سبي

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Arabic

Root
س ب ي (s-b-y)

Noun

سَبْي (sabym

  1. verbal noun of سَبَى (sabā, to captivate)
  2. captivity
  3. what has been made captive, captives
    • 2011, خالد الصّوفي, تاريخ العرب في إسبانيا: نهاية الخلافة الأمويّة في الأندلس [History of the Arabs in Spain. The End of The Ummayad Caliphate in Al-Andalus], بغداد [Baghdad], بيروت [Beirut], Freiberg am Neckar: منشورات الجمل [Al-Kamel Verlag], page 18:
      ولما كانت شارلمان ملك الفرنجة مشغولاً آنذاك بمحاربة القبائل السكسونية فإن ابنه لويس هو الذي وقع على عاتقه صد هجمات العرب، لكنه هزم أمامهم هزيمة منكرة وغنم العرب غنائم عظيمة فحملوا معهم ما استطاعوا حمله من ثروات بلاد الفرنجة وعادوا يصحبون معهم عدداً هائلاً من الأسرى والسبي.
      When Charlemagne was busy at that time waging war against the Saxon tribes it was his son Louis who had to shoulder to commence attacks against the Arabs, but he suffered a blameful defeat, and the Arabs made fat booty and carried with them what they could carry of the riches of the Frankish lands and returned accompanying a frightening number of prisoners of war and captives.

Declension

Noun

سَبِيّ (sabiyym (plural سَبَايَا (sabāyā), feminine سَبِيّ (sabiyy))

  1. captive

Declension