صبغة

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See also: ضيعة and صيغة

Arabic

Root
ص ب غ (ṣ b ḡ)
6 terms

Pronunciation

Noun

صِبْغَة (ṣibḡaf (plural صِبَغ (ṣibaḡ))

  1. dye, colorant
  2. tinge, a colour created by (or as if created by) dyeing
  3. the art of dyeing

Declension

Descendants

  • Maltese: żebgħa
  • Ottoman Turkish: صبغت (sıbğat)

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “صبغة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 479
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “صبغة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 695