سبع

سَبْع • (sabʕ) f (masculine سَبْعَة‎ (sabʕa))

1. feminine of سَبْعَة‎ (sabʕa, “seven”)

From the root س ب ع‎ (s-b-ʕ); compare سَبْعَة‎ (sabʕa, “seven”).

سُبُع or سُبْع • (subuʕ or subʕ) m (plural أَسْبَاع‎ (ʔasbāʕ))

1. one seventh

• نِصْف‎ (niṣf, “a half”), ثُلُث‎ (ṯuluṯ, “a third”), رُبُع‎ (rubuʕ, “a fourth, a quarter”), خُمُس‎ (ḵumus, “a fifth”), سُدُس‎ (sudus, “a sixth”), ثُمُن‎ (ṯumun, “an eighth”), تُسُع‎ (tusuʕ, “a ninth”), عُشُر‎ (ʕušur, “a tenth”)

From the root س ب ع‎ (s-b-ʕ).

سَبُع or سَبْع • (sabuʕ or sabʕ) m (plural سِبَاع‎ (sibāʕ) or أَسْبُع‎ (ʔasbuʕ) or سُبُوع‎ (subūʕ) or سُبُوعَة‎ (subūʕa))

1. a beast of prey; a voracious animal

   Hyponym: أَسَد‎ (ʔasad)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:3:

     ‏حُرِّمَتْ عَلَيْكُمُ الْمَيْتَةُ وَالدَّمُ وَلَحْمُ الْخِنزِيرِ وَمَا أُهِلَّ لِغَيْرِ اللَّهِ بِهِ وَالْمُنْخَنِقَةُ وَالْمَوْقُوذَةُ وَالْمُتَرَدِّيَةُ وَالنَّطِيحَةُ وَمَا أَكَلَ السَّبُعُ إِلَّا مَا ذَكَّيْتُمْ وَمَا ذُبِحَ عَلَى النُّصُبِ وَأَن تَسْتَقْسِمُوا بِالْأَزْلَامِ‎

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• → Azerbaijani: səb'

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “سبع”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

From Arabic سَبْع‎ (sabʕ, “predatory animal, beast of prey”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈsæbʕ]

سبع • (sabʿ) m (plural سباع‎ (sibāʿ) or سبوع‎ (subūʿ))

1. (slang or humorous) lion

   Synonym: أسد‎

   ‏سبع ولا ضبع‎ ― sabʿ walla ḍabʿ? ― Success or failure? (literally, “a lion or a hyena?”)

سبع • (sabʿ)

1. (slang or humorous) lionesque

   ‏راجل سبع‎ ― rāgel sabʿ ― a real man

• Spiro, Socrates (1895). An Arabic-English vocabulary of the colloquial Arabic of Egypt, containing the vernacular idioms and expressions, slang phrases, etc., etc., used by the native Egyptians Cairo: Al-Mokattam Printing Office.
• Hinds, Martin; Badawi, El-Said (1986). A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic Beirut: Librairie du Liban.
• Lane, Edward William (1863). An Arabic - English Lexicon derived from the best and the most copious eastern sources London: Williams and Northgate.

From Arabic سَبْع‎ (sabʕ).

• IPA^(key): /sbaʕ/

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سبع • (sbaʕ) m (plural سبوعة‎ (sbūʕa))

1. lion

From Arabic سُبُع‎ (subuʕ).

• IPA^(key): /subʕ/, [ˈsʊ.b(ʊ)ʕ]

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سبع • (subʕ) m (plural سباع‎ (sbāʕ) or أسباع‎ (ʾasbāʕ))

1. seventh (fraction)

From Arabic سَبْع‎ (sabʕ), feminine of سَبْعَة‎ (sabʕa).

• IPA^(key): /sabʕ/, [sabʕ]

سبع • (sabʕ)

1. construct state of سبعة‎ (sabʕa)