صباح

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ص ب ح‎ (ṣ-b-ḥ); compare صَبُحَ‎ (ṣabuḥa, “to be beautiful, to beam radiantly”). Cognate with Ge'ez ጽበሕ (ṣəbäḥ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

صَبَاح • (ṣabāḥ) m

morning

Declension

Declension of noun صَبَاح (ṣabāḥ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَبَاح ṣabāḥ	الصَّبَاح‎ aṣ-ṣabāḥ	صَبَاح ṣabāḥ
Nominative	صَبَاحٌ ṣabāḥun	الصَّبَاحُ‎ aṣ-ṣabāḥu	صَبَاحُ ṣabāḥu
Accusative	صَبَاحًا‎ ṣabāḥan	الصَّبَاحَ‎ aṣ-ṣabāḥa	صَبَاحَ ṣabāḥa
Genitive	صَبَاحٍ ṣabāḥin	الصَّبَاحِ‎ aṣ-ṣabāḥi	صَبَاحِ ṣabāḥi

Antonyms

مَسَاء‎ (masāʾ)

Derived terms

صَبَاحَ مَسَاءَ‎ (ṣabāḥa masāʾa)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: sabah
→ Middle Armenian: սապահ (sapah), սաբան (saban), սէպահ (sēpah), սաբախ (sabax)
→ Ottoman Turkish: صباح‎ (sabâh)
- Turkish: sabah
- → Macedonian: сабајле (sabajle)
- → Serbo-Croatian: sàbāh / са̀ба̄х

Etymology 2

See above.

Adjective

صُبَاح • (ṣubāḥ) (feminine صَبْحَى‎ (ṣabḥā))

Declension

Declension of adjective صُبَاح (ṣubāḥ)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	صُبَاح ṣubāḥ	الصُّبَاح‎ aṣ-ṣubāḥ	صَبْحَى‎ ṣabḥā	الصَّبْحَى‎ aṣ-ṣabḥā
Nominative	صُبَاحٌ ṣubāḥun	الصُّبَاحُ‎ aṣ-ṣubāḥu	صَبْحَى‎ ṣabḥā	الصَّبْحَى‎ aṣ-ṣabḥā
Accusative	صُبَاحًا‎ ṣubāḥan	الصُّبَاحَ‎ aṣ-ṣubāḥa	صَبْحَى‎ ṣabḥā	الصَّبْحَى‎ aṣ-ṣabḥā
Genitive	صُبَاحٍ ṣubāḥin	الصُّبَاحِ‎ aṣ-ṣubāḥi	صَبْحَى‎ ṣabḥā	الصَّبْحَى‎ aṣ-ṣabḥā
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	صُبَاحَيْن‎ ṣubāḥayn	الصُّبَاحَيْن‎ aṣ-ṣubāḥayn	صَبْحَيَيْن‎ ṣabḥayayn	الصَّبْحَيَيْن‎ aṣ-ṣabḥayayn
Nominative	صُبَاحَانِ‎ ṣubāḥāni	الصُّبَاحَانِ‎ aṣ-ṣubāḥāni	صَبْحَيَانِ‎ ṣabḥayāni	الصَّبْحَيَانِ‎ aṣ-ṣabḥayāni
Accusative	صُبَاحَيْنِ‎ ṣubāḥayni	الصُّبَاحَيْنِ‎ aṣ-ṣubāḥayni	صَبْحَيَيْنِ‎ ṣabḥayayni	الصَّبْحَيَيْنِ‎ aṣ-ṣabḥayayni
Genitive	صُبَاحَيْنِ‎ ṣubāḥayni	الصُّبَاحَيْنِ‎ aṣ-ṣubāḥayni	صَبْحَيَيْنِ‎ ṣabḥayayni	الصَّبْحَيَيْنِ‎ aṣ-ṣabḥayayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	plural unknown		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	? ?	? ?	صَبْحَيَات‎ ṣabḥayāt	الصَّبْحَيَات‎ aṣ-ṣabḥayāt
Nominative	? ?	? ?	صَبْحَيَاتٌ‎ ṣabḥayātun	الصَّبْحَيَاتُ‎ aṣ-ṣabḥayātu
Accusative	? ?	? ?	صَبْحَيَاتٍ‎ ṣabḥayātin	الصَّبْحَيَاتِ‎ aṣ-ṣabḥayāti
Genitive	? ?	? ?	صَبْحَيَاتٍ‎ ṣabḥayātin	الصَّبْحَيَاتِ‎ aṣ-ṣabḥayāti

Synonyms

صَبْحَان‎ (ṣabḥān)
صَبِيح‎ (ṣabīḥ)

Related terms

صَبَاحَة‎ (ṣabāḥa, “beauty, grace”)

References

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

Etymology 3

Adjective

صِبَاح • (ṣibāḥ) m pl

masculine plural of صَبِيح‎ (ṣabīḥ)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic صَبَاح‎ (ṣabāḥ).

Noun

صباح • (sabâh)

morning

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