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الصياب

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes concepts of purity, essence, origin, and the best or choicest part of something. It can also refer to a leader or master, and the act of hitting or striking.

Derived headwords

الصِّيَابnoun
  1. 1.
    Pureboth

    Referring to something that is pure, unadulterated, and free from impurities.

  2. 2.
    Essenceboth

    The core, the fundamental nature, or the very heart of something.

  3. 3.
    Originboth

    The source, the beginning, or the fundamental principle from which something arises.

  4. 4.
    Best partboth

    The choicest, most excellent, or select portion of a thing.

الصِّيَابَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Pureboth

    Referring to something that is pure, unadulterated, and free from impurities.

  2. 2.
    Essenceboth

    The core, the fundamental nature, or the very heart of something.

  3. 3.
    Originboth

    The source, the beginning, or the fundamental principle from which something arises.

  4. 4.
    Best partboth

    The choicest, most excellent, or select portion of a thing.

  5. 5.
    Leaderclassical

    A master, a chief, or a person of high standing and authority.

صَابَverb
  1. 1.
    To hitboth

    To strike, to reach, or to make contact with something.

  2. 2.
    To strike (target)both

    To successfully hit a target, especially with a projectile like an arrow.

يُصِيبُverb
  1. 1.
    He hitsboth

    The present tense form indicating the action of hitting or striking.

  2. 2.
    He strikes (target)both

    The present tense form indicating the successful striking of a target.

أَصَابَverb
  1. 1.
    To hitboth

    To strike, to reach, or to make contact with something.

  2. 2.
    To strike (target)both

    To successfully hit a target, especially with a projectile like an arrow.

صَيْبnoun
  1. 1.
    Hittingboth

    The act or instance of hitting or striking.

  2. 2.
    Striking (target)both

    The act of successfully hitting a target.

صَيُوبadjective
  1. 1.
    Striking (target)both

    Describing something that hits its target accurately or effectively.

صُيُوبnoun
  1. 1.
    Arrows (that hit)both

    The plural of a type of arrow, likely one that is accurate or effective.

Parallel reading

الصِّيَاب والصِّيَابَة، بضمهما ويخففان: الخالص، والصميم، والأصل، والخيار من الشيء.
Al-Siyab and Al-Siyabah, with both pronounced with dammah and can be lightened: the pure, the essence, the origin, and the best of a thing.
والصِّيَابَة: السيد.
And Al-Siyabah: the master.
وصَابَ يَصِيبُ صَيْبًا: أَصَابَ.
And Sabha yasibu sayban: Asabaha.
وسَهْمٌ صَيُوبٌ، كَغَيُورٍ، ج: كُتُبٌ.
And an arrow is sayub, like ghayur, plural: kutub.