صبيان

Arabic

Noun

⁧صِبْيَان⁩ • (ṣibyān) m pl

  1. plural of ⁧صَبِيّ⁩ (ṣabiyy)

Noun

⁧صُبْيَان⁩ • (ṣubyān) m pl

  1. plural of ⁧صَبِيّ⁩ (ṣabiyy)

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic ⁧صِبْيان⁩ (ṣibyān).

Noun

⁧صِبيان⁩ or ⁧صُبيان⁩ • (ṣibyān or ṣubyān) m pl

  1. plural of ⁧صبي⁩ (ṣabi)
  2. boys; sons; guys
    1. plural of ⁧ولد⁩ (walad, “boy”)
    2. plural of ⁧ابن⁩ (ibin, “son”)
    3. plural of ⁧شب⁩ (šabb, “teenager, young man”)

Usage notes
  • In all three cases of sense #2, ⁧صبيان⁩ is not the main plural, but serves chiefly to explicitly specify the masculine. The use as plural of ⁧شب⁩ (šabb) is less common, but compare related ⁧صبيه⁩ (ṣabīye).
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