صلب

Root entry · 29 derived lemmas

The root صلب (ṣ-l-b) primarily denotes hardness, firmness, and rigidity. It extends to the backbone, signifying its structural strength, and also encompasses concepts of intensity, severity, and even the fatty substance derived from bones.

Derived headwords

الصُّلْبُ والصُّلْبُnoun

1.
backboneboth
The backbone, extending from the nape of the neck to the lower back, characterized by its bony structure.
2.
spineboth
Any part of the back that contains vertebrae.

أَصْلَبُnoun

1.
backbonesclassical
Plural of صلب (backbone), referring to multiple segments or instances of the spine.

أَصْلَابٌnoun

1.
backbonesclassical
Plural of صلب (backbone), used to refer to the spine or its parts.

صُلْبَةٌnoun

1.
backbonesclassical
Plural of صلب (backbone), referring to the spine.
2.
hard groundboth
A hard, stony, or firm part of the ground.

صُلْبَتُهُمnoun

1.
their backboneclassical
Referring to their lineage or origin, metaphorically linked to the backbone.

صَلَبَverb

1.
to make hardboth
To make something firm, rigid, or strong.
2.
to strengthenboth
To fortify or make robust.
3.
to crucifyboth
To execute by fastening to a cross.

صَلَابَةٌnoun

1.
hardnessboth
The quality of being hard, firm, or rigid; the opposite of softness.
2.
strengthboth
Robustness, firmness, or resilience.

صَلِيبٌadjective

1.
hardboth
Possessing hardness or firmness; rigid.
2.
strongboth
Having great physical strength or resilience.
3.
fatty substanceclassical
Referring to the fatty or oily substance derived from bones.
4.
crucifixboth
A cross, especially one bearing the effigy of Christ.

صُلْبٌadjective

1.
hardboth
Possessing hardness or firmness; rigid.
2.
strongboth
Having great physical strength or resilience.

صُلْبٌnoun

1.
hard groundboth
A hard, stony, or firm part of the ground.

صَلُبَverb

1.
to become hardboth
To acquire hardness, firmness, or rigidity.
2.
to become strongboth
To gain strength or resilience.

تَصَلَّبَverb

1.
to hardenboth
To become rigid or firm.
2.
to become strongboth
To become resolute or firm in one's stance.

صَلِيبُ العَصَاadjective phrase

1.
stern with the staffclassical
Describing a shepherd who is harsh or severe in managing the flock.

صَلَّبَهُverb

1.
to make it hardboth
To render something firm or rigid.
2.
to strengthen itboth
To fortify or make something robust.

مُصَلِّبُ اللهِnoun phrase

1.
God's strengthclassical
The power or might of God.

مَكَانٌ صُلْبٌnoun phrase

1.
hard placeboth
A location characterized by firm, stony, or unyielding ground.

أَصْلَابُهُnoun

1.
hard groundclassical
Plural of صلب (hard ground), referring to elevated, firm, and unyielding terrain.

صَلِيبٌnoun

1.
fast runnerclassical
A swift or strong runner, often referring to a horse.

الصُّلْبِيُّadjective

1.
whetstoneclassical
Referring to a type of stone used for sharpening blades.
2.
sharpenedclassical
Describing a blade that has been sharpened on a الصلبي stone.

صَلِيبٌnoun

1.
fatboth
The fatty or oily substance found in bones; marrow fat.
2.
pusclassical
The fluid discharge from a wound or infection.

اصْطَلَبَverb

1.
to extract fatclassical
To cook bones or meat to extract their fatty substance for consumption.

اصْطِلَابٌnoun

1.
extracting fatclassical
The act of cooking bones or meat to extract their fatty substance.

الصَّلْبُnoun

1.
crucifixionboth
The act or method of execution by crucifixion.

الصَّلِيبُnoun

1.
crucified personboth
One who has been executed by crucifixion.
2.
crossboth
The symbol of Christianity, a cross.

صَلِيبَانِnoun

1.
crossesboth
Plural of صليب (cross), referring to multiple crosses.

