صبغة

See also: ضيعة and صيغة

Arabic

Root
ص ب غ (ṣ-b-ḡ)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˤib.ɣa/

Noun

صِبْغَة • (ṣibḡa) f (plural صِبَغ (ṣibaḡ))

1. dye, colorant
2. tinge, a colour created by (or as if created by) dyeing
3. the art of dyeing

Declension

Declension of noun صِبْغَة (ṣibḡa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صِبْغَة ṣibḡa	الصِّبْغَة aṣ-ṣibḡa	صِبْغَة ṣibḡat
Nominative	صِبْغَةٌ ṣibḡatun	الصِّبْغَةُ aṣ-ṣibḡatu	صِبْغَةُ ṣibḡatu
Accusative	صِبْغَةً ṣibḡatan	الصِّبْغَةَ aṣ-ṣibḡata	صِبْغَةَ ṣibḡata
Genitive	صِبْغَةٍ ṣibḡatin	الصِّبْغَةِ aṣ-ṣibḡati	صِبْغَةِ ṣibḡati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صِبْغَتَيْن ṣibḡatayn	الصِّبْغَتَيْن aṣ-ṣibḡatayn	صِبْغَتَيْ ṣibḡatay
Nominative	صِبْغَتَانِ ṣibḡatāni	الصِّبْغَتَانِ aṣ-ṣibḡatāni	صِبْغَتَا ṣibḡatā
Accusative	صِبْغَتَيْنِ ṣibḡatayni	الصِّبْغَتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣibḡatayni	صِبْغَتَيْ ṣibḡatay
Genitive	صِبْغَتَيْنِ ṣibḡatayni	الصِّبْغَتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣibḡatayni	صِبْغَتَيْ ṣibḡatay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صِبَغ ṣibaḡ	الصِّبَغ aṣ-ṣibaḡ	صِبَغ ṣibaḡ
Nominative	صِبَغٌ ṣibaḡun	الصِّبَغُ aṣ-ṣibaḡu	صِبَغُ ṣibaḡu
Accusative	صِبَغًا ṣibaḡan	الصِّبَغَ aṣ-ṣibaḡa	صِبَغَ ṣibaḡa
Genitive	صِبَغٍ ṣibaḡin	الصِّبَغِ aṣ-ṣibaḡi	صِبَغِ ṣibaḡi

Descendants

• Maltese: żebgħa
• → Ottoman Turkish: صبغت (sıbğat)

References

• Freytag, Georg (1833) “صبغة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 479
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “صبغة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 695