saba'

See also: saba, Saba, sabá, and säbä

Maltese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic إِصْبَع‎ (ʔiṣbaʕ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsa.ba/
  • IPA(key): /ˈsa.baˤ/ (archaic)

Noun

saba’ m (dual subgħajn, plural subgħajn or swaba’)

  1. finger
  2. toe
  3. tentacle

Usage notes
  • Saba' and difer (“nail”) are the only non-paired body parts in which the original dual is used with a plural sense. With saba', both forms are commonly used interchangeably. Only in very restricted contexts can the dual form still mean “two fingers”. Only the dual form is possible with personal suffixes.

Inflection
    Inflected forms
Personal-pronoun-
including forms		 singular plural
m f
1st person sabgħi sabagħna
2nd person sabgħek sabagħkom
3rd person sabgħu sabagħha sabagħhom
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