finger

8 occurrences across 3 Arabic/Persian roots

ص- ب- ع

(ṣ-b-ʿ) — finger; fingers

“finger” accounts for 6 of 10 occurrences of this root (60%)

Forms seen

اصبع ×2 إصبع ×2 إصبعه ×1 إِصْبَعِهِ ×1

Translation spectrum for this root

finger 60% fingers 30% pen 10%

Examples

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §244: اصبع: finger gleaningsGWB §193: إصبعه: Finger prayers-and-meditationsP&M §790: إِصْبَعِهِ: Whose finger gleaningsGWB §415: اصبع: the finger gleaningsGWB §586: إصبع: the Finger gleaningsGWB §633: إصبع: Finger

ء- ن- م- ل

(ʾ-n-m-l) — finger/fingertip

“finger” accounts for 1 of 1 occurrences of this root (100%)

Forms seen

Translation spectrum for this root

finger 100%

Examples

gleaningsGWB §387: أنامل: the finger

ص- b- ع

(ṣ-b-ʿ) — by finger; fingers

“finger” accounts for 1 of 2 occurrences of this root (50%)

Forms seen

بِإِصْبَعِ ×1

Translation spectrum for this root

fingers 50% finger 50%

Examples

gleaningsGWB §47: بِإِصْبَعِ: the Finger

See Also

Other English words/phrases that share the same Arabic/Persian roots: