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الصنبعة

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes stinginess, particularly the reluctance of a miser to give when asked. It also extends to describing a person with a long head.

Derived headwords

صِنْبَعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    stinginessclassical

    The contraction or parsimony of a miser when asked for something.

يَصْنَبِعُverb
  1. 1.
    to be stingyclassical

    To act in a stingy manner, to be parsimonious, especially when asked for something.

مِصْنَبِعُ الرَّأْسِadjective
  1. 1.
    long-headedmodern

    Describing a person whose head tends towards length.

مُصَعْنَبُadjective
  1. 1.
    long-headedmodern

    Describing a person whose head tends towards length.

صُنَيْبِعَاتname
  1. 1.
    Diminutive of Sanba'ahclassical

    A diminutive form of 'Sanba'ah', used here as a place name (a city).

Parallel reading

انقباض البخيل عند المسألة
The contraction of the miser when asked.
وقد رأيته يصنبع لؤما
And I have seen him acting stingily out of meanness.
ورجل مصنبع الرأس، بالفتح، ومصعنبه: إلى الطول ما هو
And a man with a long head (pronounced with fathah on the 'mim'), and 'musan'ab': he is tending towards length.
صنيبعات، مصغر صنبعة، كقنفذة: ع
Sunaybi'at, the diminutive of Sanba'ah, like Qunfudhah: a city.