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صطب

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to raised platforms or benches, often used for sitting or sleeping, and by extension, places where people gather. It also has a specific meaning related to flax fibers.

Derived headwords

مِصْطَبّnoun
  1. 1.
    raised platformboth

    A raised platform or bench, often made of earth or wood, used for sitting or sleeping on, especially to avoid insects or dampness.

مِصْطَبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    raised platformboth

    A raised platform or bench, similar to a مصطبّ, used for sitting.

  2. 2.
    gathering placeclassical

    A place where people gather, a public assembly point.

مُصْطَفَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    raised platformclassical

    An alternative name for a raised platform or bench, mentioned as being used by some Arab tribes.

أَصْطِبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    flax fibersclassical

    The fibers of flax, used for weaving or sewing.

Parallel reading

المصطب سندان الحداد.
The مصطب is the anvil of the blacksmith.
ألا وارفع لي عن صعيد الأرض مصطبة أبيت عليها بالليل
Raise for me from the ground a platform on which I can sleep at night.
فرفع له من السهلة شبه دكان مربع، قدر ذراع من الأرض، يتقي بها من الهوام بالليل.
So a square structure, like a shop, about a cubit high from the ground, was raised for him from the soft earth, by which he could protect himself from vermin at night.
وسمعت آخر من بني حنظلة سماها المصطفة، بالفاء.
And I heard another from the Banu Hanzalah call it al-musṭaffah, with a fa'.
إني كنت لا أجالسكم مخافة الشهرة، حتى لم يزل بي البلاء حتى أخذ بلحيتي وأقمت على مصطبة بالبصرة.
I used not to sit with you for fear of fame, until affliction befell me so much that it took hold of my beard, and I was made to stand upon a platform in Basra.
المصطبة والمصطبة بالتشديد مجتمع الناس، وهي شبه الدكان يجلس عليها.
Al-masṭabbah and al-masṭabbah (with shaddah) is a gathering place for people, and it is like a shop upon which one sits.
والأصطبة: مشاقة الكتان.
And al-aṣṭibbah: flax fibers.
رأيت أبا هريرة، رضي الله عنه، عليه إزار فيه علق، قد خيطه بالأصطبة
I saw Abu Hurayrah, may God be pleased with him, wearing a waist-wrap with some adornments, which he had sewn with flax fibers.