صبح

Root entry · 20 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the morning, dawn, and the time around it. It also extends to colors, particularly reddish hues, and to light or brightness, including lamps and the gleam of metal. Additionally, it encompasses concepts of beauty and handsomeness.

Derived headwords

تَصَبَّحَverb

1.
to have morning mealboth
To eat or drink in the morning, especially as a ritual or habit.
2.
to water in the morningclassical
To provide water to someone or something in the morning.

من تصبح بسبع تمرات عجوة — Whoever has morning meal with seven dates of 'ajwa

صَبَّحَverb

1.
to greet in the morningboth
To offer greetings or salutations to someone in the morning.
2.
to water in the morningclassical
To provide water to someone or something in the morning (intensive form).

الصُّبْحَةnoun

1.
reddish-black colorclassical
A color that is dark with a reddish tint.
2.
color of hairclassical
A description of hair color, specifically a shade between black and red.

في الشعر الصبحة والملحة — In hair, there is the subḥah and the mulḥah

الصُّبْحnoun

1.
morningboth
The period of time from dawn until noon.
2.
reddish colorclassical
A color that is dark with a reddish tint, or a color close to tawny.
3.
gleam of metalclassical
The brightness or shine of iron or other metals.

ولون الصبح الصادق يضرب إلى الحمرة قليلا — And the color of true dawn inclines slightly to redness

أَصْبَحَadjective

1.
reddish-hairedboth
Describing hair that is mixed with white and red, or intensely red.

رجل أصبح وأسد أصبح بين الصبح — A man with reddish hair and a lion with reddish hair, between black and red

اصْبَاحَverb

1.
to become reddish-hairedclassical
To have hair that is mixed with white and red.

وقد اصباح — And he has become reddish-haired

الأَصْهَبadjective

1.
reddish-brownclassical
A color close to tawny or reddish-brown, especially used for hair.

إن جاءت به أصبح أصهب — If she brings forth a child with reddish and tawny hair

المِصْبَاحnoun

1.
lampboth
A light source, typically a lamp or a candle, used for illumination.
2.
bright starclassical
A shining star, used metaphorically.
3.
wide spearheadclassical
A broad or wide spearhead.

المصباح في زجاجة الزجاجة كأنها كوكب دري — The lamp is in a glass, the glass as it were a shining star

مَسْرَجَةnoun

1.
lampclassical
A lamp, or the act of lighting a lamp.

اسْتَصْبَحَverb

1.
to light a lampboth
To use something to light a lamp or to provide illumination.

ويستصبح بها الناس أي يشعلون بها سرجهم — And people use it to light their lamps

المُصْبَحnoun

1.
place of morningclassical
The place where one spends the morning.
2.
time of morningclassical
The time of morning, or the act of becoming morning.
3.
large drinking cupclassical
A large cup or bowl, used for drinking.

بمصبح الحمد وحيث يمسي — At the place of morning praise and where he spends the evening

صَبَاحnoun

1.
morningboth
The time of day from dawn until noon.
2.
beautyclassical
Handsomeness, comeliness, or beauty.

صَبَاحَةnoun

1.
beautyboth
Handsomeness, comeliness, or beauty.

وقد صبح صباحة — And he became beautiful

أَصْبَحَadjective

1.
reddish-hairedboth
Having hair that is mixed with white and red, or intensely red.

صَبِيحadjective

1.
handsomeboth
Good-looking, comely, or beautiful, especially referring to the face.

ورجل صبيح وصباح، بالضم: جميل — And a handsome man and a beautiful one

صَبَاحadjective

1.
handsomeboth
Good-looking, comely, or beautiful.

ذو أَصْبَحname

1.
king of Himyarclassical
A king from the Himyarite dynasty, to whom the 'aṣbaḥī' whips are attributed.

ذو أصبح: ملك من ملوك حمير — Dhu Asbah: a king from the kings of Himyar

الأَصْبَحِيّadjective

1.
whipclassical
A type of whip attributed to Dhu Asbah.

وإليه تنسب السياط الأصبحية — And to him are attributed the Asbahī whips

صَبَاحname

1.
tribe nameclassical
The name of a tribe or a group of Arabs.

