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سب

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See also: صب

Arabic

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Root
س ب ب (s b b)
9 terms

Verb

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سَبَّ (sabba) I (non-past يَسُبُّ (yasubbu), verbal noun سَبّ (sabb))

  1. to revile, to abuse
    Synonym: شَتَمَ (šatama)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 6:108:
      وَلَا تَسُبُّوا الَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ فَيَسُبُّوا اللَّهَ عَدْوًا بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ
      walā tasubbū llaḏīna yadʕūna min dūni l-lahi fayasubbū l-laha ʕadwan biḡayri ʕilmin
      revile not those unto whom they pray beside God lest they revile God in enmity through ignorance

Conjugation

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Moroccan Arabic

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Root
س ب ب
4 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic سَبَّ (sabba).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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سب (sabb) I (non-past يسُب (ysubb) or يسَب (ysabb))

  1. to insult
    Synonym: عاير (ʕāyir)

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of سب
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m سبّيت (sabbīt) سبّيتي (sabbīti) سبّ (sabb) سبّينا (sabbīna) سبّيتوا (sabbītu) سبّوا (sabbu)
f سبّت (sabbāt)
non-past m نسبّ (nsubb) تسبّ (tsubb) يسبّ (ysubb) نسبّوا (nsubbu) تسبّوا (tsubbu) يسبّوا (ysubbu)
f تسبّي (tsubbi) تسبّ (tsubb)
imperative m سبّ (subb) سبّوا (subbu)
f سبّي (subbi)
    Conjugation of سب
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m سبّيت (sabbīt) سبّيتي (sabbīti) سبّ (sabb) سبّينا (sabbīna) سبّيتوا (sabbītu) سبّوا (sabbu)
f سبّت (sabbāt)
non-past m نسبّ (nsabb) تسبّ (tsabb) يسبّ (ysabb) نسبّوا (nsabbu) تسبّوا (tsabbu) يسبّوا (ysabbu)
f تسبّي (tsabbi) تسبّ (tsabb)
imperative m سبّ (sabb) سبّوا (sabbu)
f سبّي (sabbi)

South Levantine Arabic

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Root
س ب ب
2 terms

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Arabic سَبَّ (sabba).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sabb/, [sab]
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Verb

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سبّ (sabb) I (present بسبّ (bisibb))

  1. to cuss, to curse, to swear

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of سبّ (sabb)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m سبّيت (sabbēt) سبّيت (sabbēt) سبّ (sabb) سبّينا (sabbēna) سبّيتو (sabbētu) سبّو (sabbu)
f سبّيتي (sabbēti) سبّت (sabbat)
present m بسبّ (basibb) بتسبّ (bitsibb) بسبّ (bisibb) منسبّ (minsibb) بتسبّو (bitsibbu) بسبّو (bisibbu)
f بتسبّي (bitsibbi) بتسبّ (bitsibb)
subjunctive m اسبّ (asibb) تسبّ (tsibb) يسبّ (ysibb) نسبّ (nsibb) تسبّو (tsibbu) يسبّو (ysibbu)
f تسبّي (tsibbi) تسبّ (tsibb)
imperative m سبّ (sibb) سبّو (sibbu)
f سبّي (sibbi)

Urdu

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀩𑁆𑀩 (sabba), 𑀲𑀯𑁆𑀯 (savva), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀲𑀯𑁆𑀯 (savva), 𑀲𑀭𑁆𑀯 (sarva), from Sanskrit सर्व (sárva), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *sárwas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sárwas, from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂-wó-s, from *solh₂- (whole). Doublet of ہر. Cognate with Kamkata-viri suv, Persian هر (har).

Pronunciation

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Determiner

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سب (sab) (Hindi spelling सब)

  1. all
  2. every

Pronoun

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سَب (sab) (Hindi spelling सब)

  1. all; everyone, everybody

Adjective

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سَب (sab) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling सब)

  1. of all

See also

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References

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  • سب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • سب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.