سبء

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concepts of buying, selling, and the associated actions and consequences. It also encompasses terms for a specific place, a historical figure, and the shedding of skin, with metaphorical extensions to dispersal and long journeys.

Derived headwords

سَبَأَverb

1.
to buyboth
To purchase something, particularly wine.
2.
to sellboth
To sell something, particularly wine.
3.
to burnclassical
To scorch or burn the skin.
4.
to flayclassical
To skin or flay an animal.
5.
to stingclassical
For fire to sting or burn the skin.
6.
to changeclassical
To alter or change something.

سِبَاءٌnoun

1.
buyingboth
The act of buying, especially wine.
2.
sellingboth
The act of selling, especially wine.
3.
wineboth
A name for wine.

سَبَاءٌnoun

1.
wineboth
A name for wine.

مَسْبَأٌnoun

1.
wine shopclassical
A place where wine is bought or sold.

اسْتَبَأَverb

1.
to buyboth
To buy something, especially wine.

السِّبَاءُnoun

1.
wineboth
A name for wine.

السَّبِيئَةُnoun

1.
wineboth
A name for wine.

أَخْبَتَverb

1.
to be calmclassical
To be calm or submissive, especially in obedience to God's command.
2.
to calm one's heartclassical
To calm one's heart towards something.

المَسْبَأُnoun

1.
roadclassical
A path or road.

سَبَأَname

1.
Sababoth
A city or region associated with Queen of Sheba.
2.
titleclassical
A title given to Ibn Yashjub bin Ya'rib, who united the tribes of Yemen.
3.
ancestorclassical
The father of Abdullah, from whom the Ghulat sect 'al-Sab'iyyah' is attributed.

سَبَأَverb

1.
to shed skinclassical
For a snake to shed its skin.

سَبَأَةٌnoun

1.
long journeyclassical
A distant journey or travel.

Parallel reading

سبأ الخمر، كجعل، سبئا وسباء ومسبأ: شراها، كاستبأها، وبياعها: السباء

To buy wine, like 'ja'ala', is 'sab'a', 'sab'an', 'sabā'an', and 'masba'an': to purchase it, like 'istabā'ahā', and its selling is 'al-sabā'.

والجلد: أحرقه، وجلد، وسلخ، وصافح

And 'al-jild' (skin): to burn it, to flay it, to skin it, and to touch it.

والنار الجلد: لذعته، وغيرته، وسبأ

And fire on the skin: it stung it, changed it, and burned it.

وسبأ، كجبل ويمنع: بلدة بلقيس

And 'Saba', like 'jabala' and 'yamna' (place names): a town of Queen of Sheba.

ولقب ابن يشجب بن يعرب، واسمه: عبد شمس يجمع قبائل اليمن عامة

And a title of Ibn Yashjub bin Ya'rib, whose name was 'Abd Shams, who united the tribes of Yemen generally.

والسباء، ككتاب، والسبيئة، ككريمة: الخمر

And 'al-sabā', like 'kitāb', and 'al-sabī'ah', like 'karīmah': wine.

وأسبأ لأمر الله: أخبت

And 'asba'a' for the command of God: he was submissive.

وعلى الشيء: خبت له قلبه

And towards a thing: he calmed his heart for it.

والمسبأ، كمقعد: الطريق

And 'al-masba'', like 'maq'ad': the road.

وسبيء الحية: سلخها

And 'sabī'' of the snake: its shedding of skin.

وتريد سبأة، بالضم: سفرا بعيدا

And 'sab'ah', with dammah: a distant journey.