See also: شبث, شبت, سبت, and س ب ب

Arabic edit

Root
س ب ب (s-b-b)

Pronunciation 1 edit

  • IPA(key): /sab.ba.ba/
  • (file)

Verb edit

سَبَّبَ (sabbaba) II, non-past يُسَبِّبُ‎ (yusabbibu)

  1. to cause, to effect, to trigger, to generate
Conjugation edit

Pronunciation 2 edit

Noun edit

سَبَب (sababm (plural أَسْبَاب (ʔasbāb))

  1. (chiefly Classical Arabic) cable, rope
    Synonyms: حَبْل (ḥabl), مَرَسَة (marasa), رِبَاط (ribāṭ), قَلْس (qals), أَشْل (ʔašl), طُنُب (ṭunub), مَرَار (marār), إِصَار (ʔiṣār), مَأْصِر (maʔṣir), سِلْسِلَة (silsila), مِقَاط (miqāṭ)
  2. cause, grounds, aetiological reason
    بِسَبَب ذٰلِكَbi-sabab ḏālikabecause of that
    • a. 1233 CE, Ibn al-Athīr, الكامل في التاريخ[1], 1st edition, volume 4, Dar al-Kitab al-Arabi, published 1997, page 81:
      وَكَانَ سَبَبُ قَتْلِهِ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ اسْتَعْمَلَهُ عَلَى الْأَنْدَلُسِ، كَمَا ذَكَرْنَا، عِنْدَ عَوْدِهِ إِلَى الشَّامِ، فَضَبَطَهَا وَسَدَّدَ أُمُورَهَا، وَحَمَى ثُغُورَهَا، وَافْتَتَحَ فِي إِمَارَتِهِ مَدَائِنَ بَقِيَتْ بَعْدَ أَبِيهِ،
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. alibi
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit

References edit

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “سب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Malay edit

Noun edit

سبب (plural سبب-سبب or سبب۲, informal 1st possessive سببکو, 2nd possessive سببمو, 3rd possessive سببڽ)

  1. Jawi spelling of sebab

Conjunction edit

سبب

  1. Jawi spelling of sebab

Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic سَبَب (sabab).

Noun edit

سبب (sebeb)

  1. cause, reason
  2. motive

Descendants edit

References edit

  • Kélékian, Diran (1911), “سبب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 662b
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “sebep”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Persian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic سَبَب (sabab).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? saḇaḇ
Dari reading? sabab
Iranian reading? sabab
Tajik reading? sabab

Noun edit

Dari سبب
Iranian Persian
Tajik сабаб

سبب (sabab) (plural اسباب (asbâb))

  1. cause, reason
    Synonyms: باعث (bâ'es), دلیل (dalil)
    سبب این حادثهsabab-e in hâdesethe cause of this incident
    سبب کاهش قیمت‌هاsabab-e kâheš-e qeymat-hâthe cause of the decline in prices
    • c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 4”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divan of Hafez]:
      ندانم از چه سبب رنگ آشنایی نیست
      سهی قدان سیه چشم ماه سیما را
      na-dânam az če sabab rang-e âšenâyi nist
      sahi qaddân-e siyah čašm-e mâh simâ râ
      I do not know for what reason there is no hue of recognition from these ones standing tall, with black eyes and moon-like faces.

Descendants edit

South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
س ب ب
2 terms

Etymology edit

From Arabic سَبَّبَ (sabbaba).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /sab.bab/, [ˈsab.bab]
  • (file)

Verb edit

سبّب (sabbab) II (present بسبّب (bisabbeb))

  1. to cause, to produce, to bring about
    التضخم المالي بسبّب لمجتمعنا الاستقرار.
    il-taḍaḵḵom al-māli bisabbeb la-mujtamʕana al-istaqrār
    Inflation brings about instability in our society.
    الطقس سبّب هالتّأخير.
    il-taʕs sabbab ha-t-tʕaḵīr
    The weather caused this delay.

Conjugation edit

    Conjugation of سبّب (sabbab)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m سبّبت (sabbabt) سبّبت (sabbabt) سبّب (sabbab) سبّبنا (sabbabna) سبّبتو (sabbabtu) سبّبو (sabbabu)
f سبّبتي (sabbabti) سبّبت (sabbabat)
present m بسبّب (basabbeb) بتسبّب (bitsabbeb) بسبّب (bisabbeb) منسبّب (minsabbeb) بتسبّبو (bitsabbbu) بسبّبو (bisabbbu)
f بتسبّبي (bitsabbbi) بتسبّب (bitsabbeb)
subjunctive m اسبّب (asabbeb) تسبّب (tsabbeb) يسبّب (ysabbeb) نسبّب (nsabbeb) تسبّبو (tsabbbu) يسبّبو (ysabbbu)
f تسبّبي (tsabbbi) تسبّب (tsabbeb)
imperative m سبّب (sabbeb) سبّبو (sabbbu)
f سبّبي (sabbbi)