سبج

Arabic

Etymology

PIE word
*kʷséps

From Middle Persian špk' (/⁠šabag⁠/, “jet, obsidian”), from šp (/⁠šab⁠/, “night”), from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎱 (x-š-p).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.bad͡ʒ/

Noun

سَبَج • (sabaj) m

1. the gemstones jet and obsidian or similar minerals

Declension

Declension of noun سَبَج (sabaj)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَبَج sabaj	السَّبَج as-sabaj	سَبَج sabaj
Nominative	سَبَجٌ sabajun	السَّبَجُ as-sabaju	سَبَجُ sabaju
Accusative	سَبَجًا sabajan	السَّبَجَ as-sabaja	سَبَجَ sabaja
Genitive	سَبَجٍ sabajin	السَّبَجِ as-sabaji	سَبَجِ sabaji

Derived terms

• سُبْجَة (subja, “black garment”)
• سَبِيجَة (sabīja, “black garment”)
• سَبَّاج (sabbāj, “black-gemstone vendor”)

Descendants

• → Catalan: atzabeja
• → Galician: acibeche
• → Portuguese: azeviche
• → Spanish: azabache

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “سبج”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 624
• Freytag, Georg (1833) “سبج”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 275
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “سبج”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[3], London: W.H. Allen, page 477
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “سبج”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[4] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 545