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صعب

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

مُصْعَبٌ ذ A stallion [of camels]: (S, K:) and a camel, (S, A,) or a stallion [of camels], (ISk, TA,) left unridden, and untouched by a rope, (ISk, S, A, TA,) so as to become refractory, or untractable: (S:) or an unbroken camel, upon whose back nothing is allowed to be put: (L, TA:) pl. مَصَاعِبُ and مَصَاعِيبُ. (ISk, TA.) ― -b2- It is also applied as an epithet to a man, (A, Msb, TA,) meaning مَسَوَّدٌ [i. e. (assumed tropical:) Made a chief or lord &c.]: (TA:) pl. مَصَاعِبُ. (A, Msb.) One says, فُلَانٌ مُصْعَبٌ مِنَ المَصَاعِبِ (tropical:) [ Such a man is one of those who have been made chiefs or lords &c.]; like as one says, قَرْمٌ مِنَ القُرُومِ. (A.)

Derived headwords

مُصْعَبٌ
  1. 1.
فُلَانٌ مُصْعَبٌ مِنَ المَصَاعِبِ
قَرْمٌ مِنَ القُرُومِ