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الءسب

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to hair or dense growth, specifically referring to hair in certain areas of the body, or abundant wool on a sheep. It can also describe land that has become verdant and covered in vegetation.

Derived headwords

الإسبnoun
  1. 1.
    pubic hairclassical

    Refers to the hair found in the pubic region.

  2. 2.
    hair of the groinclassical

    Denotes the hair of the groin area.

  3. 3.
    hair of the anusclassical

    Specifically refers to the hair around the anus.

مؤسبadjective
  1. 1.
    woollyclassical

    Describes a ram or sheep that is abundant in wool.

آسبتverb
  1. 1.
    to become verdantmodern

    Describes land that has grown abundant vegetation and become green.

Parallel reading

الإسب، بالكسر: شعر الركب أو الفرج أو الاست.
Al-isb, with a kasra: hair of the knee, or the private parts, or the anus.
وكبش مؤسب، كمعظم: كثير الصوف.
And a ram that is mu'assab, like mu'azzam: abundant in wool.
وآسبت الأرض: أعشبت.
And the land became 'aasabat: it grew vegetation.