سائح
Arabic edit
Etymology edit
| Root |
|---|
| س ي ح (s-y-ḥ) |
Derived from the active participle of the verb سَاحَ (sāḥa, “to travel”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
سَائِح • (sāʔiḥ) m (plural سَائِحُون (sāʔiḥūn) or سُيَّاح (suyyāḥ), feminine سَائِحَة (sāʔiḥa))
- tourist
- traveler, wanderer
- Synonym: مُسَافِر (musāfir)
- visitor
- someone who fasts in a mosque or mortifies himself
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 9:112:
- التَّائِبُونَ الْعَابِدُونَ الْحَامِدُونَ السَّائِحُونَ الرَّاكِعُونَ السَّاجِدُونَ الْآمِرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَالنَّاهُونَ عَنِ الْمُنكَرِ وَالْحَافِظُونَ لِحُدُودِ اللَّهِ ۗ وَبَشِّرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
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- (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) hermit
- wandering dervish
Declension edit
Declension of noun سَائِح (sāʔiḥ)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| basic singular triptote | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | |||||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | سَائِح sāʔiḥ |
السَّائِح as-sāʔiḥ |
سَائِح sāʔiḥ |
سَائِحَة sāʔiḥa |
السَّائِحَة as-sāʔiḥa |
سَائِحَة sāʔiḥat |
| Nominative | سَائِحٌ sāʔiḥun |
السَّائِحُ as-sāʔiḥu |
سَائِحُ sāʔiḥu |
سَائِحَةٌ sāʔiḥatun |
السَّائِحَةُ as-sāʔiḥatu |
سَائِحَةُ sāʔiḥatu |
| Accusative | سَائِحًا sāʔiḥan |
السَّائِحَ as-sāʔiḥa |
سَائِحَ sāʔiḥa |
سَائِحَةً sāʔiḥatan |
السَّائِحَةَ as-sāʔiḥata |
سَائِحَةَ sāʔiḥata |
| Genitive | سَائِحٍ sāʔiḥin |
السَّائِحِ as-sāʔiḥi |
سَائِحِ sāʔiḥi |
سَائِحَةٍ sāʔiḥatin |
السَّائِحَةِ as-sāʔiḥati |
سَائِحَةِ sāʔiḥati |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | سَائِحَيْن sāʔiḥayn |
السَّائِحَيْن as-sāʔiḥayn |
سَائِحَيْ sāʔiḥay |
سَائِحَتَيْن sāʔiḥatayn |
السَّائِحَتَيْن as-sāʔiḥatayn |
سَائِحَتَيْ sāʔiḥatay |
| Nominative | سَائِحَانِ sāʔiḥāni |
السَّائِحَانِ as-sāʔiḥāni |
سَائِحَا sāʔiḥā |
سَائِحَتَانِ sāʔiḥatāni |
السَّائِحَتَانِ as-sāʔiḥatāni |
سَائِحَتَا sāʔiḥatā |
| Accusative | سَائِحَيْنِ sāʔiḥayni |
السَّائِحَيْنِ as-sāʔiḥayni |
سَائِحَيْ sāʔiḥay |
سَائِحَتَيْنِ sāʔiḥatayni |
السَّائِحَتَيْنِ as-sāʔiḥatayni |
سَائِحَتَيْ sāʔiḥatay |
| Genitive | سَائِحَيْنِ sāʔiḥayni |
السَّائِحَيْنِ as-sāʔiḥayni |
سَائِحَيْ sāʔiḥay |
سَائِحَتَيْنِ sāʔiḥatayni |
السَّائِحَتَيْنِ as-sāʔiḥatayni |
سَائِحَتَيْ sāʔiḥatay |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | ||||
| basic broken plural triptote; sound masculine plural | sound feminine plural | |||||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | سُيَّاح; سَائِحِين suyyāḥ; sāʔiḥīn |
السُّيَّاح; السَّائِحِين as-suyyāḥ; as-sāʔiḥīn |
سُيَّاح; سَائِحِي suyyāḥ; sāʔiḥī |
سَائِحَات sāʔiḥāt |
السَّائِحَات as-sāʔiḥāt |
سَائِحَات sāʔiḥāt |
| Nominative | سُيَّاحٌ; سَائِحُونَ suyyāḥun; sāʔiḥūna |
السُّيَّاحُ; السَّائِحُونَ as-suyyāḥu; as-sāʔiḥūna |
سُيَّاحُ; سَائِحُو suyyāḥu; sāʔiḥū |
سَائِحَاتٌ sāʔiḥātun |
السَّائِحَاتُ as-sāʔiḥātu |
سَائِحَاتُ sāʔiḥātu |
| Accusative | سُيَّاحًا; سَائِحِينَ suyyāḥan; sāʔiḥīna |
السُّيَّاحَ; السَّائِحِينَ as-suyyāḥa; as-sāʔiḥīna |
سُيَّاحَ; سَائِحِي suyyāḥa; sāʔiḥī |
سَائِحَاتٍ sāʔiḥātin |
السَّائِحَاتِ as-sāʔiḥāti |
سَائِحَاتِ sāʔiḥāti |
| Genitive | سُيَّاحٍ; سَائِحِينَ suyyāḥin; sāʔiḥīna |
السُّيَّاحِ; السَّائِحِينَ as-suyyāḥi; as-sāʔiḥīna |
سُيَّاحِ; سَائِحِي suyyāḥi; sāʔiḥī |
سَائِحَاتٍ sāʔiḥātin |
السَّائِحَاتِ as-sāʔiḥāti |
سَائِحَاتِ sāʔiḥāti |
References edit
- Lane, Edward William (1863) “سائح”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[1], London: Williams & Norgate
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “سائح”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[2], London: W.H. Allen