سبع

Arabic

Numeral

سَبْع (sabʿ) f (masculine سَبْعَة (sabʿa))

  1. feminine of سَبْعَة (sabʿa, seven)

Etymology 2

Arabic numbers (edit)
[a], [b]   6 ٧
7
8   [a], [b]
    Cardinal: سَبْعَة (sabʿa)
    Ordinal: سَابِع (sābiʿ)
    Multiplier: سُبَاعِيّ (subāʿiyy), مُسَبَّع (musabbaʿ)
    Distributive: سُبَاعَ (subāʿa)
    Fractional: سُبُع (subuʿ), سُبْع (subʿ)

From the root س ب ع (s-b-ʿ); compare سَبْعَة (sabʿa, seven).

Noun

سُبُع or سُبْع (subuʿ or subʿ) m (plural أَسْبَاع (ʾasbāʿ))

  1. one seventh
Declension
See also

Etymology 3

From the root س ب ع (s-b-ʿ).

Noun

سَبُع or سَبْع (sabuʿ or sabʿ) m (plural سِبَاع (sibāʿ) or أَسْبُع (ʾasbuʿ) or سُبُوع (subūʿ) or سُبُوعَة (subūʿa))

  1. lion, voracious animal
Declension
References

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic سبع (sabuʿ or sabʿ, predatory animal, beast of prey)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsæbʕ]

Noun

سبع (sabʿ) m (plural سباع (sibāʿ) or سبوع (subūʿ))

  1. lion

Synonyms

References

  • Spiro, Socrates (1895). An Arabic-English vocabulary of the colloquial Arabic of Egypt, containing the vernacular idioms and expressions, slang phrases, etc., etc., used by the native Egyptians Cairo: Al-Mokattam Printing Office.
  • Hinds, Martin; Badawi, El-Said (1986). A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic Beirut: Librairie du Liban.
  • Lane, Edward William (1863). An Arabic - English Lexicon derived from the best and the most copious eastern sources London: Williams and Northgate.
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