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ءسب

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to specific types of hair or growth, with a potential connection to vegetation. One derived term refers to pubic hair, possibly originating from a word for plants.

Derived headwords

الاسبnoun
  1. 1.
    pubic hairclassical

    Refers to the hair found in the pubic region.

الوسبnoun
  1. 1.
    vegetationclassical

    Refers to plants or growing vegetation.

Parallel reading

الاسب بالكسر: شعر الاست
Al-isb (with kasra) is the hair of the vulva.
ويحتمل أن يكون أصله من الوسب، وهو النبات، فقلبت الواو همزة
And it is possible that its origin is from al-wasb, which is vegetation, and the waw was changed to hamza.
كما قالوا إرث وورث
Just as they said irth (inheritance) and waritha (to inherit).