صبغ

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

The root صبغ (ṣ-b-gh) primarily relates to the act of coloring or dyeing. It extends to metaphorical uses of changing or altering something, and also describes specific physical characteristics in animals and plants, as well as geographical locations and tribal names.

Derived headwords

صَبَغَverb

1.
to dyeboth
To apply color to something, typically fabric, by immersing it in a dye.
2.
to dipboth
To immerse something, like lips or a snout, into a liquid, especially water.
3.
to changeboth
To alter or change the appearance or state of something, metaphorically or literally.
4.
to grow long and wideclassical
Describing a garment that has become long and wide, a variant of سبغ.
5.
to grazeclassical
Describing camels immersing their heads while grazing.

صبغت الناقة مشافرها بالماء — The she-camel dipped her lips in the water

قد صبغت مشافرا كالأشبار — (He) has dipped lips like spans

صِبْغnoun

1.
dyeboth
The substance used for dyeing, or the act of dyeing itself.
2.
colorboth
The hue or color imparted by dyeing.
3.
changeclassical
The act of changing or altering, used metaphorically.
4.
white patch on a horseclassical
A white marking on a horse's forehead that does not connect to the white markings on its legs.

أصل الصبغ في كلام العرب: التغيير — The origin of ṣibgh in the speech of Arabs is change

والصبغ في الفرس، محركة: أن تبيض الثنة كلها — And ṣibgh in a horse, when vocalized, is for the entire forehead to become white

صِبْغَةnoun

1.
dyeboth
A specific dye or coloring agent.
2.
a dyeboth
A single instance or type of dye.

صِبَاغnoun

1.
dyesboth
Plural of dye, referring to multiple coloring substances.
2.
dyerclassical
A person who dyes fabrics, a craftsman.

بالملح أو ما خف من صباغ — With salt or what is light of dyes/dyers

أَصْبَاغnoun

1.
dyesboth
Plural of dye, referring to various coloring agents.

أَصْبِغَةnoun

1.
dyesclassical
A plural form for dyes.

أَصَابِيغnoun

1.
dyesclassical
A plural of plural for dyes.

اصْطَبَغَverb

1.
to take up dyeingclassical
To adopt the profession or practice of dyeing.
2.
to be dyedboth
To become colored or stained by a dye.

واصطبغ بكذا: تلون به — And iṣṭabagha bi-kadhā: to be colored by it

صِبَاغَةnoun

1.
dyeing tradeboth
The profession or craft of a dyer.

والصباغة، بالكسر: حرفة الصباغ — And ṣibāghah, with kasr: the craft of the dyer

مَصْبَغَةnoun

1.
dyed clothboth
Fabric that has been dyed.

وثياب مصبغة، شدد للكثرة — And dyed clothes, the shadda indicates plurality

صَبِيغadjective

1.
dyedboth
Colored or stained, used in the sense of passive participle (maf'ul).

وثوب صبيغ، وثياب صبيغ، أي: مصبوغ — And a dyed garment, and dyed clothes, meaning: dyed

أَصْبَغadjective

1.
type of birdclassical
A weak or small type of bird.

والأصبغ: نوع من الطيور ضعيف — And al-aṣbagh: a weak type of bird

صِبْغَاءnoun

1.
place nameclassical
A location in the Hijaz region.

والصبغاء: موضع بالحجاز — And aṣ-ṣibghā': a place in the Hijaz

صِبْغname

1.
tribal nameclassical
A name given to a tribe or a part of a tribe.

وبنو صبغاء: حي من العرب — And Banū Ṣibghā': a tribe from the Arabs

وقد سموا صبغا بالكسر — And they have named (people) Ṣibgh, with kasr

صُبَيْغname

1.
given nameclassical
A male given name, derived from the root.

وصبيغا كزبير — And Ṣubaygh like Zubayr

ونجبة بن صبيغ، عن أبي هريرة — And Nujbah ibn Ṣubaygh, from Abu Hurayrah

أبو الصبيغname

1.
kunyaclassical
A kunya (patronymic or descriptive name) associated with individuals.

