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س-ب-ق

The Arabic root س-ب-ق (s-b-q)

Form I verb سَبَقَ: to precede

14 words in the dictionary are built from س-ب-ق, including verbs in Forms I, III, VIII. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.

Most common

Adjective
previous
Verb · Form I
to precede
Noun
a competition
Noun
سِبَاق
race
Adjective
سَبَّاق
describes one who rushes or is first to do some…
Adjective
مُتَسَابِق
active participle of تَسَابَقَ
Verb · Form III
سَابَقَ
to race
Noun
مُتَسَابِق
competitor

Verbs and the nouns that come from them

سَبَقَ · present يَسْبِقُ
Form I · The plain action

to precede, to come before (something or someone)

سَبْق
Verbal noun
Active participle
previous
مَسْبُوق
Passive participle
preceded
مُتَسَابِق
Derived noun
active participle of تَسَابَقَ
مُتَسَابِق
Derived noun
competitor
سَابِقَة
Derived noun
a precedent
سَابَقَ · present يُسَابِقُ
Form III · Done to or with someone

to race

Verbal noun
a competition
سِبَاق
Verbal noun
race
مُسَابِق
Active participle
مُسَابَق
Passive participle
اِسْتَبَقَ · present يَسْتَبِقُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic

to hasten, to hurry, to push forward; to compete, to race; to forestall

اِسْتِبَاق
Verbal noun
مُسْتَبِق
Active participle
مُسْتَبَق
Passive participle

Other nouns and adjectives

سَبَّاق
Adjective
describes one who rushes or is first to do something
أَسْبَق
Adjective
overtaking the others
أَسْبَقِيَّة
Noun
preference

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