سبيدج

Arabic

Alternative forms

• صَبِّيدَج (ṣabbīdaj), سَبِّيط (sabbīṭ)

Etymology

Since, often, calamar on a plate or in its natural habitat appears white, it is probably the same word as سِبِيدَاج (sibīdāj, “white lead”). Compare the repurposing of كَرْكَنْد (karkand, “ruby spinel”) for “lobster”.

Noun

سَبِّيدَج • (sabbīdaj) m

1. squid, calamar, cuttlefish

Declension

Declension of noun سَبِّيدَج (sabbīdaj)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَبِّيدَج sabbīdaj	السَّبِّيدَج as-sabbīdaj	سَبِّيدَج sabbīdaj
Nominative	سَبِّيدَجٌ sabbīdajun	السَّبِّيدَجُ as-sabbīdaju	سَبِّيدَجُ sabbīdaju
Accusative	سَبِّيدَجًا sabbīdajan	السَّبِّيدَجَ as-sabbīdaja	سَبِّيدَجَ sabbīdaja
Genitive	سَبِّيدَجٍ sabbīdajin	السَّبِّيدَجِ as-sabbīdaji	سَبِّيدَجِ sabbīdaji

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “سبيدج”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 631
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “سبيدج”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 551