived from the original on 13-12-2021:

     أُوْفِدَ مِنْ قِبَلِ شَبَكَةِ (رُوسْيَا ٱلْيَوْمَ) ٱلْإِخْبَارِيَّةِ إِلَى ٱلْعَاصِمَةِ ٱللِّيبِيَّةِ طَرَابْلُسَ إِبَّانَ ٱلْأَحْدَاثِ ٱلَّتِي شَهِدَتْهَا لِيبْيَا سَنَةَ 2011.

     ʔuwfida min qibali šabakati (rūsyā l-yawma) l-ʔiḵbāriyyati ʔilā l-ʕāṣimati l-lībiyyati ṭarāblusa ʔibbāna l-ʔaḥdāṯi llatī šahidathā lībyā sanata 2011.

     He was sent by the news network “Russia Today” to the Libyan capital Tripoli during the events that occurred in Libya in 2011.

   • 2021 June 26, “ممتلكات اليهود إبان المحرقة تشعل أزمة دبلوماسية بين إسرائيل وبولندا”, in Al Jazeera‎, archived from the original on 07-09-2021:

     وَلَٰكِنَّ تَصْرِيحَاتِ ٱلْوَزِيرِ لَبِيدْ اَلْمُنْحَدِرِ مِنْ أُسْرَةٍ هَنْغَارِيَّةٍ نَاجِيَةٍ مِنَ ٱلْمَحْرَقَةِ تَعْكِسُ أَيْضًا تَحَوُّلًا بِٱلدِّبْلُومَاسِيَّةِ ٱلْإِسْرَائِيلِيَّةِ ٱلَّتِي سَادَتْ إِبَّانَ حُكْمِ رَئِيسِ ٱلْوُزَرَاءِ ٱلسَّابِقِ بِنْيَامِينْ نِتِنْيَاهُو، وَٱلَّتِي تَمَيَّزَتْ بِٱنْحِيَازٍ إِلَى دُوَلِ أُورُوبَا ٱلشَّرْقِيَّةِ، وَتَعَمَّدَتْ ٱلصِّدَامَ مَعَ ٱلاِتِّحَادِ ٱلْأُورُوبِّيِّ.

     walākinna taṣrīḥāti l-wazīri labīd al-munḥadiri min ʔusratin hanḡāriyyatin nājiyatin mina l-maḥraqati taʕkisu ʔayḍan taḥawwulan bi-d-diblūmāsiyyati l-ʔisrāʔīliyyati llatī sādat ʔibbāna ḥukmi raʔīsi l-wuzarāʔi s-sābiqi binyāmīn nitinyāhū, wallatī tamayyazat binḥiyāzin ʔilā duwali ʔūrūbā š-šarqiyyati, wataʕammadat ṣ-ṣidāma maʕa l-ittiḥādi l-ʔūrūbbiyyi.

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Inflection

Inflected forms
Base form					إِبَّانَ (ʔibbāna)
Personal-pronoun- including forms	Singular		Dual	Plural
	Masculine	Feminine	Common	Masculine	Feminine
First person	إِبَّانِي (ʔibbānī)		إِبَّانَنَا (ʔibbānanā)
Second person	إِبَّانَكَ (ʔibbānaka)	إِبَّانَكِ (ʔibbānaki)	إِبَّانَكُمَا (ʔibbānakumā)	إِبَّانَكُمْ (ʔibbānakum)	إِبَّانَكُنَّ (ʔibbānakunna)
Third person	إِبَّانَهُ (ʔibbānahu)	إِبَّانَهَا (ʔibbānahā)	إِبَّانَهُمَا (ʔibbānahumā)	إِبَّانَهُمْ (ʔibbānahum)	إِبَّانَهُنَّ (ʔibbānahunna)