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صهب

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

صُهَابِىٌّ ذ , applied to a camel, i. q. أَصْهَبُ [q. v.]; (S, K;) and its fem., with ة, is syn. with صَهْبَاآءُ [fem. of أَصْهَبُ]: or a camel of which the origin is referred to a certain stallion, or a place, named صُهَابٌ: (S, K:) or, if not used as a prefixed noun, it means sprung from a stallion named صُهَابٌ: Tarafeh uses the fem. as a prefixed noun in the phrase صُهَابِيَّةُ العُثْنُونِ [A she-camel of the colour termed صُهْبَة in the long hairs beneath the lower jaw ]: (T, TA:) but Himyán [without using it as a prefixed noun] says, يُطِيرُ عَنْهَا الوَبَرَ الصُّهَابِجَا [ Making to fly from her, or it makes to fly from her, the fur of the colour termed صُهْبَة]; meaning الصُّهَابِىَّ; contracting it, and changing the ى into ج: and El-'Ajjáj applies صُهَابِىّ in a similar manner, as an epithet, to a camel's lip. (TA.) ― -b2- Also Full, or complete, without lack or defect. (K.) ― -b3- And applied to camels (نَعَمٌ) as meaning From which the poor-rate has not been taken; (K, TA;) they being left complete, without lack or deficiency. (TA.) ― -b4- And, applied to a man, (K, TA,) Low, ignoble, or mean; (TA;) for whom, or to whom, there is no دِيوَان [or register of the names of pensioners or the like ]. (K, TA.) ― -b5- And Hard, strong, vehement, or violent. (A, K.) Hence, مَوْتٌ صُهَابِىٌّ (tropical:) A hard, or violent, death; like مَوْتٌ أَحْمَرُ. (A, TA.)

Derived headwords

صُهَابِىٌّ
  1. 1.
صُهَابِيَّةُ العُثْنُونِ
يُطِيرُ عَنْهَا الوَبَرَ الصُّهَابِجَا
مَوْتٌ صُهَابِىٌّ
مَوْتٌ أَحْمَرُ