إصبع
Arabic
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ʾiṣbaʿ-. Akin to Aramaic אֶצְבְּעָא (ʾeṣbəʿā), Hebrew אֶצְבַּע (ʾeṣbaʿ), Egyptian ḏbꜥ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔisˁ.baʕ/
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Usage notes
Generally feminine.
Declension
Declension of noun إِصْبَع (ʾiṣbaʿ)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| 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 |
Derived terms
- صَبَعَ (ṣabaʿa, “to point with the finger”)
- صَبَّعَ (ṣabbaʿa, “to finger”)
- صَبِيع (ṣabīʿ, “carbuncle”)
- تَصَبَّعَ (taṣabbaʿa, “to digitate, to form finger-like structures or carbuncles”)
References
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “صبع”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 815–816
- Kogan, Leonid (2011), “Proto-Semitic Lexicon”, in Weninger, Stefan, editor, The Semitic Languages. An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft – Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science; 36), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 224
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “صبع”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 1646–1647
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “صبع”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 586
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