سبع

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Numeral

سَبْع (sabʕm (feminine سَبْعَة (sabʕa))

  1. masculine of سَبْعَة (sabʕa, seven)

Etymology 2

Arabic numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: سَبْعَة (sabʕa)
    Ordinal: سَابِع (sābiʕ)
    Multiplier: سُبَاعِيّ (subāʕiyy), مُسَبَّع (musabbaʕ)
    Distributive: سُبَاعَ (subāʕa)
    Fractional: سُبُع (subuʕ), سُبْع (subʕ)

From the root س ب ع (s-b-ʕ); compare سَبْعَة (sabʕa, seven).

Noun

سُبُع or سُبْع (subuʕ or subʕm (plural أَسْبَاع (ʔasbāʕ))

  1. one seventh
Declension
See also

Etymology 3

Root
س ب ع (s b ʕ)
7 terms

Noun

سَبُع or سَبْع (sabuʕ or sabʕm (plural سِبَاع (sibāʕ) or أَسْبُع (ʔasbuʕ) or سُبُوع (subūʕ) or سُبُوعَة (subūʕa))

  1. a beast of prey; a voracious animal
    Hyponym: أَسَد (ʔasad)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:3:
      حُرِّمَتْ عَلَيْكُمُ الْمَيْتَةُ وَالدَّمُ وَلَحْمُ الْخِنزِيرِ وَمَا أُهِلَّ لِغَيْرِ اللَّهِ بِهِ وَالْمُنْخَنِقَةُ وَالْمَوْقُوذَةُ وَالْمُتَرَدِّيَةُ وَالنَّطِيحَةُ وَمَا أَكَلَ السَّبُعُ إِلَّا مَا ذَكَّيْتُمْ وَمَا ذُبِحَ عَلَى النُّصُبِ وَأَن تَسْتَقْسِمُوا بِالْأَزْلَامِ
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Declension
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: səbʼ
References

Egyptian Arabic

Egyptian Arabic Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

From Arabic سَبْع (sabʕ, predatory animal, beast of prey).

Pronunciation

Noun

سبع (sabʕm (plural سباع (sibāʕ) or سبوع (subūʕ))

  1. lion
    Synonym: أسد (ʔasad)
    سبع ولا ضبعsabʕ walla ḍabʕ?Success or failure? (literally, “a lion or a hyena?”)

Adjective

سبع (sabʕ)

  1. (slang or humorous) lionesque
    راجل سبعrāgel sabʕa real man

References

  • Spiro, Socrates (1895). An Arabic-English vocabulary of the colloquial Arabic of Egypt, containing the vernacular idioms and expressions, slang phrases, etc., etc., used by the native Egyptians Cairo: Al-Mokattam Printing Office.
  • Hinds, Martin; Badawi, El-Said (1986). A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic Beirut: Librairie du Liban.
  • Lane, Edward William (1863). An Arabic - English Lexicon derived from the best and the most copious eastern sources London: Williams and Northgate.

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic سَبْع (sabʕ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sbaʕ/
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Noun

سبع (sbaʕm (plural سبوعة (sbūʕa))

  1. lion

South Levantine Arabic

South Levantine Arabic numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: سبعة
    Ordinal: سابع
    Fractional: سبع

Etymology 1

From Arabic سُبُع (subuʕ).

Pronunciation

Noun

سبع (subʕm (plural سباع (sbāʕ) or أسباع (ʾasbāʕ))

  1. seventh (fraction)

Etymology 2

From Arabic سَبْع (sabʕ), feminine of سَبْعَة (sabʕa).

Pronunciation

Numeral

سبع (sabʕ)

  1. construct state of سبعة (sabʕa)

Etymology 3

From Arabic سَبْع (sabʕ, predatory animal, beast of prey).

Noun

سبع (sabʕm

  1. lion
    Synonym: أسد