مصباح

Arabic
FWOTD – 21 November 2015

Etymology

Tool noun from the root ص ب ح (ṣ-b-ḥ); compare صَبْح (ṣabḥ, “dawn”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /misˤ.baːħ/
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Noun

مِصْبَاح • (miṣbāḥ) m (plural مَصَابِيح (maṣābīḥ))

  1. lamp
    • 7th century CE, The Quran‎:
      مَثَلُ نُورِهِ كَمِشْكَاةٍ فِيهَا مِصْبَاحٌ
      maṯalu nūrihi kamiškātin fīhā miṣbāḥun
      The likeness of his light is like a niche with a lamp in it.
  2. headlight (of a car)

Declension
Declension of noun مِصْبَاح (miṣbāḥ)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal مِصْبَاح
miṣbāḥ		 الْمِصْبَاح
al-miṣbāḥ		 مِصْبَاح
miṣbāḥ
Nominative مِصْبَاحٌ
miṣbāḥun		 الْمِصْبَاحُ
al-miṣbāḥu		 مِصْبَاحُ
miṣbāḥu
Accusative مِصْبَاحًا
miṣbāḥan		 الْمِصْبَاحَ
al-miṣbāḥa		 مِصْبَاحَ
miṣbāḥa
Genitive مِصْبَاحٍ
miṣbāḥin		 الْمِصْبَاحِ
al-miṣbāḥi		 مِصْبَاحِ
miṣbāḥi
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal مِصْبَاحَيْن
miṣbāḥayn		 الْمِصْبَاحَيْن
al-miṣbāḥayn		 مِصْبَاحَيْ
miṣbāḥay
Nominative مِصْبَاحَانِ
miṣbāḥāni		 الْمِصْبَاحَانِ
al-miṣbāḥāni		 مِصْبَاحَا
miṣbāḥā
Accusative مِصْبَاحَيْنِ
miṣbāḥayni		 الْمِصْبَاحَيْنِ
al-miṣbāḥayni		 مِصْبَاحَيْ
miṣbāḥay
Genitive مِصْبَاحَيْنِ
miṣbāḥayni		 الْمِصْبَاحَيْنِ
al-miṣbāḥayni		 مِصْبَاحَيْ
miṣbāḥay
Plural basic broken plural diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal مَصَابِيح
maṣābīḥ		 الْمَصَابِيح
al-maṣābīḥ		 مَصَابِيح
maṣābīḥ
Nominative مَصَابِيحُ
maṣābīḥu		 الْمَصَابِيحُ
al-maṣābīḥu		 مَصَابِيحُ
maṣābīḥu
Accusative مَصَابِيحَ
maṣābīḥa		 الْمَصَابِيحَ
al-maṣābīḥa		 مَصَابِيحَ
maṣābīḥa
Genitive مَصَابِيحَ
maṣābīḥa		 الْمَصَابِيحِ
al-maṣābīḥi		 مَصَابِيحِ
maṣābīḥi

Descendants
  • Maltese: musbieħ
  • → Persian: مصباح (mesbâh) (obsolete)

References
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “صبح”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِصْبَاح (miṣbāḥ, “lamp, light”).

Noun

مصباح • (mısbah) (plural مصابیح)

  1. lamp, especially an oil lamp
    Synonyms: چراغ (çirag), سراج (sirac), قندیل (kandil), لامپه (lampa)
  2. sort of large bowl for wine

Descendants
  • Turkish: mısbah

Further reading
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