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صهب

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

صُهْبَةٌ ذ (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K) and ↓ صُهُوبَةٌ (S, Mgh, Msb, K) and ↓ صَهَبٌ, (A, Mgh, K,) [the last said in the L and Msb and TA to be an inf. n., (see 1,) and so may be each of the others, used as simple substs.,] Redness, (T, Mgh, Msb, K,) or [ a redness such as is termed ] شُقْرَة, (S, K,) in the hair (T, S, Mgh, Msb, K) of the head (T, S, Mgh) and of the beard, when the exterior is red, with blackness in the interior: (T, Mgh:) or a tinge of redness over the hair, the roots being black, so that the hair when anointed appears as though it were black: (As, TA:) or redness in blackness: (A:) or redness, of the hair, tinged over with blackness: or, as some say, redness of the whole of the hair. (TA.)

Derived headwords

صُهْبَةٌ
  1. 1.