صبيح

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ص ب ح (ṣ-b-ḥ); compare صَبُحَ (ṣabuḥa, “to be beautiful, to beam radiantly”).

Adjective

صَبِيح • (ṣabīḥ) (feminine صَبِيحَة (ṣabīḥa), masculine plural صِبَاح (ṣibāḥ))

1. pretty, comely
2. handsome
3. beautiful, graceful

Declension

Declension of adjective صَبِيح (ṣabīḥ)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	صَبِيح ṣabīḥ	الصَّبِيح aṣ-ṣabīḥ	صَبِيحَة ṣabīḥa	الصَّبِيحَة aṣ-ṣabīḥa
Nominative	صَبِيحٌ ṣabīḥun	الصَّبِيحُ aṣ-ṣabīḥu	صَبِيحَةٌ ṣabīḥatun	الصَّبِيحَةُ aṣ-ṣabīḥatu
Accusative	صَبِيحًا ṣabīḥan	الصَّبِيحَ aṣ-ṣabīḥa	صَبِيحَةً ṣabīḥatan	الصَّبِيحَةَ aṣ-ṣabīḥata
Genitive	صَبِيحٍ ṣabīḥin	الصَّبِيحِ aṣ-ṣabīḥi	صَبِيحَةٍ ṣabīḥatin	الصَّبِيحَةِ aṣ-ṣabīḥati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	صَبِيحَيْن ṣabīḥayn	الصَّبِيحَيْن aṣ-ṣabīḥayn	صَبِيحَتَيْن ṣabīḥatayn	الصَّبِيحَتَيْن aṣ-ṣabīḥatayn
Nominative	صَبِيحَانِ ṣabīḥāni	الصَّبِيحَانِ aṣ-ṣabīḥāni	صَبِيحَتَانِ ṣabīḥatāni	الصَّبِيحَتَانِ aṣ-ṣabīḥatāni
Accusative	صَبِيحَيْنِ ṣabīḥayni	الصَّبِيحَيْنِ aṣ-ṣabīḥayni	صَبِيحَتَيْنِ ṣabīḥatayni	الصَّبِيحَتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣabīḥatayni
Genitive	صَبِيحَيْنِ ṣabīḥayni	الصَّبِيحَيْنِ aṣ-ṣabīḥayni	صَبِيحَتَيْنِ ṣabīḥatayni	الصَّبِيحَتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣabīḥatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural triptote		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	صِبَاح ṣibāḥ	الصِّبَاح aṣ-ṣibāḥ	صَبِيحَات ṣabīḥāt	الصَّبِيحَات aṣ-ṣabīḥāt
Nominative	صِبَاحٌ ṣibāḥun	الصِّبَاحُ aṣ-ṣibāḥu	صَبِيحَاتٌ ṣabīḥātun	الصَّبِيحَاتُ aṣ-ṣabīḥātu
Accusative	صِبَاحًا ṣibāḥan	الصِّبَاحَ aṣ-ṣibāḥa	صَبِيحَاتٍ ṣabīḥātin	الصَّبِيحَاتِ aṣ-ṣabīḥāti
Genitive	صِبَاحٍ ṣibāḥin	الصِّبَاحِ aṣ-ṣibāḥi	صَبِيحَاتٍ ṣabīḥātin	الصَّبِيحَاتِ aṣ-ṣabīḥāti

Synonyms

• صَبْحَان (ṣabḥān)
• صُبَاح (ṣubāḥ)

Related terms

• صَبَاحَة (ṣabāḥa, “beauty, grace”)

Descendants

• Maltese: sabiħ

References

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