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صنبع

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to concepts of hardness, solidity, and perhaps a certain coarseness or stubbornness, particularly in animals like camels. It also has a derived place name.

Derived headwords

صنبعverb
  1. 1.
    to be coarseclassical

    To exhibit coarseness or meanness in character or behavior.

يصنبعverb
  1. 1.
    to act meanlyclassical

    He acts meanly or exhibits coarseness.

رأيته يصنبع لؤما — I saw him acting meanly out of baseness.
صنبعةnoun
  1. 1.
    hardy she-camelclassical

    A she-camel that is strong, solid, and hardy.

صنيبعاتname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A place named after a group or collection of things, possibly related to the root's sense of solidity or hardness.

Parallel reading

تقول رأيته يصنبع لؤما.
They say I saw him acting meanly out of baseness.
وصنيبعات: موضع سمي بهذه الجماعة.
And Sunaiba'at: a place named after this group.
الصنبعة الناقة الصلبة.
The sunba'ah is the solid she-camel.