صبيح

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

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Moroccan Arabic

Root
ص ب ح‎
1 term

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˤub.biːħ/

Noun

صبيح • (ṣubbīḥ) m

1. early morning