صُلْبَانٌnoun

1.
crossesboth
Plural of صليب (cross), referring to multiple crosses.

صَلَبَverb

1.
to crucifyboth
To execute by fastening to a cross.

صَلَبَverb

1.
to crucifyclassical
To execute by fastening to a cross, with emphasis on intensity.

صَلِيبُ الرَّاهِبِnoun phrase

1.
monk's crossclassical
A cross placed by a monk in his place of worship.

Parallel reading

أما تريني، اليوم، شيخا أشيبا، ... إذا نهضت أتشكى الأصلبا

Do you not see me today, an old man with white hair, ... when I rise, I complain of my backbones?

هؤلاء أبناء صلبتهم.

These are the sons of their lineage/backbone.

في الصلب الدية.

In the backbone, there is blood money (a fine).

تنقل من صالب إلى رحم، ... إذا مضى عالم بدا طبق

He is transferred from a loins to a womb, ... when one generation passes, another appears.

إن الله خلق للجنة أهلا، خلقها لهم، وهم في أصلاب آبائهم.

Indeed, Allah created people for Paradise, He created them for it, while they were in the loins of their fathers.

الصلابة: ضد اللين.

Hardness: the opposite of softness.

ورجل صلب: مثل القلب والحول، ورجل صلب وصليب: ذو صلابة؛ وقد صلب، وأرض صلبة، والجمع صلبة.

And a strong man: like the heart and the year, and a strong man and a firm man: possessing strength; and he became strong, and a hard land, and its plural is hard lands.

ويقال: تصلب فلان أي تشدد.

And it is said: So-and-so became firm, meaning he became severe.

صليب العصا، بادي العروق، ترى له، ... عليها، إذا ما أجدب الناس، إصبعا

Firm of staff, veins showing, you see for him, ... upon them, when people are in drought, a finger.

من سراة الهجان صلبها العض، ... ورعي الحمى، وطول الحيال

From the noble camels, the fodder strengthened them, ... and grazing the protected pasture, and long gestation.

إن المغالب صلب الله مغلوب

Indeed, the vanquisher is God's strength, vanquished.

والصلب من الأرض: المكان الغليظ المنقاد، والجمع صلبة، مثل قلب وقلبة.

And the hard ground: the firm, yielding place, and its plural is hard ground, like heart and a hollow.

نغشى قرى، عارية أقراؤه، ... تحبو، إلى أصلابه، أمعاؤه

We cover villages, their inhabitants are naked, ... crawling, towards its hard ground, its insides.

فإن كنت ذا لب يزدك صلابة، ... على المال، منزور العطاء، مثرب

If you are intelligent, it increases your stinginess, ... with wealth, limited in giving, blameworthy.

ذو ميعة، إذا ترامى صلبه

Possessing swiftness, when its strength is tested.

كحد السنان الصلبي النحيض

Like the edge of the sharpened spear.

وكأن شفرة خطمه وجنينه، ... لما تشرف صلب مفلوق

And like the blade of its muzzle and its fetus, ... when it overlooks the hard part of a split.

واحتل برك الشتاء منزله، ... وبات شيخ العيال يصطلب

And the heart of winter settled in its place, ... and the head of the family spent the night extracting fat.

أصحاب الصلب

The people of the bones (who extract fat).

والصلب جمع صليب، والصليب: الودك.

And al-ṣulb is the plural of ṣalīb, and al-ṣalīb is the fatty substance.

والصلب والصلبي والصلبة والصلبية: حجارة المسن

And al-ṣulb, al-ṣulbiyy, al-ṣulbah, and al-ṣulbiyyah: are stones for sharpening.

وما قتلوه وما صلبوه

And they did not kill him, nor did they crucify him.

ولأصلبنكم في جذوع النخل

And I will crucify you on palm trunks.

لقد ولد الأخيطل أم سوء، ... على باب استها صلب وشام

Al-Akhytal's mother gave birth to evil, ... on her anus, a cross and a mole.

وما أيبلي على هيكل، ... بناه وصلب فيه وصارا

And he would not care about a temple, ... he built it, and placed a cross in it, and two jars.