سخاب

Arabic

Root
س خ ب (s ḵ b)
2 terms

FWOTD – 6 December 2018

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.xaːb/

Noun

سِخَاب • (siḵāb) m (plural سُخُب (suḵub))

1. necklace of beads, gems or cloves
   • 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ al-Buḵāriyy, 77:101:

     فَقَامَ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ يَمْشِي وَفِي عُنُقِهِ السِّخَابُ

     faqāma l-ḥasanu bnu ʕaliyyin yamšī wafī ʕunuqihi s-siḵābu

     So Al-Ḥasan bin ʿAliyy rose and began walking with a necklace of beads around his neck.

   • 7th century CE, Sunan Abī Dāwud, 2:770:

     فَجَعَلَت الْمَرْأَةُ تُلْقِي خُرْصَهَا وَسِخَابَهَا

     fajaʕalat al-marʔatu tulqī ḵurṣahā wasiḵābahā

     So the woman put her earring and her necklace on.

Declension

Declension of noun سِخَاب (siḵāb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سِخَاب siḵāb	السِّخَاب as-siḵāb	سِخَاب siḵāb
Nominative	سِخَابٌ siḵābun	السِّخَابُ as-siḵābu	سِخَابُ siḵābu
Accusative	سِخَابًا siḵāban	السِّخَابَ as-siḵāba	سِخَابَ siḵāba
Genitive	سِخَابٍ siḵābin	السِّخَابِ as-siḵābi	سِخَابِ siḵābi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سِخَابَيْن siḵābayn	السِّخَابَيْن as-siḵābayn	سِخَابَيْ siḵābay
Nominative	سِخَابَانِ siḵābāni	السِّخَابَانِ as-siḵābāni	سِخَابَا siḵābā
Accusative	سِخَابَيْنِ siḵābayni	السِّخَابَيْنِ as-siḵābayni	سِخَابَيْ siḵābay
Genitive	سِخَابَيْنِ siḵābayni	السِّخَابَيْنِ as-siḵābayni	سِخَابَيْ siḵābay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سُخُب suḵub	السُّخُب as-suḵub	سُخُب suḵub
Nominative	سُخُبٌ suḵubun	السُّخُبُ as-suḵubu	سُخُبُ suḵubu
Accusative	سُخُبًا suḵuban	السُّخُبَ as-suḵuba	سُخُبَ suḵuba
Genitive	سُخُبٍ suḵubin	السُّخُبِ as-suḵubi	سُخُبِ suḵubi

References

• Freytag, Georg (1833) “سخاب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 294
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “سخاب”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[2], London: Williams & Norgate, page 1323