sebep

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish سبب (sebeb), from Arabic سَبَب (sabab).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈbep/
• Rhymes: -ep
• Hyphenation: se‧bép

Noun

sebep m (plural sebepe, definite sebepi, definite plural sebepet) (colloquial, archaic)

1. reason, cause

   Synonyms: shkak, shkas

2. weak reason, justification

   Synonyms: vjegë, arsye

3. familial occasion or event (wedding, birth, death)

   Synonym: rast

Declension

Declension of sebep

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sebep	sebepi	sebepe	sebepet
accusative		sebepin
dative	sebepi	sebepit	sebepeve	sebepeve
ablative			sebepesh

Further reading

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• “sebep”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Bufli, G.; Rocchi, L. (2021), “sebep”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 414

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Arabic سَبَب (sabab).

Noun

sebep

1. reason, base

Declension

Declension of sebep

nominative	sebep
genitive	sebepniñ
dative	sebepke
accusative	sebepni
locative	sebepte
ablative	sebepten

Postposition

sebep

1. (+ ablative) due to

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002), Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[2], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish سبب (sebeb), from Arabic سَبَب (sabab).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈbep/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: se‧bep

Noun

sebep (definite accusative sebebi, plural sebepler or (obsolete) esbap)

1. reason

   Synonyms: neden, saik, saika, vesile

Declension

Declension of sebep

singular plural nominative sebep sebepler definite accusative sebebi sebepleri dative sebebe sebeplere locative sebepte sebeplerde ablative sebepten sebeplerden genitive sebebin sebeplerin Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular sebebim sebeplerim 2nd singular sebebin sebeplerin 3rd singular sebebi sebepleri 1st plural sebebimiz sebeplerimiz 2nd plural sebebiniz sebepleriniz 3rd plural sebepleri sebepleri definite accusative singular plural 1st singular sebebimi sebeplerimi 2nd singular sebebini sebeplerini 3rd singular sebebini sebeplerini 1st plural sebebimizi sebeplerimizi 2nd plural sebebinizi sebeplerinizi 3rd plural sebeplerini sebeplerini dative singular plural 1st singular sebebime sebeplerime 2nd singular sebebine sebeplerine 3rd singular sebebine sebeplerine 1st plural sebebimize sebeplerimize 2nd plural sebebinize sebeplerinize 3rd plural sebeplerine sebeplerine locative singular plural 1st singular sebebimde sebeplerimde 2nd singular sebebinde sebeplerinde 3rd singular sebebinde sebeplerinde 1st plural sebebimizde sebeplerimizde 2nd plural sebebinizde sebeplerinizde 3rd plural sebeplerinde sebeplerinde ablative singular plural 1st singular sebebimden sebeplerimden 2nd singular sebebinden sebeplerinden 3rd singular sebebinden sebeplerinden 1st plural sebebimizden sebeplerimizden 2nd plural sebebinizden sebeplerinizden 3rd plural sebeplerinden sebeplerinden genitive singular plural 1st singular sebebimin sebeplerimin 2nd singular sebebinin sebeplerinin 3rd singular sebebinin sebeplerinin 1st plural sebebimizin sebeplerimizin 2nd plural sebebinizin sebeplerinizin 3rd plural sebeplerinin sebeplerinin

Derived terms

• sebebiyle
• sebep bilimi
• sebep olmak
• sebeplenmek
• sebepli
• sebepsiz
• sudan sebep

Further reading

• “sebep”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “sebep”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “sebep”, in Nişanyan Sözlük