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لصب

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes things that are stuck, attached, or difficult to separate. It extends to the idea of being thin to the point of sticking to bone, and also refers to narrow passages or ravines in mountains.

Derived headwords

لَصَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to get stuckboth

    Said of a sword when it becomes lodged in its sheath and is difficult to draw out.

يَلْصِبُverb
  1. 1.
    to get stuckboth

    The present tense form of the verb 'to get stuck', referring to something lodged and difficult to remove.

لَصَبًاnoun
  1. 1.
    stickingboth

    The verbal noun (masdar) for the act of getting stuck, particularly a sword in its sheath.

لَصِبَverb
  1. 1.
    to be thinboth

    Said of skin when it adheres tightly to the flesh due to extreme emaciation.

اللَّصَبnoun
  1. 1.
    narrow passageboth

    A small ravine or narrow passage in a mountain.

  2. 2.
    narrow placeboth

    Any constricted or narrow area within a mountain.

Parallel reading

لصب سيفه يلصب لصبا، إذا نشب في الغمد فلا يخرج.
His sword got stuck, it gets stuck, a sticking, when it lodges in the sheath and cannot be drawn out.
ولصب جلد فلان، إذا لصق باللحم من الهزال.
And so-and-so's skin got stuck, when it adheres to the flesh from emaciation.