سحابة

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.ħaː.ba/

Noun

سَحَابَة • (saḥāba) f (plural سَحَابَات (saḥābāt) or سَحَائِب (saḥāʔib))

1. singulative of سَحَاب (saḥāb, “clouds”): a cloud

Declension

Declension of noun سَحَابَة (saḥāba)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَحَابَة saḥāba	السَّحَابَة as-saḥāba	سَحَابَة saḥābat
Nominative	سَحَابَةٌ saḥābatun	السَّحَابَةُ as-saḥābatu	سَحَابَةُ saḥābatu
Accusative	سَحَابَةً saḥābatan	السَّحَابَةَ as-saḥābata	سَحَابَةَ saḥābata
Genitive	سَحَابَةٍ saḥābatin	السَّحَابَةِ as-saḥābati	سَحَابَةِ saḥābati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَحَابَتَيْن saḥābatayn	السَّحَابَتَيْن as-saḥābatayn	سَحَابَتَيْ saḥābatay
Nominative	سَحَابَتَانِ saḥābatāni	السَّحَابَتَانِ as-saḥābatāni	سَحَابَتَا saḥābatā
Accusative	سَحَابَتَيْنِ saḥābatayni	السَّحَابَتَيْنِ as-saḥābatayni	سَحَابَتَيْ saḥābatay
Genitive	سَحَابَتَيْنِ saḥābatayni	السَّحَابَتَيْنِ as-saḥābatayni	سَحَابَتَيْ saḥābatay
Plural	sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَحَابَات‎; سَحَائِب saḥābāt‎; saḥāʔib	السَّحَابَات‎; السَّحَائِب as-saḥābāt‎; as-saḥāʔib	سَحَابَات‎; سَحَائِب saḥābāt‎; saḥāʔib
Nominative	سَحَابَاتٌ‎; سَحَائِبُ saḥābātun‎; saḥāʔibu	السَّحَابَاتُ‎; السَّحَائِبُ as-saḥābātu‎; as-saḥāʔibu	سَحَابَاتُ‎; سَحَائِبُ saḥābātu‎; saḥāʔibu
Accusative	سَحَابَاتٍ‎; سَحَائِبَ saḥābātin‎; saḥāʔiba	السَّحَابَاتِ‎; السَّحَائِبَ as-saḥābāti‎; as-saḥāʔiba	سَحَابَاتِ‎; سَحَائِبَ saḥābāti‎; saḥāʔiba
Genitive	سَحَابَاتٍ‎; سَحَائِبَ saḥābātin‎; saḥāʔiba	السَّحَابَاتِ‎; السَّحَائِبِ as-saḥābāti‎; as-saḥāʔibi	سَحَابَاتِ‎; سَحَائِبِ saḥābāti‎; saḥāʔibi

Synonyms

• غَيْمَة (ḡayma); غَمَامَة (ḡamāma), عَنَانَة (ʕanāna)

Descendants

• Egyptian Arabic: سحابة (saḥāba)
• Hijazi Arabic: سحابة (saḥāba)
• Maltese: sħaba
• Moroccan Arabic: سحابة (sḥāba)
• → Ottoman Turkish: سحابه (sehaba)

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “سحابة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic سَحَابَة (saḥāba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sħaːba/

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Noun

سحابة • (sḥāba) f (singulative, collective سحاب m (sḥāb), paucal سحابات (sḥābāt))

1. singulative of سحاب (“clouds”): a cloud

   Synonym: غيمة (ḡīma)