مصيبة

Arabic

Root
ص و ب (ṣ-w-b)

Etymology

Derived from the feminine form of the active participle of the verb أَصَابَ (ʔaṣāba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.sˤiː.ba/

Noun

مُصِيبَة • (muṣība) f (plural مَصَائِب (maṣāʔib) or مُصِيبَات (muṣībāt))

1. calamity, affliction, misfortune, disaster

   Synonyms: نَازِلَة (nāzila), دَاهِيَة (dāhiya), نَائِبَة (nāʔiba), بَلِيَّة (baliyya)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:155-156:

     وَلَنَبْلُوَنَّكُم بِشَيْءٍ مِنَ ٱلْخَوْفِ وَٱلْجُوعِ وَنَقْصٍ مِنَ ٱلْأَمْوَٰلِ وَٱلْأَنْفُسِ وَٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ وَبَشِّرِ الصَّابِرِينَ الَّذِينَ إِذَا أَصَابَتْهُم مُصِيبَةٌ قَالُوا إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ

     walanabluwannakum bišayʔin mina l-ḵawfi wal-jūʕi wanaqṣin mina l-ʔamwāli wal-ʔanfusi waṯ-ṯamarāti wabašširi ṣ-ṣābirīna allaḏīna ʔiḏā ʔaṣābathum muṣībatun qālū ʔinnā lillahi waʔinnā ʔilayhi rājiʕūna

     And We will surely test you with something of fear and hunger and a loss of wealth and lives and fruits, but give good tidings to the patient, who, when disaster strikes them, say, "Indeed we belong to Allāh, and indeed to Him we will return."

   • a. 965, Al-Mutanabbi, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     بِذَا قَضَتِ الْأَيَّامُ مَا بَيْنَ أَهْلِهَا / مَصَائِبُ قَوْمٍ عِنْدَ قَوْمٍ فَوَائِدُ

     biḏā qaḍati l-ʔayyāmu mā bayna ʔahlihā / maṣāʔibu qawmin ʕinda qawmin fawāʔidu

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of noun مُصِيبَة (muṣība)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُصِيبَة muṣība	الْمُصِيبَة al-muṣība	مُصِيبَة muṣībat
Nominative	مُصِيبَةٌ muṣībatun	الْمُصِيبَةُ al-muṣībatu	مُصِيبَةُ muṣībatu
Accusative	مُصِيبَةً muṣībatan	الْمُصِيبَةَ al-muṣībata	مُصِيبَةَ muṣībata
Genitive	مُصِيبَةٍ muṣībatin	الْمُصِيبَةِ al-muṣībati	مُصِيبَةِ muṣībati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُصِيبَتَيْن muṣībatayn	الْمُصِيبَتَيْن al-muṣībatayn	مُصِيبَتَيْ muṣībatay
Nominative	مُصِيبَتَانِ muṣībatāni	الْمُصِيبَتَانِ al-muṣībatāni	مُصِيبَتَا muṣībatā
Accusative	مُصِيبَتَيْنِ muṣībatayni	الْمُصِيبَتَيْنِ al-muṣībatayni	مُصِيبَتَيْ muṣībatay
Genitive	مُصِيبَتَيْنِ muṣībatayni	الْمُصِيبَتَيْنِ al-muṣībatayni	مُصِيبَتَيْ muṣībatay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote‎; sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَصَائِب‎; مُصِيبَات maṣāʔib‎; muṣībāt	الْمَصَائِب‎; الْمُصِيبَات al-maṣāʔib‎; al-muṣībāt	مَصَائِب‎; مُصِيبَات maṣāʔib‎; muṣībāt
Nominative	مَصَائِبُ‎; مُصِيبَاتٌ maṣāʔibu‎; muṣībātun	الْمَصَائِبُ‎; الْمُصِيبَاتُ al-maṣāʔibu‎; al-muṣībātu	مَصَائِبُ‎; مُصِيبَاتُ maṣāʔibu‎; muṣībātu
Accusative	مَصَائِبَ‎; مُصِيبَاتٍ maṣāʔiba‎; muṣībātin	الْمَصَائِبَ‎; الْمُصِيبَاتِ al-maṣāʔiba‎; al-muṣībāti	مَصَائِبَ‎; مُصِيبَاتِ maṣāʔiba‎; muṣībāti
Genitive	مَصَائِبَ‎; مُصِيبَاتٍ maṣāʔiba‎; muṣībātin	الْمَصَائِبِ‎; الْمُصِيبَاتِ al-maṣāʔibi‎; al-muṣībāti	مَصَائِبِ‎; مُصِيبَاتِ maṣāʔibi‎; muṣībāti

Derived terms

• مَصَائِبُ قَوْمٍ عِنْدَ قَوْمٍ فَوَائِدُ (maṣāʔibu qawmin ʕinda qawmin fawāʔidu, “one man's meat is another man's poison”, saying)

Descendants

• Maltese: msiba
• → Azerbaijani: müsibət
• → Hindi: मुसीबत (musībat)
• → Indonesian: musibah
• → Northern Kurdish: musîbet
• → Malayalam: മുസീവത്ത് (musīvattŭ)
• → Persian: مصیبت (mosibat)
  • → Bengali: মুসিবত (musībat)
  • → Hindi: मुसीबत (musībat)
  • → Urdu: مصیبت (musībat)
    • → Phalura: musibát (musībat)
• → Ottoman Turkish: مصیبت
  • → Turkish: musibet
  • → Crimean Tatar: müsibet
• → Swahili: msiba
• → Uyghur: مۇسىبەت (musibet)
• → Uzbek: musibat
• → Yoruba: mùsííbà

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ص و ب
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مُصِيبَة (muṣība).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.sˤiː.ba/, (dated) /msˤiː.ba/

Noun

مصيبة • (muṣība) f (plural مصيبات (muṣībāt) or مصايب (mṣāyib))

1. calamity, affliction, misfortune, disaster