صباح: حي من العرب — Sabah: a tribe from the Arabs

صِنَابِحname

1.
clan nameclassical
The name of a clan or a branch of a tribe.

صنابح: بطن من مراد — Ṣanābiḥ: a clan from Murad

Parallel reading

وفي الحديث: من تصبح بسبع تمرات عجوة ، هو تفعل من صبحت القوم إذا سقيتهم الصبوح.

And in the Hadith: Whoever has morning meal with seven dates of 'ajwa, it is a derivation from 'ṣabbaḥta al-qawm' if you gave them to drink in the morning.

والصبح: سواد إلى الحمرة، وقيل: لون قريب إلى الشهبة، وقيل: لون قريب من الصهبة، الذكر أصبح والأنثى صبحاء، تقول: رجل أصبح وأسد أصبح بين الصبح.

And al-ṣubḥah: a blackness tending towards redness, and it is said: a color close to tawny, and it is said: a color close to reddish-brown; the male is 'aṣbaḥ and the female is ṣabḥā', you say: a man with reddish hair and a lion with reddish hair, between black and red.

والأصبح من الشعر: الذي يخالطه بياض بحمرة خلقة أيا كان؛ وقد اصباح.

And al-aṣbaḥ of hair: that which is mixed with whiteness and redness by creation, whatever it may be; and he has become reddish-haired.

وقال الليث: الصبح شدة الحمرة في الشعر، والأصبح قريب من الأصهب.

And Al-Layth said: al-ṣubḥ is intense redness in the hair, and al-aṣbaḥ is close to al-aṣhab.

وروى شمر عن أبي نصر قال: في الشعر الصبحة والملحة.

And Shammir narrated from Abu Nasr who said: In hair, there is al-ṣubḥah and al-malḥah.

ورجل أصبح اللحية: للذي تعلو شعره حمرة، ومن ذلك قيل: دم صباحي لشدة حمرته؛ قال أبو زبيد: عبيط صباحي من الجوف أشقرا

And a man with a reddish beard: for one whose hair has redness on it, and from this it is said: a morning blood for its intense redness; Abu Zubayd said: a fresh morning blood from al-Jawf, reddish-brown.

والصبح: بريق الحديد وغيره.

And al-ṣubḥ: the gleam of iron and other things.

والمصباح: السراج، وهو قرطه الذي تراه في القنديل وغيره، والقراط لغة، وهو قول الله، عز وجل: المصباح في زجاجة الزجاجة كأنها كوكب دري .

And al-miṣbāḥ: the lamp, and it is its wick that you see in the lantern and elsewhere, and 'qirāṭ' is a dialect, and it is the saying of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic: The lamp is in a glass, the glass as it were a shining star.

والمصبح: المسرجة.

And al-miṣbaḥah: the lamp.

واستصبح به: استسرج.

And he used it to light a lamp: he used it for illumination.

وفي الحديث: فأصبحي سراجك أي أصلحيها.

And in the Hadith: So light your lamp, meaning repair it.

وفي حديث جابر في شحوم الميتة: ويستصبح بها الناس أي يشعلون بها سرجهم.

And in Jabir's Hadith concerning the fats of carrion: And people use it to light their lamps, meaning they ignite their wicks with it.

وفي حديث يحيى بن زكريا، عليهما السلام: كان يخدم بيت المقدس نهارا ويصبح فيه ليلا أي يسرج السراح.

And in the Hadith of Yahya ibn Zakariya, peace be upon them: He used to serve the House of the Sanctuary by day and light lamps in it by night, meaning he would light the lamps.

والمصبح، بالفتح: موضع الإصباح ووقت الإصباح أيضا؛ قال الشاعر: بمصبح الحمد وحيث يمسي

And al-muṣbaḥ, with fatha: the place of morning and the time of morning also; the poet said: At the place of morning praise and where he spends the evening.

والمصبح أيضا: الإصباح؛ يقال: أصبحنا إصباحا ومصبحا؛ وقول النمر بن تولب: فأصبحت والليل مستحكم، ... وأصبحت الأرض بحرا طما

And al-muṣbaḥ also: the morning; it is said: We entered the morning, a morning and a muṣbaḥ; and the saying of Al-Nimr ibn Tawlab: So I entered the morning while the night was strong, ... and the land became a vast sea.

