سبط

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root س ب ط (s-b-ṭ).

Verb

سَبُطَ (sabuṭa) I, non-past يَسْبُطُ‎ (yasbuṭu)

  1. to be lank
  2. to be well-shaped, to be graceful
  3. to be liberal, to be bountiful, to be munificent, to be generous
Conjugation

Verb

سَبَّطَ (sabbaṭa) II, non-past يُسَبِّطُ‎ (yusabbiṭu)

  1. to miscarry
Conjugation

Adjective

سَبِط or سَبْط or سَبَط (sabiṭ or sabṭ or sabaṭ)

  1. lank
  2. well-shaped, graceful
  3. liberal, bountiful, munificent, generous
Declension

Noun

سَبَط (sabaṭ) m (collective, singulative سَبَطَة (sabaṭa), plural أَسْبَاط (ʾasbāṭ))

  1. buffelgrasses (Cenchrus gen. et spp.)
  2. Stipagrostis spp.
    Synonyms: ثَغَام (ṯaḡām), نَصِيّ (naṣiyy)
Declension

Etymology 2

Semantically influenced by Hebrew שֵׁבֶט (śeḇeṭ, tribe of Israel; staff, sceptre), if not borrowed from Hebrew, which apparently corresponds to Aramaic שִׁבְטָא (šiḇṭā, wand, staff), Classical Syriac ܫܒܛܐ (šabṭā, wand, staff), Akkadian 𒉺𒅁𒁉𒂅 (/šabbiṭu/, staff, sceptre), Aramaic שְׁבַט (šḇaṭ, to smite with a rod), and exceptionally Arabic شَبَطَ (šabaṭa, to cut the skin), Old South Arabian 𐩪𐩨𐩷 (to beat), Ge'ez ስብጥ (səbṭ, staff, wand), Tigrinya ስባጥ (səbaṭ, threshed grain), Harsusi and Mehri sebōṭ (to beat), Ge'ez ዘበጠ (zäbäṭä, to beat, to strike; to smite), Tigre ዘብጣ (zäbṭa, to hit), Tigrinya ዘበጠ (zäbäṭä, to hit), Amharic ዘበጠ (zäbbäṭä, to beat, to strike).

Noun

سِبْط (sibṭ) m (plural أَسْبَاط (ʾasbāṭ))

  1. tribe of the Jews
  2. (rare in Arabic) wand, staff
  3. grandchild
  4. Shiite imam

Declension

References

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