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سبب

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See also: شبث, شبت, سبت, and س ب ب

Arabic

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Root
س ب ب (s b b)
11 terms

Etymology 1.1

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sab.ba.ba/
  • Noun:(file)

Verb

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سَبَّبَ (sabbaba) II (non-past يُسَبِّبُ (yusabbibu), verbal noun تَسْبِيب (tasbīb))

  1. to cause, to effect, to trigger, to generate
Conjugation
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Conjugation of سَبَّبَ (II, sound, full passive, verbal noun تَسْبِيب)
verbal noun
الْمَصْدَر
تَسْبِيب
tasbīb
active participle
اِسْم الْفَاعِل
مُسَبِّب
musabbib
passive participle
اِسْم الْمَفْعُول
مُسَبَّب
musabbab
active voice
الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
singular
الْمُفْرَد
dual
الْمُثَنَّى
plural
الْجَمْع
1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم
2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب
3rd person
الْغَائِب
2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب
3rd person
الْغَائِب
1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم
2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب
3rd person
الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative
الْمَاضِي
m سَبَّبْتُ
sabbabtu
سَبَّبْتَ
sabbabta
سَبَّبَ
sabbaba
سَبَّبْتُمَا
sabbabtumā
سَبَّبَا
sabbabā
سَبَّبْنَا
sabbabnā
سَبَّبْتُمْ
sabbabtum
سَبَّبُوا
sabbabū
f سَبَّبْتِ
sabbabti
سَبَّبَتْ
sabbabat
سَبَّبَتَا
sabbabatā
سَبَّبْتُنَّ
sabbabtunna
سَبَّبْنَ
sabbabna
non-past (imperfect) indicative
الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع
m أُسَبِّبُ
ʔusabbibu
تُسَبِّبُ
tusabbibu
يُسَبِّبُ
yusabbibu
تُسَبِّبَانِ
tusabbibāni
يُسَبِّبَانِ
yusabbibāni
نُسَبِّبُ
nusabbibu
تُسَبِّبُونَ
tusabbibūna
يُسَبِّبُونَ
yusabbibūna
f تُسَبِّبِينَ
tusabbibīna
تُسَبِّبُ
tusabbibu
تُسَبِّبَانِ
tusabbibāni
تُسَبِّبْنَ
tusabbibna
يُسَبِّبْنَ
yusabbibna
subjunctive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب
m أُسَبِّبَ
ʔusabbiba
تُسَبِّبَ
tusabbiba
يُسَبِّبَ
yusabbiba
تُسَبِّبَا
tusabbibā
يُسَبِّبَا
yusabbibā
نُسَبِّبَ
nusabbiba
تُسَبِّبُوا
tusabbibū
يُسَبِّبُوا
yusabbibū
f تُسَبِّبِي
tusabbibī
تُسَبِّبَ
tusabbiba
تُسَبِّبَا
tusabbibā
تُسَبِّبْنَ
tusabbibna
يُسَبِّبْنَ
yusabbibna
jussive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم
m أُسَبِّبْ
ʔusabbib
تُسَبِّبْ
tusabbib
يُسَبِّبْ
yusabbib
تُسَبِّبَا
tusabbibā
يُسَبِّبَا
yusabbibā
نُسَبِّبْ
nusabbib
تُسَبِّبُوا
tusabbibū
يُسَبِّبُوا
yusabbibū
f تُسَبِّبِي
tusabbibī
تُسَبِّبْ
tusabbib
تُسَبِّبَا
tusabbibā
تُسَبِّبْنَ
tusabbibna
يُسَبِّبْنَ
yusabbibna
imperative
الْأَمْر
m سَبِّبْ
sabbib
سَبِّبَا
sabbibā
سَبِّبُوا
sabbibū
f سَبِّبِي
sabbibī
سَبِّبْنَ
sabbibna
passive voice
الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
singular
الْمُفْرَد
dual
الْمُثَنَّى
plural
الْجَمْع
1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم
2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب
3rd person
الْغَائِب
2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب
3rd person
الْغَائِب
1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم
2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب
3rd person
الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative
الْمَاضِي
m سُبِّبْتُ
subbibtu
سُبِّبْتَ
subbibta
سُبِّبَ
subbiba
سُبِّبْتُمَا
subbibtumā
سُبِّبَا
subbibā
سُبِّبْنَا
subbibnā
سُبِّبْتُمْ
subbibtum
سُبِّبُوا
subbibū
f سُبِّبْتِ
subbibti
سُبِّبَتْ
subbibat
سُبِّبَتَا
subbibatā
سُبِّبْتُنَّ
subbibtunna
سُبِّبْنَ
subbibna
non-past (imperfect) indicative
الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع
m أُسَبَّبُ
ʔusabbabu
تُسَبَّبُ
tusabbabu
يُسَبَّبُ
yusabbabu
تُسَبَّبَانِ
tusabbabāni
يُسَبَّبَانِ
yusabbabāni
نُسَبَّبُ
nusabbabu
تُسَبَّبُونَ
tusabbabūna
يُسَبَّبُونَ
yusabbabūna
f تُسَبَّبِينَ
tusabbabīna
تُسَبَّبُ
tusabbabu
تُسَبَّبَانِ
tusabbabāni
تُسَبَّبْنَ
tusabbabna
يُسَبَّبْنَ
yusabbabna
subjunctive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب
m أُسَبَّبَ
ʔusabbaba
تُسَبَّبَ
tusabbaba
يُسَبَّبَ
yusabbaba
تُسَبَّبَا
tusabbabā
يُسَبَّبَا
yusabbabā
نُسَبَّبَ
nusabbaba
تُسَبَّبُوا
tusabbabū
يُسَبَّبُوا
yusabbabū
f تُسَبَّبِي
tusabbabī
تُسَبَّبَ
tusabbaba
تُسَبَّبَا
tusabbabā
تُسَبَّبْنَ
tusabbabna
يُسَبَّبْنَ
yusabbabna
jussive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم
m أُسَبَّبْ
ʔusabbab
تُسَبَّبْ
tusabbab
يُسَبَّبْ
yusabbab
تُسَبَّبَا
tusabbabā
يُسَبَّبَا
yusabbabā
نُسَبَّبْ
nusabbab
تُسَبَّبُوا
tusabbabū
يُسَبَّبُوا
yusabbabū
f تُسَبَّبِي
tusabbabī
تُسَبَّبْ
tusabbab
تُسَبَّبَا
tusabbabā
تُسَبَّبْنَ
tusabbabna
يُسَبَّبْنَ
yusabbabna

