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صوب

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

أَصْوَبُ ذ [ More, and most, affected with weakness in the intellect, or insanity, or madness: see صَابَةٌ]. When a man says to another أَنْتَ مُصَابٌ [meaning Thou art affected with weakness in the intellect, &c.], the latter replies أَنْتَ أَصْوَبُ مِنِّى [ Thou art more affected with weakness in the intellect, &c., than I ]. (IAar, M, TA. [Thus these phrases are used in the present day.])

Derived headwords

أَصْوَبُ
  1. 1.
أَنْتَ مُصَابٌ
أَنْتَ أَصْوَبُ مِنِّى