إشبين
Arabic
Alternative forms
- شَبِين (šabīn), شِبِين (šibīn)
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܫܰܘܫܒܺܝܢܳܐ (šawšəḇīnā), from Akkadian 𒋢𒊓𒁉𒉡 (/susapinnu/, “paranymph, friend of the bridegroom in a wedding ceremony”), also a foreign word, structure suggesting Anatolian, but strangely attested in Hittite as an Akkadogram.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔiʃ.biːn/
Noun
إِشْبِين • (ʾišbīn) m (plural أَشَابِين (ʾašābīn), feminine إِشْبِينَة (ʾišbīna))
- somebody who is adduced as a witness to a baptism, godfather, baptismal sponsor
- somebody who is adduced as a witness to a wedding, bridesman, groomsman, paranymph
- 2018 May 17, “من بينهم كلبها.. المرشحون للقيام بدور أشبين لميغان ماركل”, in BBC Arabic:
- إنها الملكة فيكتوريا التي قامت بدور الإشبين لاثنتين من بناتها الأميرة هيلينا عام 1866 والأميرة بياتريس عام 1885 عقب وفاة زوجها الأمير ألبرت.
- It was the Queen Victoria who slipped into the role of a bridesmaid for her two daughters Princesses Helena in the year 1866 and Beatrice in the year 1885 after the death of her husband Prince Albert.
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Declension
Declension of noun إِشْبِين (ʾišbīn)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| basic singular triptote | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | |||||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | إِشْبِين ʾišbīn | الْإِشْبِين al-ʾišbīn | إِشْبِين ʾišbīn | إِشْبِينَة ʾišbīna | الْإِشْبِينَة al-ʾišbīna | إِشْبِينَة ʾišbīnat |
| Nominative | إِشْبِينٌ ʾišbīnun | الْإِشْبِينُ al-ʾišbīnu | إِشْبِينُ ʾišbīnu | إِشْبِينَةٌ ʾišbīnatun | الْإِشْبِينَةُ al-ʾišbīnatu | إِشْبِينَةُ ʾišbīnatu |
| Accusative | إِشْبِينًا ʾišbīnan | الْإِشْبِينَ al-ʾišbīna | إِشْبِينَ ʾišbīna | إِشْبِينَةً ʾišbīnatan | الْإِشْبِينَةَ al-ʾišbīnata | إِشْبِينَةَ ʾišbīnata |
| Genitive | إِشْبِينٍ ʾišbīnin | الْإِشْبِينِ al-ʾišbīni | إِشْبِينِ ʾišbīni | إِشْبِينَةٍ ʾišbīnatin | الْإِشْبِينَةِ al-ʾišbīnati | إِشْبِينَةِ ʾišbīnati |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | إِشْبِينَيْن ʾišbīnayn | الْإِشْبِينَيْن al-ʾišbīnayn | إِشْبِينَيْ ʾišbīnay | إِشْبِينَتَيْن ʾišbīnatayn | الْإِشْبِينَتَيْن al-ʾišbīnatayn | إِشْبِينَتَيْ ʾišbīnatay |
| Nominative | إِشْبِينَانِ ʾišbīnāni | الْإِشْبِينَانِ al-ʾišbīnāni | إِشْبِينَا ʾišbīnā | إِشْبِينَتَانِ ʾišbīnatāni | الْإِشْبِينَتَانِ al-ʾišbīnatāni | إِشْبِينَتَا ʾišbīnatā |
| Accusative | إِشْبِينَيْنِ ʾišbīnayni | الْإِشْبِينَيْنِ al-ʾišbīnayni | إِشْبِينَيْ ʾišbīnay | إِشْبِينَتَيْنِ ʾišbīnatayni | الْإِشْبِينَتَيْنِ al-ʾišbīnatayni | إِشْبِينَتَيْ ʾišbīnatay |
| Genitive | إِشْبِينَيْنِ ʾišbīnayni | الْإِشْبِينَيْنِ al-ʾišbīnayni | إِشْبِينَيْ ʾišbīnay | إِشْبِينَتَيْنِ ʾišbīnatayni | الْإِشْبِينَتَيْنِ al-ʾišbīnatayni | إِشْبِينَتَيْ ʾišbīnatay |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | ||||
| basic broken plural diptote | sound feminine plural | |||||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | أَشَابِين ʾašābīn | الْأَشَابِين al-ʾašābīn | أَشَابِين ʾašābīn | إِشْبِينَات ʾišbīnāt | الْإِشْبِينَات al-ʾišbīnāt | إِشْبِينَات ʾišbīnāt |
| Nominative | أَشَابِينُ ʾašābīnu | الْأَشَابِينُ al-ʾašābīnu | أَشَابِينُ ʾašābīnu | إِشْبِينَاتٌ ʾišbīnātun | الْإِشْبِينَاتُ al-ʾišbīnātu | إِشْبِينَاتُ ʾišbīnātu |
| Accusative | أَشَابِينَ ʾašābīna | الْأَشَابِينَ al-ʾašābīna | أَشَابِينَ ʾašābīna | إِشْبِينَاتٍ ʾišbīnātin | الْإِشْبِينَاتِ al-ʾišbīnāti | إِشْبِينَاتِ ʾišbīnāti |
| Genitive | أَشَابِينَ ʾašābīna | الْأَشَابِينِ al-ʾašābīni | أَشَابِينِ ʾašābīni | إِشْبِينَاتٍ ʾišbīnātin | الْإِشْبِينَاتِ al-ʾišbīnāti | إِشْبِينَاتِ ʾišbīnāti |
References
- “susapinnu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 15, S, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1984, page 416
- “šwšbyn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “إشبين”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 724
- Kaufman, Stephen A. (1974) The Akkadian Influences on Aramaic (The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Assyriological Studies; 19), Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 94
- Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “إشبين”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 631