Etymology 1.2

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Compare Hebrew סיבה (sibá, cause, reason).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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سَبَب (sababm (plural أَسْبَاب (ʔasbāb))

  1. (chiefly Classical Arabic) cable, rope
    Synonyms: حَبْل (ḥabl), مَرَسَة (marasa), رِبَاط (ribāṭ), قَلْس (qals), أَشْل (ʔašl), طُنُب (ṭunub), مَرَار (marār), إِصَار (ʔiṣār), مَأْصِر (maʔṣir), سِلْسِلَة (silsila), مِقَاط (miqāṭ)
  2. cause, grounds, aetiological reason
    بِسَبَب ذٰلِكَbi-sabab ḏālikabecause of that
    • a. 1233 CE, Ibn al-Athīr, الكامل في التاريخ[1], 1st edition, volume 4, Dar al-Kitab al-Arabi, published 1997, page 81:
      وَكَانَ سَبَبُ قَتْلِهِ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ اسْتَعْمَلَهُ عَلَى الْأَنْدَلُسِ، كَمَا ذَكَرْنَا، عِنْدَ عَوْدِهِ إِلَى الشَّامِ، فَضَبَطَهَا وَسَدَّدَ أُمُورَهَا، وَحَمَى ثُغُورَهَا، وَافْتَتَحَ فِي إِمَارَتِهِ مَدَائِنَ بَقِيَتْ بَعْدَ أَبِيهِ،
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  3. alibi
Declension
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Declension of noun سَبَب (sabab)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal سَبَب
sabab
السَّبَب
as-sabab
سَبَب
sabab
nominative سَبَبٌ
sababun
السَّبَبُ
as-sababu
سَبَبُ
sababu
accusative سَبَبًا
sababan
السَّبَبَ
as-sababa
سَبَبَ
sababa
genitive سَبَبٍ
sababin
السَّبَبِ
as-sababi
سَبَبِ
sababi
dual indefinite definite construct
informal سَبَبَيْن
sababayn
السَّبَبَيْن
as-sababayn
سَبَبَيْ
sababay
nominative سَبَبَانِ
sababāni
السَّبَبَانِ
as-sababāni
سَبَبَا
sababā
accusative سَبَبَيْنِ
sababayni
السَّبَبَيْنِ
as-sababayni
سَبَبَيْ
sababay
genitive سَبَبَيْنِ
sababayni
السَّبَبَيْنِ
as-sababayni
سَبَبَيْ
sababay
plural basic broken plural triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal أَسْبَاب
ʔasbāb
الْأَسْبَاب
al-ʔasbāb
أَسْبَاب
ʔasbāb
nominative أَسْبَابٌ
ʔasbābun
الْأَسْبَابُ
al-ʔasbābu
أَسْبَابُ
ʔasbābu
accusative أَسْبَابًا
ʔasbāban
الْأَسْبَابَ
al-ʔasbāba
أَسْبَابَ
ʔasbāba
genitive أَسْبَابٍ
ʔasbābin
الْأَسْبَابِ
al-ʔasbābi
أَسْبَابِ
ʔasbābi
Derived terms
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Terms derived from the noun سبب
Descendants
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References

