أسباب

See also: اسپات, استأت, and اسباب

Arabic

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔas.baːb/

Noun

أَسْبَاب • (ʔasbāb) m pl

  1. plural of سَبَب (sabab)

Etymology 2

From Ge'ez አስባብ (ʾäsbab, “guards”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔas.baːb/

Noun

أَسْبَاب • (ʔasbāb) m pl (hapax legomenon)

  1. guards, guardhouse, watchtower
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 40:36:
      وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ يٰهٰمَٰنُ ٱِبْنِ لِي صَرْحًا لَّعَلِّي أَبْلُغُ الْأَسْبٰبَ
      waqāla firʕawnu yāhāmānu ibni lī ṣarḥan laʕallī ʔabluḡu al-ʔasbāba
      And Pharaoh said: O Haman! Build me a tower that I may reach the guardians [of heaven]!
Declension
Declension of noun أَسْبَاب (ʔasbāb)
plural basic broken plural triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal أَسْبَاب
ʔasbāb 		الْأَسْبَاب
al-ʔasbāb 		أَسْبَاب
ʔasbāb
nominative أَسْبَابٌ
ʔasbābun 		الْأَسْبَابُ
al-ʔasbābu 		أَسْبَابُ
ʔasbābu
accusative أَسْبَابًا
ʔasbāban 		الْأَسْبَابَ
al-ʔasbāba 		أَسْبَابَ
ʔasbāba
genitive أَسْبَابٍ
ʔasbābin 		الْأَسْبَابِ
al-ʔasbābi 		أَسْبَابِ
ʔasbābi

References

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