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الصخب

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes intense sound, loudness, and clamor. It extends to describe the chaotic mixing of sounds, particularly of animals, and can also refer to a specific type of bead used in charms.

Derived headwords

الصَخَبnoun
  1. 1.
    loudnessboth

    Intense loudness or clamor, a great noise.

صَخَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to be loudboth

    To make a loud noise or to be clamorous.

صَخَابadjective
  1. 1.
    loudboth

    One who is loud or clamorous.

صَخُوبadjective
  1. 1.
    loudboth

    One who is loud or clamorous.

صَخْبَانadjective
  1. 1.
    loudboth

    One who is loud or clamorous.

صَخْبَانnoun
  1. 1.
    loud onesboth

    Plural of صَخْبَان (loud person).

صَخْبَةadjective
  1. 1.
    loudboth

    A loud or clamorous woman.

صَخَابَةadjective
  1. 1.
    loudboth

    A loud or clamorous woman.

صَخُوبadjective
  1. 1.
    loudboth

    A loud or clamorous woman.

صَخْبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    beadclassical

    A bead used in charms for love or hate.

تَصَاحَبُواverb
  1. 1.
    to shout at each otherboth

    They shouted at each other.

  2. 2.
    to fightboth

    They fought or clashed.

اصْطِخَابnoun
  1. 1.
    mixing of soundsboth

    The mixing or confusion of sounds, especially of birds.

Parallel reading

الصَخَب، محركة شدة الصوت.
Al-sakhab, with harakah, is intense sound.
صَخَبَ، كفرح، فهو صخاب وصخب وصخوب وصخبان
Sakhab, like faraha, means to be loud, so he is sakhab, sakhib, sakhub, and sakhban.
وجمع الأخير: صخبان بالضم
And the plural of the latter (sakhban) is sakhban with dammah.
وهي صخبة وصخابة وصخبة، كعتلة، وصخوب.
And she is sakhbah, sakhābah, sakhbah (like 'atlah), and sakhūb.
وعين صخبة: مصطفقة عند الجيشان
And a sakhbah eye: is turbulent when boiling.
ومَاءٌ صَخِبُ الأذيّ
And water that is sakhb al-udhiyy (turbulent).
ومُصْطَخِبٌ كذلك.
And mustakhibb likewise.
والصخبة: خرزة تستعمل في الحب والبغض.
And al-sakhbah: is a bead used in love and hate.
وتصاخبوا: تصايحوا، وتضاربوا.
And tasākhabū: they shouted at each other, and they fought.
واصطخاب الطير: اختلاط أصواتها.
And isṭikhab al-ṭayr: is the mixing of their sounds.
وحمار صخب الشوارب: يردد نهاقه في شواربه.
And a sakhb al-shawārib donkey: repeats its braying in its whiskers.