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Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of disobedience, opposition, and defiance against authority or commands. It also extends to meanings of stubbornness, difficulty, and hardness, particularly in inanimate objects.

Derived headwords

عَصَىverb
  1. 1.
    to disobeyboth

    To act contrary to an order or command; to refuse obedience.

يَعْصِيverb
  1. 1.
    disobeysboth

    Present tense of the verb 'to disobey'.

عِصْيًاnoun
  1. 1.
    disobedienceboth

    The act or state of disobeying; defiance.

مَعْصِيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    disobedienceboth

    An act of disobedience; a sin or transgression.

عَاصَىverb
  1. 1.
    to opposeboth

    To act in opposition to someone; to resist or defy.

عَاصٍadjective
  1. 1.
    disobedientboth

    One who disobeys; a rebel or defiant person.

عَصِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    stubbornboth

    Resistant to control or authority; difficult to manage or overcome.

  2. 2.
    hardclassical

    Describing something that has become hard or difficult, like a seed.

اعْتَصَتْverb
  1. 1.
    became hardclassical

    Past tense of the verb 'to become hard' or 'to become stubborn'.

النَّوَاةnoun
  1. 1.
    seed pitboth

    The hard inner part of a fruit containing the seed; a kernel.

ابْنُ أَبِي عَاصِيَةname
  1. 1.
    Ibn Abi 'Asiyahclassical

    A proper name, referring to a poet.

تَعَصَّىverb
  1. 1.
    to be difficultclassical

    To become difficult or intractable; to resist.

اعْتَاصَverb
  1. 1.
    to be difficultclassical

    To become difficult, hard to deal with, or intractable.

كَسُمَيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    bellyclassical

    A term for the belly or abdomen.

Parallel reading

العصيان: خلاف الطاعة.
Disobedience: the opposite of obedience.
عصاه يعصيه عصيا ومعصية، وعاصاه، فهو عاص وعصي.
He disobeyed him, disobeying him with disobedience and transgression, and he opposed him, so he is disobedient and stubborn.
واعتصت النواة: اشتدت.
And the seed pit became hard: it became strong.
وابن أبي عاصية: شاعر.
And Ibn Abi 'Asiyah: a poet.
وتعصى الأمر: اعتاص.
And the matter became difficult: it became intractable.
وكسمية: بطن.
And 'kusmiyyah': a belly.