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صبث

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root relates to the act of mending or patching clothing, specifically a shirt. It describes the process and the result of such repairs.

Derived headwords

الصَّبْثnoun
  1. 1.
    mending, patchingclassical

    The act of mending or patching a garment, particularly a shirt.

صَبَثَverb
  1. 1.
    to mend, to patchclassical

    To mend or patch a garment, such as a shirt.

مُصَبَّثadjective
  1. 1.
    mended, patchedclassical

    A garment, especially a shirt, that has been mended or patched.

Parallel reading

الصَّبْث ترقيع القميص ورفوه
The mending is the patching and the sewing of the shirt.
رأيت عليه قميصا مصبثا
I saw on him a mended shirt.
أي مرقعا
Meaning patched.