صائب

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ص و ب (ṣ-w-b)

Derived from the active participle of the verb صَابَ (ṣāba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˤaː.ʔib/

Adjective

صَائِب • (ṣāʔib) (feminine صَائِبَة (ṣāʔiba), masculine plural صَائِبُونَ (ṣāʔibūna), feminine plural صَائِبَات (ṣāʔibāt))

1. right, correct; pertinent, relevant

Descendants

Declension of adjective صَائِب (ṣāʔib)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	صَائِب ṣāʔib	الصَّائِب aṣ-ṣāʔib	صَائِبَة ṣāʔiba	الصَّائِبَة aṣ-ṣāʔiba
Nominative	صَائِبٌ ṣāʔibun	الصَّائِبُ aṣ-ṣāʔibu	صَائِبَةٌ ṣāʔibatun	الصَّائِبَةُ aṣ-ṣāʔibatu
Accusative	صَائِبًا ṣāʔiban	الصَّائِبَ aṣ-ṣāʔiba	صَائِبَةً ṣāʔibatan	الصَّائِبَةَ aṣ-ṣāʔibata
Genitive	صَائِبٍ ṣāʔibin	الصَّائِبِ aṣ-ṣāʔibi	صَائِبَةٍ ṣāʔibatin	الصَّائِبَةِ aṣ-ṣāʔibati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	صَائِبَيْن ṣāʔibayn	الصَّائِبَيْن aṣ-ṣāʔibayn	صَائِبَتَيْن ṣāʔibatayn	الصَّائِبَتَيْن aṣ-ṣāʔibatayn
Nominative	صَائِبَانِ ṣāʔibāni	الصَّائِبَانِ aṣ-ṣāʔibāni	صَائِبَتَانِ ṣāʔibatāni	الصَّائِبَتَانِ aṣ-ṣāʔibatāni
Accusative	صَائِبَيْنِ ṣāʔibayni	الصَّائِبَيْنِ aṣ-ṣāʔibayni	صَائِبَتَيْنِ ṣāʔibatayni	الصَّائِبَتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣāʔibatayni
Genitive	صَائِبَيْنِ ṣāʔibayni	الصَّائِبَيْنِ aṣ-ṣāʔibayni	صَائِبَتَيْنِ ṣāʔibatayni	الصَّائِبَتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣāʔibatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	صَائِبِين ṣāʔibīn	الصَّائِبِين aṣ-ṣāʔibīn	صَائِبَات ṣāʔibāt	الصَّائِبَات aṣ-ṣāʔibāt
Nominative	صَائِبُونَ ṣāʔibūna	الصَّائِبُونَ aṣ-ṣāʔibūna	صَائِبَاتٌ ṣāʔibātun	الصَّائِبَاتُ aṣ-ṣāʔibātu
Accusative	صَائِبِينَ ṣāʔibīna	الصَّائِبِينَ aṣ-ṣāʔibīna	صَائِبَاتٍ ṣāʔibātin	الصَّائِبَاتِ aṣ-ṣāʔibāti
Genitive	صَائِبِينَ ṣāʔibīna	الصَّائِبِينَ aṣ-ṣāʔibīna	صَائِبَاتٍ ṣāʔibātin	الصَّائِبَاتِ aṣ-ṣāʔibāti

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian صائب (sā'ib), from Arabic صَائِب (ṣāʔib).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /sɑː.ɪb/

Adjective

صائِب • (sāib) (Hindi spelling साइब)

1. right, going straight to the point
2. well-aimed, to the point, right sound in judgement

Further reading

• “صائب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “صائب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “صائب”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “صائب”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.