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سبء

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of buying or acquiring something, specifically wine, for the purpose of drinking it. It emphasizes the purchase of wine due to its high quality, making it expensive.

Derived headwords

سَبَأَverb
  1. 1.
    a man's name, which can be declined or undeclinedboth

    a man's name, which can be declined or undeclined

سَبْءnoun
  1. 1.
    buying wineclassical

    The act of buying wine for the purpose of drinking it.

مَسْبَأnoun
  1. 1.
    purchase price of wineclassical

    The price at which wine is bought, especially when it is expensive due to its quality.

اسْتَبَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to buy wine to drinkclassical

    To buy wine for the purpose of drinking it. This verb is exclusively used in relation to wine.

سِبَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    wine purchaseclassical

    The name for the act of buying wine to drink, following the pattern of 'fi'aal' (فعال).

Parallel reading

سبأت الخمر سبأ ومسبأ، إذا اشتريتها لتشربها.
You buy wine for drinking (sab'an) and its purchase price (masba'an) if you buy it to drink it.
يغلو بأيدي التجار مسبؤها
Its purchase price is high in the hands of the merchants.
أي إنها من جودتها يغلو اشتراؤها.
Meaning, due to its quality, its purchase is expensive.
واستبأتها مثله، ولا يقال ذلك إلا في الخمر خاصة،
And I bought it (istab'aytuhā) similarly, and this is not said except specifically for wine.
والاسم: السباء، على فعال بك
And the noun is: as-sibā', following the pattern of 'fi'āl'.