إشبين

Arabic

Alternative forms

شَبِين‎ (šabīn), شِبِين‎ (šibīn)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܫܰܘܫܒܺܝܢܳܐ‎ (šawšəḇīnā), from Akkadian 𒋢𒊓𒁉𒉡 (/susapinnu/, “paranymph, friend of the bridegroom in a wedding ceremony”), also a foreign word, structure suggesting Anatolian, but strangely attested in Hittite as an Akkadogram.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔiʃ.biːn/

Noun

إِشْبِين • (ʾišbīn) m (plural أَشَابِين‎ (ʾašābīn), feminine إِشْبِينَة‎ (ʾišbīna))

somebody who is adduced as a witness to a baptism, godfather, baptismal sponsor
somebody who is adduced as a witness to a wedding, bridesman, groomsman, paranymph
- 2018 May 17, “من بينهم كلبها.. المرشحون للقيام بدور أشبين لميغان ماركل”, in BBC Arabic‎:
  ‏إنها الملكة فيكتوريا التي قامت بدور الإشبين لاثنتين من بناتها الأميرة هيلينا عام 1866 والأميرة بياتريس عام 1885 عقب وفاة زوجها الأمير ألبرت.‎‎
  It was the Queen Victoria who slipped into the role of a bridesmaid for her two daughters Princesses Helena in the year 1866 and Beatrice in the year 1885 after the death of her husband Prince Albert.

Declension

Declension of noun إِشْبِين (ʾišbīn)

Singular	Masculine			Feminine
	basic singular triptote			singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِشْبِين ʾišbīn	الْإِشْبِين‎ al-ʾišbīn	إِشْبِين ʾišbīn	إِشْبِينَة‎ ʾišbīna	الْإِشْبِينَة‎ al-ʾišbīna	إِشْبِينَة‎ ʾišbīnat
Nominative	إِشْبِينٌ ʾišbīnun	الْإِشْبِينُ‎ al-ʾišbīnu	إِشْبِينُ ʾišbīnu	إِشْبِينَةٌ‎ ʾišbīnatun	الْإِشْبِينَةُ‎ al-ʾišbīnatu	إِشْبِينَةُ‎ ʾišbīnatu
Accusative	إِشْبِينًا‎ ʾišbīnan	الْإِشْبِينَ‎ al-ʾišbīna	إِشْبِينَ ʾišbīna	إِشْبِينَةً‎ ʾišbīnatan	الْإِشْبِينَةَ‎ al-ʾišbīnata	إِشْبِينَةَ‎ ʾišbīnata
Genitive	إِشْبِينٍ ʾišbīnin	الْإِشْبِينِ‎ al-ʾišbīni	إِشْبِينِ ʾišbīni	إِشْبِينَةٍ‎ ʾišbīnatin	الْإِشْبِينَةِ‎ al-ʾišbīnati	إِشْبِينَةِ‎ ʾišbīnati
Dual	Masculine			Feminine
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِشْبِينَيْن‎ ʾišbīnayn	الْإِشْبِينَيْن‎ al-ʾišbīnayn	إِشْبِينَيْ‎ ʾišbīnay	إِشْبِينَتَيْن‎ ʾišbīnatayn	الْإِشْبِينَتَيْن‎ al-ʾišbīnatayn	إِشْبِينَتَيْ‎ ʾišbīnatay
Nominative	إِشْبِينَانِ‎ ʾišbīnāni	الْإِشْبِينَانِ‎ al-ʾišbīnāni	إِشْبِينَا‎ ʾišbīnā	إِشْبِينَتَانِ‎ ʾišbīnatāni	الْإِشْبِينَتَانِ‎ al-ʾišbīnatāni	إِشْبِينَتَا‎ ʾišbīnatā
Accusative	إِشْبِينَيْنِ‎ ʾišbīnayni	الْإِشْبِينَيْنِ‎ al-ʾišbīnayni	إِشْبِينَيْ‎ ʾišbīnay	إِشْبِينَتَيْنِ‎ ʾišbīnatayni	الْإِشْبِينَتَيْنِ‎ al-ʾišbīnatayni	إِشْبِينَتَيْ‎ ʾišbīnatay
Genitive	إِشْبِينَيْنِ‎ ʾišbīnayni	الْإِشْبِينَيْنِ‎ al-ʾišbīnayni	إِشْبِينَيْ‎ ʾišbīnay	إِشْبِينَتَيْنِ‎ ʾišbīnatayni	الْإِشْبِينَتَيْنِ‎ al-ʾišbīnatayni	إِشْبِينَتَيْ‎ ʾišbīnatay
Plural	Masculine			Feminine
	basic broken plural diptote			sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَشَابِين‎ ʾašābīn	الْأَشَابِين‎ al-ʾašābīn	أَشَابِين‎ ʾašābīn	إِشْبِينَات‎ ʾišbīnāt	الْإِشْبِينَات‎ al-ʾišbīnāt	إِشْبِينَات‎ ʾišbīnāt
Nominative	أَشَابِينُ‎ ʾašābīnu	الْأَشَابِينُ‎ al-ʾašābīnu	أَشَابِينُ‎ ʾašābīnu	إِشْبِينَاتٌ‎ ʾišbīnātun	الْإِشْبِينَاتُ‎ al-ʾišbīnātu	إِشْبِينَاتُ‎ ʾišbīnātu
Accusative	أَشَابِينَ‎ ʾašābīna	الْأَشَابِينَ‎ al-ʾašābīna	أَشَابِينَ‎ ʾašābīna	إِشْبِينَاتٍ‎ ʾišbīnātin	الْإِشْبِينَاتِ‎ al-ʾišbīnāti	إِشْبِينَاتِ‎ ʾišbīnāti
Genitive	أَشَابِينَ‎ ʾašābīna	الْأَشَابِينِ‎ al-ʾašābīni	أَشَابِينِ‎ ʾašābīni	إِشْبِينَاتٍ‎ ʾišbīnātin	الْإِشْبِينَاتِ‎ al-ʾišbīnāti	إِشْبِينَاتِ‎ ʾišbīnāti

References

“susapinnu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 15, S, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1984, page 416
“šwšbyn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “إشبين”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 724
Kaufman, Stephen A. (1974) The Akkadian Influences on Aramaic (The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Assyriological Studies; 19)‎, Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 94
Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “إشبين”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 631

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.