Morphology Explorer — سبب
sbb
Root analysis: 11 occurrences across 10 verses in the Quran
سبب
sbb
11
Total Occurrences
10
Verses
8
Unique Forms
2
POS Categories
Part-of-Speech Distribution
Noun ×9
Verb ×2
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Word Forms in the Quran 8
Quranic Concordance 11
Every occurrence of the root سبب in the Quran, showing the word form, part of speech, morphological features, and verse reference.
Tense / Aspect
- Perfect
- Completed action (past tense)
- Imperfect
- Ongoing or future action (present/future)
- Imperative
- A command or request
Voice
- Active
- Subject performs the action
- Passive
- Subject receives the action
Person
- 1st Person
- Speaker ("I" or "we")
- 2nd Person
- Addressed ("you")
- 3rd Person
- Spoken about ("he", "she", "they")
Gender & Number
- Masculine / Feminine
- Grammatical gender of the subject
- Singular
- One person or thing
- Dual
- Exactly two (unique to Arabic)
- Plural
- Three or more
Case
- Nominative
- Subject of the sentence
- Accusative
- Object of the verb
- Genitive
- After a preposition or in possession
State
- Definite
- With "al-" (the)
- Indefinite
- Without "al-" (a/an)
Derivation
- Participle
- Verb form used as adjective/noun
- Verbal Noun
- Noun derived from a verb (like "-ing" or "-tion")
Example: "Imperfect, 1st Person Plural" means an ongoing action by "we" — e.g., "we worship" (na'budu).
| Verse | Arabic | Transliteration | English | POS | Features | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2:166 | ٱلْأَسْبَابُ | laasbaabu | a rope or anything by which one ascends or | Noun | Noun | |
| 6:108 | تَسُبُّوا۟ | tasubbua | (v.) a rope or anything by which one ascends or | Verb | V | |
| 6:108 | فَيَسُبُّوا۟ | fayasubbua | (v.) a rope or anything by which one ascends or | Verb | V | |
| 18:84 | سَبَبًا | sababana | a rope or anything by which one ascends or | Noun | Noun | |
| 18:85 | سَبَبًا | sababana | a rope or anything by which one ascends or | Noun | Noun | |
| 18:89 | سَبَبًا | sababana | a rope or anything by which one ascends or | Noun | Noun | |
| 18:92 | سَبَبًا | sababana | a rope or anything by which one ascends or | Noun | Noun | |
| 22:15 | بِسَبَبٍ | bisababin | a rope or anything by which one ascends or | Noun | Noun | |
| 38:10 | ٱلْأَسْبَٰبِ | laasbaabi | a rope or anything by which one ascends or | Noun | Noun | |
| 40:36 | ٱلْأَسْبَٰبَ | laasbaaba | a rope or anything by which one ascends or | Noun | Noun | |
| 40:37 | أَسْبَٰبَ | aasbaaba | a rope or anything by which one ascends or | Noun | Noun |