إصبع

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Arabic

Root
ص ب ع (ṣ-b-ʕ)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔiṣbaʕ-. Akin to Hebrew אצבע, Aramaic אֶצְבְּעָא (ʾeṣbəʿā), Classical Syriac ܨܒܥܐ (ṣeḇʿā), Tigrinya ኣጻብዕ (ʾaṣabʿ), Coptic ⲧⲏⲃ (tēb), Ugaritic 𐎜𐎕𐎁𐎓 (ủṣbʿ), Egyptian ḏbꜥ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔisˤ.baʕ/
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Noun

إِصْبَع • (ʔiṣbaʕ) f or m (plural أَصَابِع (ʔaṣābiʕ))

  1. finger, toe
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:19:
      أَوْ كَصَيِّبٍ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ فِيهِ ظُلُمَاتٌ وَرَعْدٌ وَبَرْقٌ يَجْعَلُونَ أَصَابِعَهُمْ فِي آذَانِهِم مِنَ الصَّوَاعِقِ حَذَرَ الْمَوْتِ
      ʔaw kaṣayyibin mina s-samāʔi fīhi ẓulumātun waraʕdun wabarqun yajʕalūna ʔaṣābiʕahum fī ʔāḏānihim mina ṣ-ṣawāʕiqi ḥaḏara l-mawti
      Or like a rainstorm from the sky, wherein is darkness, thunder and the flash of lightning. They thrust their fingers in their ears by reason of the thunder-claps, for fear of death.
    • 2018, وَجْدِيّ الْأَهْدَل, أرض المؤامرات السعيدة, Bayrūt: Nawfal / Hachette Antoine, →ISBN, page 47:
      كان هناك ولد صغير يتكلّم ويحاول أن يشبّ على أصابعه لينظر من النافذة.
      There was a small boy talking and trying to rear on his toes to look through the window.
  2. piano key
  3. popsicle
  4. lollipop

Usage notes

Generally feminine.

Declension

Declension of noun إِصْبَع (ʔiṣbaʕ)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal إِصْبَع
ʔiṣbaʕ 		الْإِصْبَع
al-ʔiṣbaʕ 		إِصْبَع
ʔiṣbaʕ
Nominative إِصْبَعٌ
ʔiṣbaʕun 		الْإِصْبَعُ
al-ʔiṣbaʕu 		إِصْبَعُ
ʔiṣbaʕu
Accusative إِصْبَعًا
ʔiṣbaʕan 		الْإِصْبَعَ
al-ʔiṣbaʕa 		إِصْبَعَ
ʔiṣbaʕa
Genitive إِصْبَعٍ
ʔiṣbaʕin 		الْإِصْبَعِ
al-ʔiṣbaʕi 		إِصْبَعِ
ʔiṣbaʕi
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal إِصْبَعَيْن
ʔiṣbaʕayn 		الْإِصْبَعَيْن
al-ʔiṣbaʕayn 		إِصْبَعَيْ
ʔiṣbaʕay
Nominative إِصْبَعَانِ
ʔiṣbaʕāni 		الْإِصْبَعَانِ
al-ʔiṣbaʕāni 		إِصْبَعَا
ʔiṣbaʕā
Accusative إِصْبَعَيْنِ
ʔiṣbaʕayni 		الْإِصْبَعَيْنِ
al-ʔiṣbaʕayni 		إِصْبَعَيْ
ʔiṣbaʕay
Genitive إِصْبَعَيْنِ
ʔiṣbaʕayni 		الْإِصْبَعَيْنِ
al-ʔiṣbaʕayni 		إِصْبَعَيْ
ʔiṣbaʕay
Plural basic broken plural diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal أَصَابِع
ʔaṣābiʕ 		الْأَصَابِع
al-ʔaṣābiʕ 		أَصَابِع
ʔaṣābiʕ
Nominative أَصَابِعُ
ʔaṣābiʕu 		الْأَصَابِعُ
al-ʔaṣābiʕu 		أَصَابِعُ
ʔaṣābiʕu
Accusative أَصَابِعَ
ʔaṣābiʕa 		الْأَصَابِعَ
al-ʔaṣābiʕa 		أَصَابِعَ
ʔaṣābiʕa
Genitive أَصَابِعَ
ʔaṣābiʕa 		الْأَصَابِعِ
al-ʔaṣābiʕi 		أَصَابِعِ
ʔaṣābiʕi

Derived terms

References

  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “صبع”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎ (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 815–816
  • Kogan, Leonid (2011) “Proto-Semitic Lexicon”, in Weninger, Stefan, editor, The Semitic Languages. An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft – Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science; 36), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 224
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “صبع”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 1646–1647
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “صبع”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 586
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