وخالد بن يزيد: مولى أبي الصبيغ — And Khalid ibn Yazid: the freedman of Abū aṣ-Ṣubaygh

وأبو الصبيغ مولى خالد من فوق — And Abū aṣ-Ṣubaygh is the freedman of Khalid from above

Parallel reading

ويقال: إن الصباغ جمع صبغ

And it is said: that aṣ-ṣibāgh is the plural of ṣibgh.

واصطبغ بكذا: تلون به، وهو مجاز.

And iṣṭabagha bi-kadhā: to be colored by it, and this is metaphorical.

ويقال: صبغت الناقة مشافرها بالماء: إذا غمستها فيه

And it is said: the she-camel dipped her lips in the water: if she immersed them in it.

صبغه يصبغه، من حد نصر: لغة في صبغ، كضرب ومنع

He dyed it, he dyes it, from the pattern of naṣara: a variant pronunciation for ṣabagha, like ḍaraba and mana'a.

والصبغ، بالفتح: المصدر، وجمعه: أصباغ

And aṣ-ṣibgh, with fatha: the masdar (verbal noun), and its plural is aṣbāgh.

واصطبغ: اتخذ الصبغ.

And iṣṭabagha: to take up dyeing.

والصباغة، بالكسر: حرفة الصباغ.

And aṣ-ṣibāghah, with kasr: the craft of the dyer.

وثياب مصبغة، شدد للكثرة

And dyed clothes, the shadda indicates plurality.

وثوب صبيغ، وثياب صبيغ، أي: مصبوغ، فعيل بمعنى مفعول.

And a dyed garment, and dyed clothes, meaning: dyed, fa'īl in the sense of maf'ūl.

ويقال: صبغوه في عينه، أي: غيروه عنده، وأخبروه أنه قد تغير عما كان عليه

And it is said: they dyed it in his eye, meaning: they changed it in his estimation, and informed him that it had changed from what it was.

وأصل الصبغ في كلام العرب: التغيير، ومنه صبغ الثوب: إذا غير لونه، وأزيل عن حاله إلى حال سواد، أو حمرة، أو صفرة.

And the origin of ṣibgh in the speech of Arabs is: change, and from it is ṣabagha the garment: if its color is changed, and it is removed from its state to a state of blackness, or redness, or yellowness.

والصبغ في الفرس، محركة: أن تبيض الثنة كلها، ولا يتصل بياضها ببياض التحجيل.

And aṣ-ṣibgh in a horse, when vocalized: is for the entire forehead to become white, and its whiteness does not connect to the whiteness of the leg markings (taḥjīl).

والأصبغ: نوع من الطيور ضعيف.

And al-aṣbagh: a weak type of bird.

صبغ الثوب صبوغا: طال واتسع، لغة في سبغ.

The garment became long and wide (ṣabagha ṣabūghan): it became long and wide, a variant pronunciation for sabagha.

والصبغاء: موضع بالحجاز.

And aṣ-ṣibghā': a place in the Hijaz.

وبنو صبغاء: حي من العرب.

And Banū Ṣibghā': a tribe from the Arabs.

وقد سموا صبغا بالكسر، وصبيغا كزبير.

And they have named (people) Ṣibgh, with kasr, and Ṣubaygh like Zubayr.

وخالد بن يزيد: مولى أبي الصبيغ، مصري فقيه، حدث عنه مفضل بن فضالة، وابنه عبد الرحيم الفقيه، من أصحاب مالك.

And Khalid ibn Yazid: the freedman of Abū aṣ-Ṣubaygh, an Egyptian jurist, from whom Mufaḍḍal ibn Faḍālah narrated, and his son Abd al-Raḥīm the jurist, from the companions of Malik.

ونجبة بن صبيغ، عن أبي هريرة.

And Nujbah ibn Ṣubaygh, from Abu Hurayrah.