סב

From Aramaic; related to native Hebrew שָׂב‎ (sav).

סָב • (sav) m (plural indefinite סָבִים‎, singular construct סַב־, plural construct סָבֵי־‎, feminine counterpart סָבָה‎)

1. An elderly man; an aged or old man.
2. A grandfather: the father of a parent.
3. An old wise man.

• Though historically the primary sense was “old man” or “old wise man” (in which sense it was used also as an adjective), in modern use the primary sense is “grandfather”.
• This noun is a bit formal today; the more colloquial term for a grandfather is סבא‎ (sába).

From the root ס־ב־ב‎ (s-b-b).

סַב • (sáv) (pa'al construction, infinitive לסוב \ לָסֹב‎, present סוֹבֵב‎, future יסוב \ יִסֹּב‎ or יסוב \ יָסֹב‎, imperative סוב \ סֹב‎, passive counterpart נָסַב‎ or נָסֵב‎)

1. Alternative form of סבב‎ (saváv)

• “סָב” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שֹׁשָן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ‎ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם)‎ (1984), →ISBN, volume 2 of 3 (ל to צ), →ISBN, page 892.
• “סבב” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שֹׁשָן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ‎ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם)‎ (1984), →ISBN, volume 2 of 3 (ל to צ), →ISBN, page 893.