إصبع

Arabic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʾiṣbaʿ-. Akin to Aramaic אֶצְבְּעָא (ʾeṣbəʿā), Hebrew אֶצְבַּע (ʾeṣbaʿ), Egyptian ḏbꜥ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔisˁ.baʕ/
  • (file)

Noun

إِصْبَع (ʾiṣbaʿ) f or m (plural أَصَابِع (ʾaṣābiʿ))

  1. finger
  2. toe
  3. piano key
  4. popsicle
  5. lollipop

Usage notes

Generally feminine.

Declension

Derived terms

  • صَبَعَ (ṣabaʿa, to point with the finger)
  • صَبَّعَ (ṣabbaʿa, to finger)
  • صَبِيع (ṣabīʿ, carbuncle)
  • تَصَبَّعَ (taṣabbaʿa, to digitate, to form finger-like structures or carbuncles)

References

  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), صبع”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 815–816
  • Kogan, Leonid (2011), “Proto-Semitic Lexicon”, in Weninger, Stefan, editor, The Semitic Languages. An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft – Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science; 36), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 224
  • Lane, Edward William (1863), صبع”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 1646–1647
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), صبع”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 586
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