مصباح

Arabic

FWOTD – 21 November 2015

Etymology

Tool noun from the root ص ب ح‎ (ṣ-b-ḥ); compare صَبْح‎ (ṣabḥ, “dawn”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /misˁ.baːħ/
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Noun

مِصْبَاح • (miṣbāḥ) m (plural مَصَابِيح‎ (maṣābīḥ))

(literally or figuratively) lamp, light, luminary
- 7th century CE, 'The Quran'‎:
  ‏مَثَلُ نُورِهِ كَمِشْكَاةٍ فِيهَا مِصْبَاحٌ‎‎‎
  maṯalu nūrihi kamiškātin fīhā miṣbāḥun
  The likeness of his light is like a niche with a lamp in it.
headlight (of a car)

Declension

Declension of noun مِصْبَاح (miṣbāḥ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِصْبَاح miṣbāḥ	الْمِصْبَاح‎ al-miṣbāḥ	مِصْبَاح miṣbāḥ
Nominative	مِصْبَاحٌ miṣbāḥun	الْمِصْبَاحُ‎ al-miṣbāḥu	مِصْبَاحُ miṣbāḥu
Accusative	مِصْبَاحًا‎ miṣbāḥan	الْمِصْبَاحَ‎ al-miṣbāḥa	مِصْبَاحَ miṣbāḥa
Genitive	مِصْبَاحٍ miṣbāḥin	الْمِصْبَاحِ‎ al-miṣbāḥi	مِصْبَاحِ miṣbāḥi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِصْبَاحَيْن‎ miṣbāḥayn	الْمِصْبَاحَيْن‎ al-miṣbāḥayn	مِصْبَاحَيْ‎ miṣbāḥay
Nominative	مِصْبَاحَانِ‎ miṣbāḥāni	الْمِصْبَاحَانِ‎ al-miṣbāḥāni	مِصْبَاحَا‎ miṣbāḥā
Accusative	مِصْبَاحَيْنِ‎ miṣbāḥayni	الْمِصْبَاحَيْنِ‎ al-miṣbāḥayni	مِصْبَاحَيْ‎ miṣbāḥay
Genitive	مِصْبَاحَيْنِ‎ miṣbāḥayni	الْمِصْبَاحَيْنِ‎ al-miṣbāḥayni	مِصْبَاحَيْ‎ miṣbāḥay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَصَابِح‎ maṣābiḥ	الْمَصَابِح‎ al-maṣābiḥ	مَصَابِح‎ maṣābiḥ
Nominative	مَصَابِحُ‎ maṣābiḥu	الْمَصَابِحُ‎ al-maṣābiḥu	مَصَابِحُ‎ maṣābiḥu
Accusative	مَصَابِحَ‎ maṣābiḥa	الْمَصَابِحَ‎ al-maṣābiḥa	مَصَابِحَ‎ maṣābiḥa
Genitive	مَصَابِحَ‎ maṣābiḥa	الْمَصَابِحِ‎ al-maṣābiḥi	مَصَابِحِ‎ maṣābiḥi

Descendants

Maltese: musbieħ
Persian: مصباح‎ (mesbâh) (obsolete)

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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