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Arabic
Noun
صِبْيَان • (ṣibyān) m pl
- plural of صَبِيّ (ṣabiyy)
Noun
صُبْيَان • (ṣubyān) m pl
- plural of صَبِيّ (ṣabiyy)
North Levantine Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic صِبْيان (ṣibyān).
Noun
صِبيان or صُبيان • (ṣibyān or ṣubyān) m pl
- plural of صبي (ṣabi)
- boys; sons; guys
- plural of ولد (walad, “boy”)
- plural of ابن (ibin, “son”)
- plural of شب (šabb, “teenager, young man”)
Usage notes
- In all three cases of sense #2, صبيان is not the main plural, but serves chiefly to explicitly specify the masculine. The use as plural of شب (šabb) is less common, but compare related صبيه (ṣabīye).