Arabic edit

Root
ص ب ع (ṣ-b-ʕ)

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

صَبَعَ (ṣabaʕa) I, non-past يَصْبَعُ‎ (yaṣbaʕu)

  1. designate, point (at بـ (b-) or على something)
  2. point out, direct (to على or acc. something)

Conjugation edit

Moroccan Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic إِصْبَع (ʔiṣbaʕ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /sˤbuʕ/, /sˤbaʕ/
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Noun edit

صبع (ṣbuʕ, ṣbaʕm (plural صباع (ṣbāʕ) or صبعان (ṣubʕān))

  1. finger; toe
    شداك اللون اللي كتستعملي باش تصبغي صبعانك؟
    š-dāk el-lūn elli katistaʕmli bāš tṣubḡi ṣubʕānki?
    What is that colour you use to paint your fingers?
    صبعي قاح لي بقوة البرد هاد الايام.
    ṣubʕi mraḍ li b-quwwat el-bard hād l-iyyām.
    My finger is swollen by the cold these days.
    (literally, “My finger is swollen by the amount of coldness these days.”)