إصبع

Arabic

Root
ص ب ع‎ (ṣ-b-ʕ)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔiṣbaʕ-. Akin to Hebrew אצבע‎, Aramaic אֶצְבְּעָא‎ (ʾeṣbəʿā), Classical Syriac ܨܒܥܐ‎ (ṣeḇʿā), Tigrinya ኣጻብዕ (ʾaṣabʿ), Coptic ⲧⲏⲃ (tēb), Ugaritic 𐎜𐎕𐎁𐎓 (ủṣbʿ), Egyptian ḏbꜥ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔisˤ.baʕ/
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Noun

إِصْبَع • (ʔiṣbaʕ) f or m (plural أَصَابِع‎ (ʔaṣābiʕ))

finger
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:19:
  ‏أَوْ كَصَيِّبٍ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ فِيهِ ظُلُمَاتٌ وَرَعْدٌ وَبَرْقٌ يَجْعَلُونَ أَصَابِعَهُمْ فِي آذَانِهِمْ حَذَرَ الْمَوْتِ‎
  ʔaw kaṣayyibin mina s-samāʔi fīhi ẓulumātun waraʕdun wabarqun yajʕalūna ʔaṣābiʕahum fī ʔāḏānihim ḥaḏara l-mawti
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toe
piano key
popsicle
lollipop

Usage notes

Generally feminine.

Declension

Declension of noun إِصْبَع (ʔiṣbaʕ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِصْبَع ʔiṣbaʕ	الْإِصْبَع‎ al-ʔiṣbaʕ	إِصْبَع ʔiṣbaʕ
Nominative	إِصْبَعٌ ʔiṣbaʕun	الْإِصْبَعُ‎ al-ʔiṣbaʕu	إِصْبَعُ ʔiṣbaʕu
Accusative	إِصْبَعًا‎ ʔiṣbaʕan	الْإِصْبَعَ‎ al-ʔiṣbaʕa	إِصْبَعَ ʔiṣbaʕa
Genitive	إِصْبَعٍ ʔiṣbaʕin	الْإِصْبَعِ‎ al-ʔiṣbaʕi	إِصْبَعِ ʔiṣbaʕi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِصْبَعَيْن‎ ʔiṣbaʕayn	الْإِصْبَعَيْن‎ al-ʔiṣbaʕayn	إِصْبَعَيْ‎ ʔiṣbaʕay
Nominative	إِصْبَعَانِ‎ ʔiṣbaʕāni	الْإِصْبَعَانِ‎ al-ʔiṣbaʕāni	إِصْبَعَا‎ ʔiṣbaʕā
Accusative	إِصْبَعَيْنِ‎ ʔiṣbaʕayni	الْإِصْبَعَيْنِ‎ al-ʔiṣbaʕayni	إِصْبَعَيْ‎ ʔiṣbaʕay
Genitive	إِصْبَعَيْنِ‎ ʔiṣbaʕayni	الْإِصْبَعَيْنِ‎ al-ʔiṣbaʕayni	إِصْبَعَيْ‎ ʔiṣbaʕay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَصَابِع‎ ʔaṣābiʕ	الْأَصَابِع‎ al-ʔaṣābiʕ	أَصَابِع‎ ʔaṣābiʕ
Nominative	أَصَابِعُ‎ ʔaṣābiʕu	الْأَصَابِعُ‎ al-ʔaṣābiʕu	أَصَابِعُ‎ ʔaṣābiʕu
Accusative	أَصَابِعَ‎ ʔaṣābiʕa	الْأَصَابِعَ‎ al-ʔaṣābiʕa	أَصَابِعَ‎ ʔaṣābiʕa
Genitive	أَصَابِعَ‎ ʔaṣābiʕa	الْأَصَابِعِ‎ al-ʔaṣābiʕi	أَصَابِعِ‎ ʔaṣābiʕi

Derived terms

صَبَعَ‎ (ṣabaʕa, “to point with the finger”)
صَبَّعَ‎ (ṣabbaʕa, “to finger”)
صَبِيع‎ (ṣabīʕ, “carbuncle”)
تَصَبَّعَ‎ (taṣabbaʕa, “to digitate, to form finger-like structures or carbuncles”)

References

Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “صبع”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 815–816
Kogan, Leonid (2011), “Proto-Semitic Lexicon”, in Weninger, Stefan, editor, The Semitic Languages. An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft – Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science; 36), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 224
Lane, Edward William (1863), “صبع”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 1646–1647
Wehr, Hans (1979), “صبع”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 586

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