صبغ

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ص ب غ (ṣ-b-ḡ). Compare Hebrew צבע (to colour, paint, dye).

Verb

صَبَغَ • (ṣabaḡa) I, non-past يَصْبُغُ or يَصْبِغُ or يَصْبَغُ‎ (yaṣbuḡu or yaṣbiḡu or yaṣbaḡu)

  1. to dye, to pigmentate, to paint, to tincture

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Maltese: żebagħ

Noun

صَبْغ • (ṣabḡ) m

  1. verbal noun of صَبَغَ (ṣabaḡa) (form I)

Declension

Noun

صِبْغ • (ṣibḡ) m (plural أَصْبَاغ (ʔaṣbāḡ))

  1. dye, pigment, paint, tincture

Declension

Noun

صِبَغ • (ṣibaḡ) pl

  1. plural of صِبْغَة (ṣibḡa)

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “صبغ”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 478–479
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “صبغ”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 694–695

Egyptian Arabic

Root
ص ب غ
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic صَبَغَ (ṣabaḡa).

Verb

صبغ • (ṣabaḡ) I (non-past يصبغ (yuṣbuḡ))

  1. to dye

Conjugation

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