سبيدج

Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Since, often, calamar on a plate or in its natural habitat appears white, it is probably the same word as سِبِيدَاج (sibīdāj, “white lead”). Compare the repurposing of كَرْكَنْد (karkand, “ruby spinel”) for “lobster”.

Noun

سَبِّيدَج • (sabbīdaj) m

  1. squid, calamar, cuttlefish

Declension
Declension of noun سَبِّيدَج (sabbīdaj)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal سَبِّيدَج
sabbīdaj		 السَّبِّيدَج
as-sabbīdaj		 سَبِّيدَج
sabbīdaj
Nominative سَبِّيدَجٌ
sabbīdajun		 السَّبِّيدَجُ
as-sabbīdaju		 سَبِّيدَجُ
sabbīdaju
Accusative سَبِّيدَجًا
sabbīdajan		 السَّبِّيدَجَ
as-sabbīdaja		 سَبِّيدَجَ
sabbīdaja
Genitive سَبِّيدَجٍ
sabbīdajin		 السَّبِّيدَجِ
as-sabbīdaji		 سَبِّيدَجِ
sabbīdaji

References
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “سبيدج”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎ (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 631
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “سبيدج”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎ (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 551
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