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سبك

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the process of melting and casting metals, particularly gold and silver. It extends to the resulting cast piece and, metaphorically, to refined or pure substances.

Derived headwords

سَبَكَverb
  1. 1.
    to melt and castboth

    To melt gold, silver, or similar substances and pour them into a mold.

سَبَكverb
  1. 1.
    to melt and castboth

    To melt gold, silver, or similar substances and pour them into a mold.

سَبْكnoun
  1. 1.
    castingboth

    The act of melting and casting metal or other substances.

سَبِيكَةnoun
  1. 1.
    ingotboth

    A piece of metal, especially gold or silver, that has been melted and cast into a mold.

  2. 2.
    refined substanceclassical

    Metaphorically, the pure or refined essence of something, like the finest flour.

انْسَبَكَverb
  1. 1.
    to be castboth

    To be melted and poured into a mold; to take the shape of the mold.

مَسْبَكَةnoun
  1. 1.
    casting moldclassical

    A mold, typically made of iron, into which molten metal is poured to be cast.

سَبَائِكnoun
  1. 1.
    ingotsboth

    Plural of 'sabikah', referring to multiple cast pieces of metal.

  2. 2.
    thin cakesclassical

    Plural of 'sabikah', used to describe thin, flat cakes, possibly of bread or pastry.

Parallel reading

سبك الذهب والفضة ونحوه من الذائب يسبكه ويسبكه سبكا وسبكه: ذوبه وأفرغه في قالب.
To melt gold, silver, and the like from a molten state, he melts it and casts it, a casting, and its casting: to melt it and pour it into a mold.
والسبيكة: القطعة المذوبة منه، وقد انسبك.
And the ingot: the melted piece of it, and it has been cast.
السبك تسبيك السبيكة من الذهب والفضة يذاب ويفرغ في مسبكة من حديد كأنها شق قصبة، والجمع السبائك.
Casting is the casting of an ingot of gold and silver, which is melted and poured into a casting mold of iron, like the split of a reed, and the plural is 'sabā'ik'.
وفي حديث ابن عمر: لو شئت لملأت الرحاب صلائق وسبائك.
And in the narration of Ibn 'Umar: If I wished, I would fill the courtyards with 'salā'iq' and 'sabā'ik'.
أي ما سبك من الدقيق ونخل فأخذ خالصه يعني الحوارى، وكانوا يسمون الرقاق السبائك.
Meaning what is cast from flour and sifted, taking its pure essence, meaning the finest flour; and they used to call thin flat breads 'sabā'ik'.