سبب

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See also: شبث, شبت, سبت, and س ب ب

Arabic

Root
س ب ب (s-b-b)

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /sab.ba.ba/
  • Noun(file)

Verb

سَبَّبَ • (sabbaba) II, non-past يُسَبِّبُ‎ (yusabbibu)

  1. to cause, to effect, to trigger, to generate
Conjugation
Conjugation of
سَبَّبَ
(form-II sound)
verbal noun
الْمَصْدَر
tasbīb
active participle
اِسْم الْفَاعِل
musabbib
passive participle
اِسْم الْمَفْعُول
musabbab
active voice
الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
singular
الْمُفْرَد 		dual
الْمُثَنَّى 		plural
الْجَمْع
1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative
الْمَاضِي 		m
sabbabtu
sabbabta
سَبَّبَ

sabbaba
sabbabtumā
sabbabā
sabbabnā
sabbabtum
sabbabū
f
sabbabti
sabbabat
sabbabatā
sabbabtunna
sabbabna
non-past (imperfect) indicative
الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع 		m
ʔusabbibu
tusabbibu
yusabbibu
tusabbibāni
yusabbibāni
nusabbibu
tusabbibūna
yusabbibūna
f
tusabbibīna
tusabbibu
tusabbibāni
tusabbibna
yusabbibna
subjunctive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب 		m
ʔusabbiba
tusabbiba
yusabbiba
tusabbibā
yusabbibā
nusabbiba
tusabbibū
yusabbibū
f
tusabbibī
tusabbiba
tusabbibā
tusabbibna
yusabbibna
jussive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم 		m
ʔusabbib
tusabbib
yusabbib
tusabbibā
yusabbibā
nusabbib
tusabbibū
yusabbibū
f
tusabbibī
tusabbib
tusabbibā
tusabbibna
yusabbibna
imperative
الْأَمْر 		m
سَبِّبْ

sabbib
sabbibā
sabbibū
f
sabbibī
sabbibna
passive voice
الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
singular
الْمُفْرَد 		dual
الْمُثَنَّى 		plural
الْجَمْع
1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative
الْمَاضِي 		m
subbibtu
subbibta
سُبِّبَ

subbiba
subbibtumā
subbibā
subbibnā
subbibtum
subbibū
f
subbibti
subbibat
subbibatā
subbibtunna
subbibna
non-past (imperfect) indicative
الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع 		m
ʔusabbabu
tusabbabu
yusabbabu
tusabbabāni
yusabbabāni
nusabbabu
tusabbabūna
yusabbabūna
f
tusabbabīna
tusabbabu
tusabbabāni
tusabbabna
yusabbabna
subjunctive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب 		m
ʔusabbaba
tusabbaba
yusabbaba
tusabbabā
yusabbabā
nusabbaba
tusabbabū
yusabbabū
f
tusabbabī
tusabbaba
tusabbabā
tusabbabna
yusabbabna
jussive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم 		m
ʔusabbab
tusabbab
yusabbab
tusabbabā
yusabbabā
nusabbab
tusabbabū
yusabbabū
f
tusabbabī
tusabbab
tusabbabā
tusabbabna
yusabbabna

Pronunciation 2

Noun

سَبَب • (sabab) m (plural أَسْبَاب (ʔasbāb))

