صائب

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Arabic

Etymology

Root
ص و ب (ṣ w b)
8 terms

Derived from the active participle of the verb صَابَ (ṣāba).

Pronunciation

Adjective

صَائِب • (ṣāʔib) (feminine صَائِبَة (ṣāʔiba), masculine plural صَائِبُونَ (ṣāʔibūna), feminine plural صَائِبَات (ṣāʔibāt))

  1. right, correct; pertinent, relevant

Descendants

Declension of adjective صَائِب (ṣāʔib)
Singular Masculine Feminine
basic singular triptote singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal صَائِب
ṣāʔib 		الصَّائِب
aṣ-ṣāʔib 		صَائِبَة
ṣāʔiba 		الصَّائِبَة
aṣ-ṣāʔiba
Nominative صَائِبٌ
ṣāʔibun 		الصَّائِبُ
aṣ-ṣāʔibu 		صَائِبَةٌ
ṣāʔibatun 		الصَّائِبَةُ
aṣ-ṣāʔibatu
Accusative صَائِبًا
ṣāʔiban 		الصَّائِبَ
aṣ-ṣāʔiba 		صَائِبَةً
ṣāʔibatan 		الصَّائِبَةَ
aṣ-ṣāʔibata
Genitive صَائِبٍ
ṣāʔibin 		الصَّائِبِ
aṣ-ṣāʔibi 		صَائِبَةٍ
ṣāʔibatin 		الصَّائِبَةِ
aṣ-ṣāʔibati
Dual Masculine Feminine
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal صَائِبَيْن
ṣāʔibayn 		الصَّائِبَيْن
aṣ-ṣāʔibayn 		صَائِبَتَيْن
ṣāʔibatayn 		الصَّائِبَتَيْن
aṣ-ṣāʔibatayn
Nominative صَائِبَانِ
ṣāʔibāni 		الصَّائِبَانِ
aṣ-ṣāʔibāni 		صَائِبَتَانِ
ṣāʔibatāni 		الصَّائِبَتَانِ
aṣ-ṣāʔibatāni
Accusative صَائِبَيْنِ
ṣāʔibayni 		الصَّائِبَيْنِ
aṣ-ṣāʔibayni 		صَائِبَتَيْنِ
ṣāʔibatayni 		الصَّائِبَتَيْنِ
aṣ-ṣāʔibatayni
Genitive صَائِبَيْنِ
ṣāʔibayni 		الصَّائِبَيْنِ
aṣ-ṣāʔibayni 		صَائِبَتَيْنِ
ṣāʔibatayni 		الصَّائِبَتَيْنِ
aṣ-ṣāʔibatayni
Plural Masculine Feminine
sound masculine plural sound feminine plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal صَائِبِين
ṣāʔibīn 		الصَّائِبِين
aṣ-ṣāʔibīn 		صَائِبَات
ṣāʔibāt 		الصَّائِبَات
aṣ-ṣāʔibāt
Nominative صَائِبُونَ
ṣāʔibūna 		الصَّائِبُونَ
aṣ-ṣāʔibūna 		صَائِبَاتٌ
ṣāʔibātun 		الصَّائِبَاتُ
aṣ-ṣāʔibātu
Accusative صَائِبِينَ
ṣāʔibīna 		الصَّائِبِينَ
aṣ-ṣāʔibīna 		صَائِبَاتٍ
ṣāʔibātin 		الصَّائِبَاتِ
aṣ-ṣāʔibāti
Genitive صَائِبِينَ
ṣāʔibīna 		الصَّائِبِينَ
aṣ-ṣāʔibīna 		صَائِبَاتٍ
ṣāʔibātin 		الصَّائِبَاتِ
aṣ-ṣāʔibāti

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian صائب (sā'ib), from Arabic صَائِب (ṣāʔib).

Pronunciation

Adjective

صائِب • (sāib) (Hindi spelling साइब)

  1. right, going straight to the point
  2. well-aimed, to the point, right sound in judgement

Further reading

  • “صائب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “صائب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “صائب”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “صائب”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
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