How to say "bear" in Arabic

Cognate

Meaningbear

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

دُبّ

dubbדב

دب

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

דוב

dovدُوڤ

How the two words are related

Cognate

Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.

Arabic root

د-ب-ب

Hebrew root

ד-ב-ב

Dubb is dov, letter for letter — both languages preserve the ancient bear word with its geminated ב doubling up as the shadda on ب.

دُبّ كَبِير

dubb kabīrדב כביר

a big bear

دِبَبَة

dibabaדבבה

broken plural CiCaCa, common for geminate-root animal nouns