سبج

Arabic

Etymology

PIE word
*kʷséps

From Middle Persian špk' (/⁠šabag⁠/, “jet, obsidian”), from šp (/⁠šab⁠/, “night”), from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎱 (x-š-p).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa.bad͡ʒ/

Noun

سَبَج • (sabaj) m

  1. the gemstones jet and obsidian or similar minerals

Declension

Declension of noun سَبَج (sabaj)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal سَبَج
sabaj 		السَّبَج
as-sabaj 		سَبَج
sabaj
nominative سَبَجٌ
sabajun 		السَّبَجُ
as-sabaju 		سَبَجُ
sabaju
accusative سَبَجًا
sabajan 		السَّبَجَ
as-sabaja 		سَبَجَ
sabaja
genitive سَبَجٍ
sabajin 		السَّبَجِ
as-sabaji 		سَبَجِ
sabaji

Derived terms

  • سُبْجَة (subja, “black garment”)
  • سَبِيجَة (sabīja, “black garment”)
  • سَبَّاج (sabbāj, “black-gemstone vendor”)

Descendants

  • → Catalan: atzabeja
  • → Galician: acibeche
  • → Portuguese: azeviche
  • → Spanish: azabache

References

  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “سبج”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 624
  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “سبج”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎[2] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 275
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “سبج”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎[3], London: W.H. Allen, page 477
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “سبج”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎[4] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 545
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