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صهب

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes shades of reddish-brown or tawny coloration, particularly in hair, animals, and wine. It can also refer to specific types of wine and, metaphorically, to enemies.

Derived headwords

الصُّهْبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Reddish-brown hairboth

    The quality of being reddish-brown or tawny, specifically referring to the color of hair on the head.

  2. 2.
    Reddish-brownnessboth

    The state or quality of being reddish-brown.

الصُّهَابَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Reddish-brownnessclassical

    The quality of being reddish-brown or tawny.

أَصْهَبadjective
  1. 1.
    Reddish-brown (hair)both

    Describing a person, especially a man, whose hair is reddish-brown or tawny.

  2. 2.
    Tawny (animals)both

    Describing animals, particularly camels, that have a mix of white and reddish coloration, where the upper hair is reddish and the undersides are white.

صَهَبَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    Wineboth

    A name for wine, so called because of its reddish-brown color.

صِهَابِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    Tawny-coloredclassical

    Describing something, like a camel, that has a tawny color.

صُهَابname
  1. 1.
    Name of a stallion or placeclassical

    A proper name, possibly referring to a famous stallion or a specific location, from which the color term might be derived.

صُهْب السِّبَالother
  1. 1.
    Reddish-beardedclassical

    A descriptive epithet for enemies, referring to having reddish or tawny beards, often used metaphorically.

صُهْبَىname
  1. 1.
    Name of a horseclassical

    The name of a specific horse, belonging to Al-Nimr.

المِصْهَبnoun
  1. 1.
    Sizzling soundclassical

    The sound made by roasting meat (shawaa'), like the sizzling of meat over a fire.

  2. 2.
    Mixed herdclassical

    A herd of wild animals that are of mixed colors, particularly those with reddish and white mixed.

Parallel reading

الشقرة في شعر الرأس، وهي الصهوبة.
The redness in the hair of the head, and it is the tawny color.
والرجل أصهب.
And the man is tawny-haired.
والصهباء: الخمر، سميت بذلك للونها.
And Al-Sahbaa': wine, named so because of its color.
والأصهب من الإبل: الذي يخالط بياضه حمرة، وهو أن يحمر أعلى الوبر وتبيض أجوافه.
And Al-Ashhab among camels: the one whose whiteness is mixed with redness, which is that the top of the hair is reddish and its undersides are white.
وجمل صهابى، أي أصهب اللون.
And a camel is Sahaba, meaning tawny in color.
ويقال هو منسوب إلى صهاب: اسم فحل أو موضع.
And it is said it is attributed to Sahab: the name of a stallion or a place.
يقال للأعداء: صهب السبال، وسود الأكباد، وإن لم يكونوا صهب السبال، فكذلك يقال لهم.
It is said to enemies: 'reddish-bearded', and 'black-hearted', and even if they are not reddish-bearded, they are called so.
فظلال السيوف شيبن رأسي * واعتناقي في القوم صهب السبال
And the glints of swords have whitened my head; * And my embracing among the people is of the reddish-bearded.
ويقال أصله للروم، لأن الصهوبة فيهم، وهم أعداء العرب.
And it is said its origin is among the Romans, because tawny hair is common among them, and they are enemies of the Arabs.
وصهبى: اسم فرس للنمر.
And Sahba: the name of a horse belonging to Al-Nimr.
والمصهب: صفيف الشواء، والوحش المختلط.
And Al-Misheb: the sizzling of roasted meat, and the mixed wild animals.