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سبع

سبع

Arabic

Numeral

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

  1. feminine of سَبْعَة (sabʿa, seven)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

سُبْع (subʿ) m (plural أَسْبَاع (ʾasbāʿ))

  1. one seventh
Declension

Etymology 3

From the root س ب ع (s-b-ʿ).

Noun

سَبُع or سَبْع or سَبَع (sabuʿ or sabʿ or sabaʿ) m (plural أَسْبُع (ʾasbuʿ) or سِبَاع (sibāʿ))

  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.