مسبب

Arabic

Root
س ب ب (s-b-b)

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of سَبَّبَ (sabbaba, “to cause”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.sab.bib/

Noun

مُسَبِّب • (musabbib) (feminine مُسَبِّبَة (musabbiba), masculine plural مُسَبِّبُونَ (musabbibūna), feminine plural مُسَبِّبَات (musabbibāt))

1. cause
2. instigator

Declension

Declension of adjective مُسَبِّب (musabbib)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُسَبِّب musabbib	الْمُسَبِّب al-musabbib	مُسَبِّبَة musabbiba	الْمُسَبِّبَة al-musabbiba
Nominative	مُسَبِّبٌ musabbibun	الْمُسَبِّبُ al-musabbibu	مُسَبِّبَةٌ musabbibatun	الْمُسَبِّبَةُ al-musabbibatu
Accusative	مُسَبِّبًا musabbiban	الْمُسَبِّبَ al-musabbiba	مُسَبِّبَةً musabbibatan	الْمُسَبِّبَةَ al-musabbibata
Genitive	مُسَبِّبٍ musabbibin	الْمُسَبِّبِ al-musabbibi	مُسَبِّبَةٍ musabbibatin	الْمُسَبِّبَةِ al-musabbibati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُسَبِّبَيْن musabbibayn	الْمُسَبِّبَيْن al-musabbibayn	مُسَبِّبَتَيْن musabbibatayn	الْمُسَبِّبَتَيْن al-musabbibatayn
Nominative	مُسَبِّبَانِ musabbibāni	الْمُسَبِّبَانِ al-musabbibāni	مُسَبِّبَتَانِ musabbibatāni	الْمُسَبِّبَتَانِ al-musabbibatāni
Accusative	مُسَبِّبَيْنِ musabbibayni	الْمُسَبِّبَيْنِ al-musabbibayni	مُسَبِّبَتَيْنِ musabbibatayni	الْمُسَبِّبَتَيْنِ al-musabbibatayni
Genitive	مُسَبِّبَيْنِ musabbibayni	الْمُسَبِّبَيْنِ al-musabbibayni	مُسَبِّبَتَيْنِ musabbibatayni	الْمُسَبِّبَتَيْنِ al-musabbibatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُسَبِّبِين musabbibīn	الْمُسَبِّبِين al-musabbibīn	مُسَبِّبَات musabbibāt	الْمُسَبِّبَات al-musabbibāt
Nominative	مُسَبِّبُونَ musabbibūna	الْمُسَبِّبُونَ al-musabbibūna	مُسَبِّبَاتٌ musabbibātun	الْمُسَبِّبَاتُ al-musabbibātu
Accusative	مُسَبِّبِينَ musabbibīna	الْمُسَبِّبِينَ al-musabbibīna	مُسَبِّبَاتٍ musabbibātin	الْمُسَبِّبَاتِ al-musabbibāti
Genitive	مُسَبِّبِينَ musabbibīna	الْمُسَبِّبِينَ al-musabbibīna	مُسَبِّبَاتٍ musabbibātin	الْمُسَبِّبَاتِ al-musabbibāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: müsəbbib
• → Ottoman Turkish: مسبب
  • → Turkish: müsebbip

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Arabic مُسَبِّب (musabbib), active participle of سَبَّبَ (sabbaba).

Noun

مسبب • (müsebbib)

1. cause
2. instigator, perpetrator

Descendants

• Turkish: müsebbip

Etymology 2

From Arabic مُسَبَّب (musabbab), passive participle of سَبَّبَ (sabbaba).

Adjective

مسبب • (müsebbeb)

1. caused, provoked

Further reading

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “müsebbeb”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “müsebbib”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مسبب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1159a