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Tabby — Sous article d un taxon biologique Chat avec un pelag … Wikipédia en Français
Tabby — Tab by, a. 1. Having a wavy or watered appearance; as, a tabby waistcoat. Pepys. [1913 Webster] 2. Brindled; diversified in color; as, a tabby cat. [1913 Webster] {Tabby moth} (Zo[ o]l.), the grease moth. See under {Grease}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tabby — (n.) 1630s, striped silk taffeta, from Fr. tabis a rich, watered silk (originally striped), from M.Fr. atabis (14c.), from Arabic attabiya, from Attabiy, a neighborhood of Baghdad where such cloth was first made, named for prince Attab of the… … Etymology dictionary
Tabby — Tab by, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tabbied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tabbying}.] To water; to cause to look wavy, by the process of calendering; to calender; as, to tabby silk, mohair, ribbon, etc. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tabby — [tab′ē] n. pl. tabbies [Fr tabis, earlier atabis < ML attabi < Ar al ʼattābīya < ʿ attābī, the quarter of Baghdad where it was manufactured: after a prince ʼ Attāb, of the Omayyad dynasty] 1. a silk taffeta with stripes or wavy markings; … English World dictionary
Tabby — Tab by, n.; pl. {Tabbies}. [F. tabis (cf. It. tab[ i], Sp. & Pg. tab[ i], LL. attabi), fr. Ar. att[=a]b[=i], properly the name of a quarter of Bagdad where it was made, the quarter being named from the prince Attab, great grandson of Omeyya. Cf.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Tabby — Tabby, Tabbie englische Koseform von → Tabitha (Bedeutung: Gazelle) … Deutsch namen
tabby — (izg. tȁbi) m DEFINICIJA zool. domaća mačka karakterističnog prugastog krzna, vuče porijeklo iz starog Egipta ETIMOLOGIJA engl. ← srfr. atabis: svilena tkanina ← arap. ̕attābi ← Attāb̕yah: (dosl.) četvrt Princa Ataba u Bagdadu (gdje se prvotno… … Hrvatski jezični portal
tabby — ► NOUN (pl. tabbies) 1) a grey or brownish cat with dark stripes. 2) silk or other fabric with a watered pattern. ORIGIN originally referring to a striped silk taffeta: from French tabis, from the Arabic name of a part of Baghdad where it was… … English terms dictionary
Tabby — Getigerte Katze Getupfte Katze (Ägyptische Mau) Tabby bez … Deutsch Wikipedia
Tabby — El gato Tabby (también llamado gato barcino en España, y en Hispanoamérica como gato atigrado) es un gato con un distintivo pelaje de rayas características y puntos. Los tabbies a menudo son erróneamente confundidos con una raza de gato. De hecho … Wikipedia Español