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  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “سب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Malay

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Noun

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سبب (plural سبب-سبب or سبب٢)

  1. Jawi spelling of sebab.‎‎

Conjunction

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سبب

  1. Jawi spelling of sebab.‎‎

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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From Arabic سَبَب (sabab).

Noun

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سبب (sebeb)

  1. cause, reason
  2. motive

Descendants

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References

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  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “سبب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 662b
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “sebep”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic سَبَب (sabab).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? saḇaḇ
Dari reading? sabab
Iranian reading? sabab
Tajik reading? sabab

Noun

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Dari سبب
Iranian Persian
Tajik сабаб

سبب (sabab) (plural اسباب (asbâb))

  1. cause, reason
    Synonyms: باعث (bâ'es), دلیل (dalil)
    سبب این حادثهsabab-e in hâdesethe cause of this incident
    سبب کاهش قیمت‌هاsabab-e kâheš-e qeymat-hâthe cause of the decline in prices
    • c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 4”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divan of Hafez]:
      ندانم از چه سبب رنگ آشنایی نیست
      سهی قدان سیه چشم ماه سیما را
      na-dânam az če sabab rang-e âšenâyi nist
      sahi qaddân-e siyah čašm-e mâh simâ râ
      I do not know for what reason there is no hue of recognition from these ones standing tall, with black eyes and moon-like faces.

Descendants

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South Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic سَبَّبَ (sabbaba).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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سبّب (sabbab) II (present بسبّب (bisabbeb))

  1. to cause, to produce, to bring about
    التضخم المالي بسبّب لمجتمعنا الاستقرار.
    il-taḍaḵḵom al-māli bisabbeb la-mujtamʕana al-istaqrār
    Inflation brings about instability in our society.
    الطقس سبّب هالتّأخير.il-taʕs sabbab ha-t-tʕaḵīrThe weather caused this delay.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of سبب
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m سبّبت (sabbabt) سبّبت (sabbabt) سبّب (sabbab) سبّبنا (sabbabna) سبّبتو (sabbabtu) سبّبو (sabbabu)
f سبّبتي (sabbabti) سبّبت (sabbabat)
present m بسبّب (basabbib) بتسبّب (bitsabbib) بسبّب (bisabbib) منسبّب (minsabbib) بتسبّبو (bitsabbbu) بسبّبو (bisabbbu)
f بتسبّبي (bitsabbbi) بتسبّب (bitsabbib)
subjunctive m اسبّب (asabbib) تسبّب (tsabbib) يسبّب (ysabbib) نسبّب (nsabbib) تسبّبو (tsabbbu) يسبّبو (ysabbbu)
f تسبّبي (tsabbbi) تسبّب (tsabbib)
imperative m سبّب (sabbib) سبّبو (sabbbu)
f سبّبي (sabbbi)