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صَباح
morning /sˤaˈbaːħ/
nounA1#217 most common
Also: early morning, daybreak, morn
Example sentences
صَباحُ الخَيرِ.
Good morning.
أُحِبُّ الصَّباحَ.
I love the morning.
أَشرَبُ القَهوةَ في الصَّباحِ.
I drink coffee in the morning.
أَستَيقِظُ مُبَكِّراً كُلَّ صَباحٍ.
I wake up early every morning.
في صَباحِ يَومِ الجُمُعةِ ذَهَبنا إلى السّوقِ.
On Friday morning we went to the market.
مَعَ أوّلِ خُيوطِ الصَّباحِ بَدَأَ الفَلّاحونَ عَمَلَهُم في الحُقولِ.
With the first threads of morning light, the farmers began their work in the fields.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | صَباحٌ | أَصباحٌ |
| Genitive | صَباحٍ | أَصباحٍ |
| Accusative | صَباحاً | أَصباحاً |
| Vocative | يا صَباحُ | يا أَصباحُ |
Word family
صُبْحdawn, early morning
مِصْباحlamp
أَصْبَحَto become; to wake in the morning
صَباحاًin the morning
صَباحِيّmorning, of the morning
Etymology
صَباح comes from the Semitic root ṣ-b-ḥ, which carries the sense of brightness and the breaking of day. The same root yields Arabic مِصْباح, meaning lamp, and صُبْح, meaning dawn. The word names the early part of the day and underlies the standard greeting صباح الخير.
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