صائب

Arabic

Etymology
Root
ص و ب (ṣ-w-b)

Derived from the active participle of the verb صَابَ (ṣāba).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sˤaː.ʔib/

Adjective

صَائِب • (ṣāʔib) (feminine صَائِبَة (ṣāʔiba), masculine plural صَائِبُونَ (ṣāʔibūna), feminine plural صَائِبَات (ṣāʔibāt))

  1. right, correct; pertinent, relevant

Descendants
Declension of adjective صَائِب (ṣāʔib)
Singular Masculine Feminine
basic singular triptote singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal صَائِب
ṣāʔib		 الصَّائِب
aṣ-ṣāʔib		 صَائِبَة
ṣāʔiba		 الصَّائِبَة
aṣ-ṣāʔiba
Nominative صَائِبٌ
ṣāʔibun		 الصَّائِبُ
aṣ-ṣāʔibu		 صَائِبَةٌ
ṣāʔibatun		 الصَّائِبَةُ
aṣ-ṣāʔibatu
Accusative صَائِبًا
ṣāʔiban		 الصَّائِبَ
aṣ-ṣāʔiba		 صَائِبَةً
ṣāʔibatan		 الصَّائِبَةَ
aṣ-ṣāʔibata
Genitive صَائِبٍ
ṣāʔibin		 الصَّائِبِ
aṣ-ṣāʔibi		 صَائِبَةٍ
ṣāʔibatin		 الصَّائِبَةِ
aṣ-ṣāʔibati
Dual Masculine Feminine
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal صَائِبَيْن
ṣāʔibayn		 الصَّائِبَيْن
aṣ-ṣāʔibayn		 صَائِبَتَيْن
ṣāʔibatayn		 الصَّائِبَتَيْن
aṣ-ṣāʔibatayn
Nominative صَائِبَانِ
ṣāʔibāni		 الصَّائِبَانِ
aṣ-ṣāʔibāni		 صَائِبَتَانِ
ṣāʔibatāni		 الصَّائِبَتَانِ
aṣ-ṣāʔibatāni
Accusative صَائِبَيْنِ
ṣāʔibayni		 الصَّائِبَيْنِ
aṣ-ṣāʔibayni		 صَائِبَتَيْنِ
ṣāʔibatayni		 الصَّائِبَتَيْنِ
aṣ-ṣāʔibatayni
Genitive صَائِبَيْنِ
ṣāʔibayni		 الصَّائِبَيْنِ
aṣ-ṣāʔibayni		 صَائِبَتَيْنِ
ṣāʔibatayni		 الصَّائِبَتَيْنِ
aṣ-ṣāʔibatayni
Plural Masculine Feminine
sound masculine plural sound feminine plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal صَائِبِين
ṣāʔibīn		 الصَّائِبِين
aṣ-ṣāʔibīn		 صَائِبَات
ṣāʔibāt		 الصَّائِبَات
aṣ-ṣāʔibāt
Nominative صَائِبُونَ
ṣāʔibūna		 الصَّائِبُونَ
aṣ-ṣāʔibūna		 صَائِبَاتٌ
ṣāʔibātun		 الصَّائِبَاتُ
aṣ-ṣāʔibātu
Accusative صَائِبِينَ
ṣāʔibīna		 الصَّائِبِينَ
aṣ-ṣāʔibīna		 صَائِبَاتٍ
ṣāʔibātin		 الصَّائِبَاتِ
aṣ-ṣāʔibāti
Genitive صَائِبِينَ
ṣāʔibīna		 الصَّائِبِينَ
aṣ-ṣāʔibīna		 صَائِبَاتٍ
ṣāʔibātin		 الصَّائِبَاتِ
aṣ-ṣāʔibāti

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian صائب (sā'ib), from Arabic صَائِب (ṣāʔib).

Pronunciation

Adjective

صائِب • (sāib) (Hindi spelling साइब)

  1. right, going straight to the point
  2. well-aimed, to the point, right sound in judgement

Further reading
  • “صائب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “صائب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “صائب”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “صائب”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
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