Arabic

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Etymology 1.1

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Root
ص ب و (ṣ b w)
2 terms

Pronunciation

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Noun

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صَبِيّ (ṣabiyym (dual صَبِيَّانِ (ṣabiyyāni), plural صِبْيَة (ṣibya) or صِبْيَان (ṣibyān) or أَصْبٍ (ʔaṣbin) or أَصْبِيَة (ʔaṣbiya), feminine صَبِيَّة (ṣabiyya))

  1. a young male human, a boy-child
    Synonyms: غُلَام (ḡulām), فَتًى (fatan), شَابّ (šābb)
    Coordinate terms: صَبِيَّة (ṣabiyya), فَتَاة (fatāh), شَابَّة (šābba), (archaic) جَارِيَة (jāriya)
    1. a boy-servant; a slave-boy
  2. (obsolete) an unweaned male human child, a suckling
    Synonym: رَضِيع (raḍīʕ, nursling)
  3. (rare) a protrusion; a projection
  4. (rare) the pupil of an eye
    Synonyms: بُؤْبُؤ (buʔbuʔ), حَدَقَة (ḥadaqa)
Declension
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Descendants
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  • Gulf Arabic: صبي (ṣibi)
  • South Levantine Arabic: صبي (ṣabi)
  • Maltese: sabi
  • Adyghe: сабый (sabəj)
  • Azerbaijani: səbi
  • Bashkir: сабый (sabıy, small child)
  • Persian: صبی (sabi)
  • Kabardian: сабый (sabəj)
  • Kazakh: сәби (säbi)
  • Ottoman Turkish: صبی (sabiy)
  • Ossetian: саби (sabi)
  • Uzbek: sabiy

Etymology 1.2

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Verb

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صَبِيَ (ṣabiya) I (non-past يَصْبَى (yaṣbā), verbal noun صَبَاء (ṣabāʔ) or صِبًا (ṣiban)) (intransitive)

  1. to act childish, to behave like a child
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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صبي (form I)

  1. صُبِّي (ṣubbī) /sˤub.biː/: second-person feminine singular imperative of صَبَّ (ṣabba)
  2. صَبِّي (ṣabbī) /sˤab.biː/: second-person feminine singular imperative of صَبَّ (ṣabba)

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Gulf Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
ص ب ي
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From the diminutive of Arabic صَبِيّ (ṣabiyy).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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صْبَيْ (ṣbayym (dual صْبَيّين (ṣbayyēn), plural صْبَيّان (ṣbayyān))

  1. boy
    Synonym: ولد (walad)
    Coordinate terms: بنية (bnayya), بنت (bint)

Etymology 2

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Root
ص ب ي
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From Arabic صَبِيّ (ṣabiyy).

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صِبي (ṣibim (dual صِبيّين (ṣibīyēn), plural صبيان (ṣibyān))

  1. male servant of any age
    Synonym: دريول (drēwil)

South Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic صَبِيّ (ṣabiyy).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sˤa.bi/, [ˈsˤɑ.bi]
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Noun

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صبي (ṣabim (plural صبيان (ṣibyān), feminine صبيّة (ṣabiyye))

  1. boy, young man

See also

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  • ولد (walad, boy; child)
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