صبيان
Arabic edit
Noun edit
صِبْيَان • (ṣibyān) m pl
Noun edit
صُبْيَان • (ṣubyān) m pl
North Levantine Arabic edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
صِبيان or صُبيان • (ṣibyān or ṣubyān) m pl
Usage notes edit
- In all three cases of sense #2, صبيان is not the main plural, but serves chiefly to explicitly specify the masculine. The use as plural of شب (šabb) is less common, but compare related صبيه (ṣabīye).