إصبع

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ص ب ع‎ (ṣ-b-ʿ). Compare Aramaic אֶצְבְּעָא‎ (ʾeṣbəʿā), Hebrew אֶצְבַּע‎ (ʾeṣbaʿ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔisˁ.baʕ/
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Noun

إِصْبَع • (ʾiṣbaʿ) f, m (plural أَصَابِع‎ (ʾaṣābiʿ))

Usage notes

Generally feminine.

Declension

Declension of noun إِصْبَع (ʾiṣbaʿ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِصْبَع ʾiṣbaʿ	الْإِصْبَع‎ al-ʾiṣbaʿ	إِصْبَع ʾiṣbaʿ
Nominative	إِصْبَعٌ ʾiṣbaʿun	الْإِصْبَعُ‎ al-ʾiṣbaʿu	إِصْبَعُ ʾiṣbaʿu
Accusative	إِصْبَعًا‎ ʾiṣbaʿan	الْإِصْبَعَ‎ al-ʾiṣbaʿa	إِصْبَعَ ʾiṣbaʿa
Genitive	إِصْبَعٍ ʾiṣbaʿin	الْإِصْبَعِ‎ al-ʾiṣbaʿi	إِصْبَعِ ʾiṣbaʿi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِصْبَعَيْن‎ ʾiṣbaʿayn	الْإِصْبَعَيْن‎ al-ʾiṣbaʿayn	إِصْبَعَيْ‎ ʾiṣbaʿay
Nominative	إِصْبَعَانِ‎ ʾiṣbaʿāni	الْإِصْبَعَانِ‎ al-ʾiṣbaʿāni	إِصْبَعَا‎ ʾiṣbaʿā
Accusative	إِصْبَعَيْنِ‎ ʾiṣbaʿayni	الْإِصْبَعَيْنِ‎ al-ʾiṣbaʿayni	إِصْبَعَيْ‎ ʾiṣbaʿay
Genitive	إِصْبَعَيْنِ‎ ʾiṣbaʿayni	الْإِصْبَعَيْنِ‎ al-ʾiṣbaʿayni	إِصْبَعَيْ‎ ʾiṣbaʿay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَصَابِع‎ ʾaṣābiʿ	الْأَصَابِع‎ al-ʾaṣābiʿ	أَصَابِع‎ ʾaṣābiʿ
Nominative	أَصَابِعُ‎ ʾaṣābiʿu	الْأَصَابِعُ‎ al-ʾaṣābiʿu	أَصَابِعُ‎ ʾaṣābiʿu
Accusative	أَصَابِعَ‎ ʾaṣābiʿa	الْأَصَابِعَ‎ al-ʾaṣābiʿa	أَصَابِعَ‎ ʾaṣābiʿa
Genitive	أَصَابِعَ‎ ʾaṣābiʿa	الْأَصَابِعِ‎ al-ʾaṣābiʿi	أَصَابِعِ‎ ʾaṣābiʿi

References

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

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