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ataúd

coffincaja donde se pone un cadáver para enterrarlo

Comes from Arabic

التَّابُوت

at-tābūt

“the chest, the coffer”«el arca, el cofre»

Arabic today says

تَابُوت

tābūt

And it still does

The article

Spanish kept the Arabic article al- glued to the word.

The story

In the Quran, tābūt is also the Ark of the Covenant; Arabic probably took it from Aramaic or Ethiopic.En el Corán, tābūt es también el Arca de la Alianza; el árabe la tomó probablemente del arameo o del etíope.

In a sentence

Llevaron el ataúd a hombros.

They carried the coffin on their shoulders.

حَمَلُوا التَّابُوتَ عَلَى أَكْتَافِهِم.

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