Arabic edit

Etymology edit

Morphologically from the root س ب ق (s-b-q).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /saː.biq/
  • (file)

Adjective edit

سَابِق (sābiq) (feminine سَابِقَة (sābiqa), masculine plural سَابِقُون (sābiqūn) or سُبَّاق (subbāq), feminine plural سَابِقَات (sābiqāt) or سَوَابِق (sawābiq), elative أَسْبَق (ʔasbaq))[1]

  1. previous, preceding, prior
    حَلْقةُ البَرْنامَجِ السابِقةُḥalqatu l-barnāmaji s-sābiqatuthe program’s previous episode
  2. former
    الرَئِيسُ السابِقُar-raʔīsu s-sābiquthe former president
  3. active participle of سَبَقَ (sabaqa).

Usage notes edit

Declension edit

Antonyms edit

Descendants edit

  • South Levantine Arabic: سابق
  • Ottoman Turkish: سابق (sabık)
  • Persian: سابق

Verb edit

سَابَقَ (sābaqa) III, non-past يُسَابِقُ‎ (yusābiqu)

  1. to race

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. ^ Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “سابق”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], London: W.H. Allen.

Hijazi Arabic edit

Root
س ب ق
3 terms

Etymology 1 edit

From Arabic سَابَقَ (sābaqa).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

سابق (sābag) III (non-past يِسابق (yisābig))

  1. to race
Conjugation edit
    Conjugation of سابق (sābag)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m سابقت (sābagt) سابقت (sābagt) سابق (sābag) سابقنا (sābagna) سابقتوا (sābagtu) سابقوا (sābagu)
f سابقتي (sābagti) سابقت (sābagat)
non-past m أسابق (ʔasābig) تسابق (tisābig) يسابق (yisābig) نسابق (nisābig) تسابقوا (tisābgu) يسابقوا (yisābgu)
f تسابقي (tisābgi) تسابق (tisābig)
imperative m سابق (sābig) سابقوا (sābgu)
f سابقي (sābgi)

Etymology 2 edit

From Arabic سَابِق (sābiq).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

سابق (sābig) (feminine سابْقة (sābga), common plural سابْقين (sabgīn))

  1. ahead of
  2. former

Persian edit

Dari سابق
Iranian Persian
Tajik собиқ

Etymology edit

From Arabic سَابِق (sābiq).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? sāḇiq
Dari reading? sābiq
Iranian reading? sâbeğ
Tajik reading? sobiq

Adjective edit

سابق (sâbeq)

  1. former, precedent

Descendants edit

South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
س ب ق
2 terms

Etymology edit

From Arabic سَابَقَ (sābaqa).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): (Urban) /saː.baʔ/, [ˈsæː.baʔ]
  • IPA(key): (Bedouin) /saː.baɡ/, [ˈsæː.baɡ]
  • (file)

Verb edit

سابق (sābaʔ) III (present بسابق (bisābeʔ))

  1. to race

Conjugation edit

    Conjugation of سابق (sābaʔ)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m سابقت (sābaʔt) سابقت (sābaʔt) سابق (sābaʔ) سابقنا (sābaʔna) سابقتو (sābaʔtu) سابقو (sābaʔu)
f سابقتي (sābaʔti) سابقت (sābaʔat)
present m بسابق (basābeʔ) بتسابق (bitsābeʔ) بسابق (bisābeʔ) منسابق (minsābeʔ) بتسابقو (bitsābʔu) بسابقو (bisābʔu)
f بتسابقي (bitsābʔi) بتسابق (bitsābeʔ)
subjunctive m اسابق (asābeʔ) تسابق (tsābeʔ) يسابق (ysābeʔ) نسابق (nsābeʔ) تسابقو (tsābʔu) يسابقو (ysābʔu)
f تسابقي (tsābʔi) تسابق (tsābeʔ)
imperative m سابق (sābeʔ) سابقو (sābʔu)
f سابقي (sābʔi)

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian سابق (sābiq), from Arabic سَابِق (sābiq).

Adjective edit

سابق (sābiq) (Hindi spelling साबिक़)

  1. former, prior, precedent, preceding
  2. past

References edit