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سَبْع

sabʿa

seven

সাত

Root letters: س ب عAppears 23 times in the Qur'an#451 most frequentNoun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)
Learn it in lesson 46

About this word

Noun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)Root letters: س ب ع

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)سَبْعَ20 times
  • Plural (jamʿ)سَبْعِينَ3 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • سَبْعَsevensabʿa · 10 times
  • سَبْعِينَseventysabʿīna · 2 times
  • سَبْعٌsevensabʿun · 2 times
  • سَبْعًۭاsevensabʿan · 2 times
  • وَسَبْعَand sevenwasabʿa · 1 times
  • سَبْعِ(the) sevensabʿi · 1 times

Words from the same root

More words from the root س ب ع — know one root, recognise many words.

Examples from the Qur'an

And constructed above you seven strong [heavens].

Surah 78:12 — Read full ayah

And We have certainly given you, [O Muḥammad], seven of the often repeated [verses] and the great Qur’ān.

Surah 15:87 — Read full ayah

Then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits insert him."

Surah 69:32 — Read full ayah