صباح

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ص ب ح‎ (ṣ-b-ḥ). Cognate with Ge'ez ጽበሕ (ṣəbäḥ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˤa.baːħ/
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Noun

صَبَاح • (ṣabāḥ) m

  1. (modern) the time from sunrise to noon, morning
    ‏صَبَاحُ الْخَيْر‎ ― ṣabāḥu l-ḵayr ― Good morning
    Synonym: (literary) ضُحَا‎ (ḍuḥā, “forenoon”)
    Antonym: مَسَاء‎ (masāʔ, “evening”)
  2. (archaic) the time from morning twilight to sunrise, dayspring
    Hypernym: نَهَار‎ (nahār, “daytime”)
    Synonyms: فَجْر‎ (fajr, “dawn”), (literary) غَدَاة‎ (ḡadāh, “daybreak”), (literary) بُكْرَة‎ (bukra, “cockcrow”)
    Antonym: غَسَق‎ (ḡasaq, “dusk”)
Declension
Derived terms
  • صَبَاحَ مَسَاءَ‎ (ṣabāḥa masāʔa)
  • صَبَاحِيّ‎ (ṣabāḥiyy)
  • صَبَاحِيَّة‎ (ṣabāḥiyya)
Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: sabah
  • → Middle Armenian: սաբահ (sabah), սապահ (sapah), սաբան (saban), սէպահ (sēpah), սաբախ (sabax)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: صباح‎ (sabah)

Etymology 2

From the root ص ب ح‎ (ṣ-b-ḥ).

Adjective

صُبَاح or صُبَّاح • (ṣubāḥ or ṣubbāḥ) (feminine صَبْحَى‎ (ṣabḥā), common plural صِبَاح (ṣibāḥ) or صُبَاحَى‎ (ṣubāḥā))

  1. pretty, comely, handsome, graceful
Declension
Synonyms

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

صِبَاح • (ṣibāḥ) m pl

  1. masculine plural of صَبِيح‎ (ṣabīḥ)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic صَبَاح‎ (ṣabāḥ).

Noun

صباح • (sabah)

  1. morning

Descendants

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