صبي

Arabic

Etymology 1
Root
ص ب و (ṣ-b-w)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sˤa.bijj/
  • Rhymes: -ijj

Noun

صَبِيّ • (ṣabiyy) m (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
Declension of noun صَبِيّ (ṣabiyy)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal صَبِي
ṣabī		 الصَّبِي
aṣ-ṣabī		 صَبِي
ṣabī
Nominative صَبِيٌّ
ṣabiyyun		 الصَّبِيُّ
aṣ-ṣabiyyu		 صَبِيُّ
ṣabiyyu
Accusative صَبِيًّا
ṣabiyyan		 الصَّبِيَّ
aṣ-ṣabiyya		 صَبِيَّ
ṣabiyya
Genitive صَبِيٍّ
ṣabiyyin		 الصَّبِيِّ
aṣ-ṣabiyyi		 صَبِيِّ
ṣabiyyi
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal صَبِيَّيْن
ṣabiyyayn		 الصَّبِيَّيْن
aṣ-ṣabiyyayn		 صَبِيَّيْ
ṣabiyyay
Nominative صَبِيَّانِ
ṣabiyyāni		 الصَّبِيَّانِ
aṣ-ṣabiyyāni		 صَبِيَّا
ṣabiyyā
Accusative صَبِيَّيْنِ
ṣabiyyayni		 الصَّبِيَّيْنِ
aṣ-ṣabiyyayni		 صَبِيَّيْ
ṣabiyyay
Genitive صَبِيَّيْنِ
ṣabiyyayni		 الصَّبِيَّيْنِ
aṣ-ṣabiyyayni		 صَبِيَّيْ
ṣabiyyay
Plural broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)‎; basic broken plural triptote‎; broken plural triptote in ـٍ (-in)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal صِبْيَة‎; صِبْيَان‎; أَصْبِي‎; أَصْبِيَة
ṣibya‎; ṣibyān‎; ʔaṣbī‎; ʔaṣbiya		 الصِّبْيَة‎; الصِّبْيَان‎; الْأَصْبِي‎; الْأَصْبِيَة
aṣ-ṣibya‎; aṣ-ṣibyān‎; al-ʔaṣbī‎; al-ʔaṣbiya		 صِبْيَة‎; صِبْيَان‎; أَصْبِي‎; أَصْبِيَة
ṣibyat‎; ṣibyān‎; ʔaṣbī‎; ʔaṣbiyat
Nominative صِبْيَةٌ‎; صِبْيَانٌ‎; أَصْبٍ‎; أَصْبِيَةٌ
ṣibyatun‎; ṣibyānun‎; ʔaṣbin‎; ʔaṣbiyatun		 الصِّبْيَةُ‎; الصِّبْيَانُ‎; الْأَصْبِي‎; الْأَصْبِيَةُ
aṣ-ṣibyatu‎; aṣ-ṣibyānu‎; al-ʔaṣbī‎; al-ʔaṣbiyatu		 صِبْيَةُ‎; صِبْيَانُ‎; أَصْبِي‎; أَصْبِيَةُ
ṣibyatu‎; ṣibyānu‎; ʔaṣbī‎; ʔaṣbiyatu
Accusative صِبْيَةً‎; صِبْيَانًا‎; أَصْبِيًا‎; أَصْبِيَةً
ṣibyatan‎; ṣibyānan‎; ʔaṣbiyan‎; ʔaṣbiyatan		 الصِّبْيَةَ‎; الصِّبْيَانَ‎; الْأَصْبِيَ‎; الْأَصْبِيَةَ
aṣ-ṣibyata‎; aṣ-ṣibyāna‎; al-ʔaṣbiya‎; al-ʔaṣbiyata		 صِبْيَةَ‎; صِبْيَانَ‎; أَصْبِيَ‎; أَصْبِيَةَ
ṣibyata‎; ṣibyāna‎; ʔaṣbiya‎; ʔaṣbiyata
Genitive صِبْيَةٍ‎; صِبْيَانٍ‎; أَصْبٍ‎; أَصْبِيَةٍ
ṣibyatin‎; ṣibyānin‎; ʔaṣbin‎; ʔaṣbiyatin		 الصِّبْيَةِ‎; الصِّبْيَانِ‎; الْأَصْبِي‎; الْأَصْبِيَةِ
aṣ-ṣibyati‎; aṣ-ṣibyāni‎; al-ʔaṣbī‎; al-ʔaṣbiyati		 صِبْيَةِ‎; صِبْيَانِ‎; أَصْبِي‎; أَصْبِيَةِ
ṣibyati‎; ṣibyāni‎; ʔaṣbī‎; ʔaṣbiyati
Descendants
  • Gulf Arabic: صبي (ṣibi)
  • South Levantine Arabic: صبي (ṣabi)
  • Maltese: sabi
  • → Bashkir: сабый (sabıy, “small child”)
  • → Kazakh: сәби (säbi)
  • → Uzbek: sabiy

References

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sˤub.biː/

Verb

صُبِّي • (ṣubbī) (form I)

  1. second-person feminine singular active imperative of صَبَّ (ṣabba)

Gulf Arabic

Etymology 1
Root
ص ب ي
1 term

From the diminutive of Arabic صَبِيّ (ṣabiyy).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sˤbaj/

Noun

صْبَيْ • (ṣbayy) m (dual صْبَيّين (ṣbayyēn), plural صْبَيّان (ṣbayyān))

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

Etymology 2
Root
ص ب ي
1 term

From Arabic صَبِيّ (ṣabiyy).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsˤɪ.bi/

Noun

صِبي • (ṣibi) m (dual صِبيّين (ṣibīyēn), plural صبيان (ṣibyān))

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

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic صَبِيّ (ṣabiyy).

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

Noun

صبي • (ṣabi) m (plural صبيان (ṣibyān), feminine صبيّة (ṣabiyye))

  1. boy, young man

See also
  • ولد (walad, “boy; child”)
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