ففسره ابن الأعرابي فقال: أصبحت من المصباح؛ وقال غيره: شبه البرق بالليل بالمصباح، وشد ذلك قول أبي ذؤيب: أمنك برق أبيت الليل أرقبه؟ ... كأنه، في عراص الشام، مصباح

And Ibn al-A'rabi interpreted it, saying: I became from the lamp; and others said: He likened lightning at night to a lamp, and this is strengthened by the saying of Abu Dhu'ayb: Is it from you, lightning, that I watch all night? ... As if it were, in the plains of Sham, a lamp.

والشمع مما يصطبح به أي يسرج به.

And wax is among what is used for illumination, meaning it is used to light lamps.

والمصبح والمصباح: قدح كبير؛ عن أبي حنيفة.

And al-muṣbaḥ and al-miṣbāḥ: a large cup; from Abu Hanifa.

والمصابيح: الأقداح التي يصطبح بها؛ وأنشد: نهل ونسعى بالمصابيح وسطها، ... لها أمر حزم لا يفرق، مجمع

And al-maṣābīḥ: the cups with which one lights lamps; and he recited: We drink and we strive with the cups in their midst, ... they have a firm command that does not falter, a gathering.

ومصابيح النجوم: أعلام الكواكب، واحدها مصباح.

And the lamps of the stars: the markers of the planets, the singular of which is miṣbāḥ.

والمصباح: السنان العريض.

And al-miṣbāḥ: the wide spearhead.

وأسنة صباحية، كذلك؛ قال ابن سيده: لا أدري إلام نسب.

And ṣabāḥī spearheads, likewise; Ibn Sidah said: I do not know to what it is attributed.

والصباحة: الجمال؛ وقد صبح، بالضم، يصبح صباحة.

And al-ṣabāḥah: beauty; and he became, with damma, he becomes ṣabāḥah.

وأما من الصبح فيقال صبح «2» يصبح صبحا، فهو أصبح الشعر.

But from al-ṣubḥ, it is said ṣabaḥa, yaṣbaḥu ṣabāḥan, it is the hair becoming reddish.

ورجل صبيح وصباح، بالضم: جميل، والجمع صباح؛ وافق الذين يقولون فعال الذين يقولون فعيل لاعتقابهما كثيرا، والأنثى فيهما، بالهاء، والجمع صباح، وافق مذكره في التكسير لاتفاقهما في الوصفية؛ وقد صبح صباحة؛ وقال الليث: الصبيح الوضيء الوجه.

And a handsome man and a beautiful one, with damma: beautiful, and the plural is ṣibāḥ; it agrees with those who say 'fā'āl' with those who say 'fa'īl' because they are often interchangeable, and the feminine of both, with ha, and the plural is ṣibāḥ, agreeing with its masculine in broken pluralization due to their agreement in description; and he became beautiful; and Al-Layth said: al-ṣabīḥ is one with a bright face.

وذو أصبح: ملك من ملوك حمير «3» وإليه تنسب السياط الأصبحية.

And Dhu Asbah: a king from the kings of Himyar, and to him are attributed the Asbahī whips.

والأصبهي: السوط.

And al-aṣbaḥī: the whip.

صباح: حي من العرب، وقد سمت صبحا وصباحا وصبيحا وصباحا وصبيحا ومصبحا.

Ṣabāḥ: a tribe from the Arabs, and they have named [people] Ṣubḥan, Ṣabāḥan, Ṣabīḥan, Ṣabāḥan, Ṣabīḥan, and Muṣbaḥan.

وبنو صباح: بطون، بطن في ضبة وبطن في عبد القيس وبطن في غني.

And Banu Ṣabāḥ: clans, a clan in Ḍabbah, and a clan in Abd al-Qays, and a clan in Ghani.

وصباح: حي من عذرة ومن عبد القيس.

And Ṣabāḥ: a tribe from 'Adhrah and from Abd al-Qays.

وصنابح: بطن من مراد.

And Ṣanābiḥ: a clan from Murad.