الشصب

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to hardship, scarcity, and dryness. It extends to concepts of fate, destiny, and also encompasses terms for specific objects, animals, and even mythical entities.

Derived headwords

الشَّصْبnoun

1.
hardshipboth
A state of difficulty, severity, or hardship.
2.
droughtboth
A prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water.

أَشْصَابnoun

1.
hardshipsclassical
Plural of 'الشصب', referring to multiple instances of difficulty or scarcity.

الشَّصِيبَةnoun

1.
hardshipclassical
A difficult situation or condition; a misfortune.

النَّصِيبnoun

1.
shareboth
A portion of something allocated to a person or group.
2.
destinyboth
The predetermined course of events; fate.
3.
lotboth
A person's fortune or destiny.

الحَظّnoun

1.
luckboth
Success or failure apparently brought by chance rather than through one's own actions.
2.
fortuneboth
A person's destiny or fate, often implying good fortune.

الشَّصِيبnoun

1.
shareclassical
A portion or part of something.
2.
destinyclassical
One's fate or allotted portion.
3.
strangerclassical
A person who is unknown or unfamiliar.

السَّمْطnoun

1.
boilingclassical
The act of cooking food in boiling water.

السَّلْخnoun

1.
flayingboth
The act of skinning an animal.
2.
strippingboth
The act of removing an outer layer.

اليُبْسnoun

1.
drynessboth
The state of lacking moisture.
2.
parchednessboth
Extreme dryness, often due to heat or lack of water.

الشَّصَّابnoun

1.
butcherclassical
A person who slaughters animals and prepares their meat for sale.

شَاةٌ مَسْلُوخَةnoun

1.
skinned sheepclassical
A sheep that has had its skin removed.

شَاصِبadjective

1.
difficultboth
Describing a life or condition that is hard to endure.
2.
hardboth
Characterized by hardship or scarcity.

شَصَبَverb

1.
to be hardboth
To experience hardship or difficulty.
2.
to be scarceboth
To be in short supply, referring to provisions or life.

أَشْصَبَverb

1.
to make life hardclassical
To cause a life to be difficult or scarce.

شَصَبَتِ النَّاقَةُ عَلَى الفَحْلِverb

1.
to mate frequently without conceivingclassical
Describes a female camel that mates often but does not become pregnant.

قَعْرُ البِئْرِnoun

1.
bottom of the wellclassical
The lowest part of a well.

الشَّيْصَبَانnoun

1.
male antclassical
The male of the ant species.
2.
ant nestclassical
The dwelling or burrow of ants.
3.
tribe of jinnclassical
A group or clan belonging to the jinn.
4.
name of a devilclassical
A specific appellation for a demonic entity.

الشَّصَائِبnoun

1.
saddle sticksclassical
The wooden supports or frame of a saddle.

Parallel reading

الشَّصْبُ، بالكَسْرِ: الشِّدَّةُ والجَدْبُ

Al-shasb, with kasra: hardship and drought.

ج: أَشْصَابٌ، كَالشَّصِيبَةِ

Plural: ashṣāb, like al-shaṣībah.

والنَّصِيبُ، والحَظُّ، كَالشَّصِيبِ

And al-naṣīb, and al-ḥaẓẓ, like al-shaṣīb.

وبِالْفَتْحِ: السَّمْطُ، والسَّلْخُ، واليُبْسُ، ويُحَرَّكُ

And with fatḥah: al-samṭ, al-silk, and al-yubs, and it is vocalized.

والشَّصَّابُ: القَصَّابُ

And al-shaṣṣāb: the butcher.

وكَعُنُقٍ: الشَّاةُ المَسْلُوخَةُ

And like 'unuq: the skinned sheep.

وعَيْشٌ شَاصِبٌ: شَاقٌّ

And a life that is shāṣib: difficult.

وقَدْ شَصَبَ شُصُوبًا

And he experienced hardship (shasaba shuṣūban).

وأَشْصَبَ اللهُ عَيْشَهُ

And Allah made his life difficult (ashṣaba Allāhu 'ayshahu).

وشَصَبَتِ النَّاقَةُ عَلَى الفَحْلِ: كَثُرَ ضِرَابُهَا، ولَمْ تُلْقِحْ

And the she-camel mated with the male (shasabat al-nāqatu 'alā al-faḥl): her mating was frequent, and she did not conceive.

والشَّصِيبُ: الغَرِيبُ

And al-shaṣīb: the stranger.

وبِهَاءٍ: قَعْرُ البِئْرِ

And with ḥa' (buhā'): the bottom of the well.

والشَّيْصَبَانُ: ذَكَرُ النَّمْلِ، أو جُحْرُهُ، وقَبِيلَةٌ مِنَ الجِنِّ، واسْمُ الشَّيْطَانِ

And al-shayṣabān: the male ant, or its nest, and a tribe of jinn, and the name of a devil.

والشَّصَائِبُ: عِيدَانُ الرَّحْلِ

And al-shaṣā'ib: the sticks of the saddle.