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