صبغ

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the root ص ب غ (ṣ-b-ḡ). Compare Hebrew צבע (to colour, paint, dye).

Verb[edit]

صَبَغَ (ṣabaḡa) I, non-past يَصْبُغُ or يَصْبِغُ or يَصْبَغُ‎ (yaṣbuḡu or yaṣbiḡu or yaṣbaḡu)

  1. to dye, to pigmentate, to paint, to tincture

Conjugation[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Maltese: żebagħ

Noun[edit]

صَبْغ (ṣabḡm

  1. verbal noun of صَبَغَ (ṣabaḡa) (form I)

Declension[edit]

Noun[edit]

صِبْغ (ṣibḡm (plural أَصْبَاغ (ʔaṣbāḡ))

  1. dye, pigment, paint, tincture

Declension[edit]

Noun[edit]

صِبَغ (ṣibaḡpl

  1. plural of صِبْغَة (ṣibḡa)

References[edit]

  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “صبغ”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 478–479
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “صبغ”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 694–695

Egyptian Arabic[edit]

Root
ص ب غ
1 term

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic صَبَغَ (ṣabaḡa).

Pronunciation[edit]

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Verb[edit]

صبغ (ṣabaḡ) I (non-past يصبغ (yuṣbuḡ))

  1. to dye

Conjugation[edit]