How to say "plumber" in Arabic
False friendMeaningplumber
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
سَبَّاك
sabbākסבאך
سباك
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
שרברב
shravravشْرَاڤْرَاڤ
How the two words are related
False friend
Sounds like a Hebrew word but means something else — handle with care.
Arabic root
س-ب-كHebrew root
ס-ב-כFrom سبك 'to cast, smelt metal' — old plumbing meant working molten lead into pipes. A false friend, not a shared root: the tempting-looking סבך 'thicket, tangle' (סבוך) sounds like a match but means something else entirely — reeds tangling has nothing to do with casting metal. Hebrew's actual word for plumber, שרברב, is unrelated to either.
Related Hebrew word:סבךsvakhسْڤَاخ
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In a phrase
السَّبَّاك فِي الْحَمَّام
as-sabbāk fī l-ḥammāmא-סבאך פי אל-חמאםThe plumber is in the bathroom.
Plural
سَبَّاكُون
sabbākūnסבאכוןsound masculine plural -ūn
Feminine
سَبَّاكَة
sabbākaסבאכה