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Highlights
Present tense
يُسَبِّحُ
Verbal noun
تَسْبِيح
Active participle
مُسَبِّح
Passive participle
مُسَبَّح
Most common words from the same root
سَبَّحَ in English
Verb · Form II
- to praise, to glorify
Word origin
From the root س ب ح (s b ḥ). Cognate with Hebrew שבח (shibéakh, “to praise, to appreciate”) and Classical Syriac ܫܒܚ. Possibly related to Egyptian sbḥ (“to cry out, to scream”).
Words from the root س-ب-ح
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
سَبَحَ
· present يَسْبَحُ
Form I · The plain action
to be above; to swim
سَبْح
praise
سَابِح
مَسْبُوح
مَسْبَح
swimming pool
سَبَّحَ
· present يُسَبِّحُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to praise, to glorify
تَسْبِيح
Tasbih: glorification of God
مُسَبِّح
مُسَبَّح
سُبْحَان
praise
تَسْبِيحَة
exclamation of tasbih
مِسْبَحَة
misbaha
سَبَّاح
swimmer
سُبْحَة
misbaha
سَبَّحَ conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | سَبَّحْتُ | أُسَبِّحُ | أُسَبِّحَ | أُسَبِّحْ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | سَبَّحْتَ | تُسَبِّحُ | تُسَبِّحَ | تُسَبِّحْ | سَبِّحْ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | سَبَّحْتِ | تُسَبِّحِينَ | تُسَبِّحِي | تُسَبِّحِي | سَبِّحِي |
| هُوَ he | سَبَّحَ | يُسَبِّحُ | يُسَبِّحَ | يُسَبِّحْ | — |
| هِيَ she | سَبَّحَتْ | تُسَبِّحُ | تُسَبِّحَ | تُسَبِّحْ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | سَبَّحْتُمَا | تُسَبِّحَانِ | تُسَبِّحَا | تُسَبِّحَا | سَبِّحَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | سَبَّحَا | يُسَبِّحَانِ | يُسَبِّحَا | يُسَبِّحَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | سَبَّحَتَا | تُسَبِّحَانِ | تُسَبِّحَا | تُسَبِّحَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | سَبَّحْنَا | نُسَبِّحُ | نُسَبِّحَ | نُسَبِّحْ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | سَبَّحْتُمْ | تُسَبِّحُونَ | تُسَبِّحُوا | تُسَبِّحُوا | سَبِّحُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | سَبَّحْتُنَّ | تُسَبِّحْنَ | تُسَبِّحْنَ | تُسَبِّحْنَ | سَبِّحْنَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | سَبَّحُوا | يُسَبِّحُونَ | يُسَبِّحُوا | يُسَبِّحُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | سَبَّحْنَ | يُسَبِّحْنَ | يُسَبِّحْنَ | يُسَبِّحْنَ | — |
| Verbal noun | تَسْبِيح |
|---|---|
| Active participle | مُسَبِّح |
| Passive participle | مُسَبَّح |
سَبَّحَ in a sentence
From a fully vowelled text
ثُمَّ سَبَّحُوا وَخَرَجُوا إِلَى جَبَلِ الزَّيْتُونِ.And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.Matthew 26:30, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
ثُمَّ سَبَّحُوا وَخَرَجُوا إِلَى جَبَلِ الزَّيْتُونِ.And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.Mark 14:26, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
هَلِّلُويَا. سَبِّحُوا يَا عَبِيدَ الرَّبِّ. سَبِّحُوا اسْمَ الرَّبِّ.Praise ye the LORD. Praise, O ye servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD.Psalms 113:1, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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