  1. (chiefly Classical Arabic) cable, rope
    Synonyms: حَبْل (ḥabl), مَرَسَة (marasa), رِبَاط (ribāṭ), قَلْس (qals), أَشْل (ʔašl), طُنُب (ṭunub), مَرَار (marār), إِصَار (ʔiṣār), مَأْصِر (maʔṣir), سِلْسِلَة (silsila), مِقَاط (miqāṭ)
  2. cause, grounds, aetiological reason
    بِسَبَب ذٰلِكَ ― bi-sabab ḏālika ― because of that
    • a. 1233 CE, Ibn al-Athīr, الكامل في التاريخ‎, 1st edition, volume 4, Dar al-Kitab al-Arabi, published 1997, page 81:
      وَكَانَ سَبَبُ قَتْلِهِ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ اسْتَعْمَلَهُ عَلَى الْأَنْدَلُسِ، كَمَا ذَكَرْنَا، عِنْدَ عَوْدِهِ إِلَى الشَّامِ، فَضَبَطَهَا وَسَدَّدَ أُمُورَهَا، وَحَمَى ثُغُورَهَا، وَافْتَتَحَ فِي إِمَارَتِهِ مَدَائِنَ بَقِيَتْ بَعْدَ أَبِيهِ،
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. alibi
Declension
Declension of noun سَبَب (sabab)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal سَبَب
sabab 		السَّبَب
as-sabab 		سَبَب
sabab
Nominative سَبَبٌ
sababun 		السَّبَبُ
as-sababu 		سَبَبُ
sababu
Accusative سَبَبًا
sababan 		السَّبَبَ
as-sababa 		سَبَبَ
sababa
Genitive سَبَبٍ
sababin 		السَّبَبِ
as-sababi 		سَبَبِ
sababi
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal سَبَبَيْن
sababayn 		السَّبَبَيْن
as-sababayn 		سَبَبَيْ
sababay
Nominative سَبَبَانِ
sababāni 		السَّبَبَانِ
as-sababāni 		سَبَبَا
sababā
Accusative سَبَبَيْنِ
sababayni 		السَّبَبَيْنِ
as-sababayni 		سَبَبَيْ
sababay
Genitive سَبَبَيْنِ
sababayni 		السَّبَبَيْنِ
as-sababayni 		سَبَبَيْ
sababay
Plural basic broken plural triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal أَسْبَاب
ʔasbāb 		الْأَسْبَاب
al-ʔasbāb 		أَسْبَاب
ʔasbāb
Nominative أَسْبَابٌ
ʔasbābun 		الْأَسْبَابُ
al-ʔasbābu 		أَسْبَابُ
ʔasbābu
Accusative أَسْبَابًا
ʔasbāban 		الْأَسْبَابَ
al-ʔasbāba 		أَسْبَابَ
ʔasbāba
Genitive أَسْبَابٍ
ʔasbābin 		الْأَسْبَابِ
al-ʔasbābi 		أَسْبَابِ
ʔasbābi
Derived terms
Terms derived from the noun سبب
Descendants

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “سب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Malay

Noun

سبب (plural سبب-سبب or سبب۲, informal 1st possessive سببکو, 2nd possessive سببمو, 3rd possessive سببڽ)

  1. Jawi spelling of sebab

Conjunction

سبب

  1. Jawi spelling of sebab

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic سَبَب (sabab).

Noun

سبب • (sebeb)

  1. cause, reason
  2. motive

Descendants

References

  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “سبب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 662b
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “sebep”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَبَب (sabab).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? saḇaḇ
Dari reading? sabab
Iranian reading? sabab
Tajik reading? sabab

Noun

Dari سبب
Iranian Persian
Tajik сабаб

سبب • (sabab) (plural اسباب (asbâb))

  1. cause, reason
    Synonyms: باعث (bâ'es), دلیل (dalil)
    سبب این حادثه ― sabab-e in hâdese ― the cause of this incident
    سبب کاهش قیمت‌ها ― sabab-e kâheš-e qeymat-hâ ― the cause of the decline in prices
    • c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 4”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divan of Hafez]:
      ندانم از چه سبب رنگ آشنایی نیست
      سهی قدان سیه چشم ماه سیما را
      na-dânam az če sabab rang-e âšenâyi nist
      sahi qaddân-e siyah čašm-e mâh simâ râ
      I do not know for what reason there is no hue of recognition from these ones standing tall, with black eyes and moon-like faces.

Descendants

South Levantine Arabic

Root
س ب ب
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic سَبَّبَ (sabbaba).

Pronunciation

Verb

سبّب • (sabbab) II (present بسبّب (bisabbeb))

  1. to cause, to produce, to bring about
    التضخم المالي بسبّب لمجتمعنا الاستقرار.
    il-taḍaḵḵom al-māli bisabbeb la-mujtamʕana al-istaqrār
    Inflation brings about instability in our society.
    الطقس سبّب هالتّأخير.
    il-taʕs sabbab ha-t-tʕaḵīr
    The weather caused this delay.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of سبّب (sabbab)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m سبّبت (sabbabt) سبّبت (sabbabt) سبّب (sabbab) سبّبنا (sabbabna) سبّبتو (sabbabtu) سبّبو (sabbabu)
f سبّبتي (sabbabti) سبّبت (sabbabat)
present m بسبّب (basabbeb) بتسبّب (bitsabbeb) بسبّب (bisabbeb) منسبّب (minsabbeb) بتسبّبو (bitsabbbu) بسبّبو (bisabbbu)
f بتسبّبي (bitsabbbi) بتسبّب (bitsabbeb)
subjunctive m اسبّب (asabbeb) تسبّب (tsabbeb) يسبّب (ysabbeb) نسبّب (nsabbeb) تسبّبو (tsabbbu) يسبّبو (ysabbbu)
f تسبّبي (tsabbbi) تسبّب (tsabbeb)
imperative m سبّب (sabbeb) سبّبو (sabbbu)
f سبّبي (sabbbi)
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