סב

Hebrew

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Aramaic; related to native Hebrew שָׂב (sav).

Noun

סָב • (sav) m (plural indefinite סָבִים, singular construct סַב־, plural construct סָבֵי־, feminine counterpart סָבָה)

1. An elderly man; an aged or old man.
2. A grandfather: the father of a parent.
3. An old wise man.

Usage notes

• Though historically the primary sense was “old man” or “old wise man” (in which sense it was used also as an adjective), in modern use the primary sense is “grandfather”.
• This noun is a bit formal today; the more colloquial term for a grandfather is סבא (sába).

Declension

Declension of סָב

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	State	Form	Person	singular		plural
				m.	f.	m.	f.
singular	indefinite	סָב	first	סָבִי		סָבֵנוּ
	definite	הַסָּב	second	סָבְךָ	סָבֵךְ	סַבְכֶם	סַבְכֶן
	construct	סַב־	third	סָבוֹ	סָבָהּ	סָבָם	סָבָן
plural	indefinite	סָבִים	first	סביי / סָבַי		סָבֵינוּ
	definite	הַסָּבִים	second	סָבֶיךָ	סבייך / סָבַיִךְ	סָבֵיכֶם	סָבֵיכֶן
	construct	סָבֵי־	third	סָבָיו	סָבֶיהָ	סָבֵיהֶם	סָבֵיהֶן

Etymology 2

Root
ס־ב־ב (s-b-b)

From the root ס־ב־ב (s-b-b).

Verb

סַב • (sáv) (pa'al construction, infinitive לסוב / לָסֹב, present סוֹבֵב, future יסוב / יִסֹּב or יסוב / יָסֹב, imperative סוב / סֹב, passive counterpart נָסַב or נָסֵב)

1. Alternative form of סבב (saváv)

References

• “סָב” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שׁוֹשָׁן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם)‎ (1984), →ISBN, volume 2 of 3 (ל to צ), →ISBN, page 892.
• “סבב” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שׁוֹשָׁן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם)‎ (1984), →ISBN, volume 2 of 3 (ל to צ), →ISBN, page 893.