مصباح

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Arabic

FWOTD – 21 November 2015

Etymology

Tool noun from the root ص ب ح (ṣ-b-ḥ); compare صَبْح (ṣabḥ, “dawn”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /misˤ.baːħ/
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Noun

مِصْبَاح • (miṣbāḥ) m (plural مَصَابِيح (maṣābīḥ))

  1. lamp
    • 7th century CE, The Quran‎:
      مَثَلُ نُورِهِ كَمِشْكَاةٍ فِيهَا مِصْبَاحٌ
      maṯalu nūrihi kamiškātin fīhā miṣbāḥun
      The likeness of his light is like a niche with a lamp in it.
  2. headlight (of a car)

Declension

Declension of noun مِصْبَاح (miṣbāḥ)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal مِصْبَاح
miṣbāḥ 		الْمِصْبَاح
al-miṣbāḥ 		مِصْبَاح
miṣbāḥ
Nominative مِصْبَاحٌ
miṣbāḥun 		الْمِصْبَاحُ
al-miṣbāḥu 		مِصْبَاحُ
miṣbāḥu
Accusative مِصْبَاحًا
miṣbāḥan 		الْمِصْبَاحَ
al-miṣbāḥa 		مِصْبَاحَ
miṣbāḥa
Genitive مِصْبَاحٍ
miṣbāḥin 		الْمِصْبَاحِ
al-miṣbāḥi 		مِصْبَاحِ
miṣbāḥi
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal مِصْبَاحَيْن
miṣbāḥayn 		الْمِصْبَاحَيْن
al-miṣbāḥayn 		مِصْبَاحَيْ
miṣbāḥay
Nominative مِصْبَاحَانِ
miṣbāḥāni 		الْمِصْبَاحَانِ
al-miṣbāḥāni 		مِصْبَاحَا
miṣbāḥā
Accusative مِصْبَاحَيْنِ
miṣbāḥayni 		الْمِصْبَاحَيْنِ
al-miṣbāḥayni 		مِصْبَاحَيْ
miṣbāḥay
Genitive مِصْبَاحَيْنِ
miṣbāḥayni 		الْمِصْبَاحَيْنِ
al-miṣbāḥayni 		مِصْبَاحَيْ
miṣbāḥay
Plural basic broken plural diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal مَصَابِيح
maṣābīḥ 		الْمَصَابِيح
al-maṣābīḥ 		مَصَابِيح
maṣābīḥ
Nominative مَصَابِيحُ
maṣābīḥu 		الْمَصَابِيحُ
al-maṣābīḥu 		مَصَابِيحُ
maṣābīḥu
Accusative مَصَابِيحَ
maṣābīḥa 		الْمَصَابِيحَ
al-maṣābīḥa 		مَصَابِيحَ
maṣābīḥa
Genitive مَصَابِيحَ
maṣābīḥa 		الْمَصَابِيحِ
al-maṣābīḥi 		مَصَابِيحِ
maṣābīḥi

Descendants

  • Maltese: musbieħ
  • → Persian: مصباح (mesbâh) (obsolete)

References

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

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِصْبَاح (miṣbāḥ, “lamp, light”).

Noun

مصباح • (mısbah) (plural مصابیح)

  1. lamp, especially an oil lamp
    Synonyms: چراغ (çirag), سراج (sirac), قندیل (kandil), لامپه (lampa)
  2. sort of large bowl for wine

Descendants

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