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سبخ

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of softening, alleviating, and becoming loose or slack. It extends to meanings of fertile or saline land, shedding of feathers, and a state of deep sleep or rest.

Derived headwords

السَّبْخَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Saline landboth

    A single unit of saline or marshy land.

سَبَاخnoun
  1. 1.
    Saline landboth

    Plural of سبخة, referring to areas of saline or marshy land.

سَبِخَةadjective
  1. 1.
    one of the saline landsboth

    one of the saline lands

  2. 2.
    having saline landsboth

    having saline lands

  3. 3.
    meaning, having salt and seepageboth

    meaning, having salt and seepage

أَسْبَخُواverb
  1. 1.
    Reached saline soilboth

    They dug and reached the saline or marshy soil.

السَّبِيخnoun
  1. 1.
    Shed feathersclassical

    The feathers that a bird sheds.

  2. 2.
    Cotton fibersclassical

    The loose fibers of cotton that are separated after carding, ready for spinning.

  3. 3.
    Loose fibersclassical

    Loose fibers from cotton, wool, or hair, ready for spinning.

سَبِيخَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Fiber tuftclassical

    A piece or tuft of loose fibers, such as from cotton, wool, or hair, ready for spinning.

سَبَّخَ اللهُ عَنْكَverb
  1. 1.
    Alleviate, lightenclassical

    May God alleviate or lighten (a burden, illness, or sin) from you.

تَسْبَخِيverb
  1. 1.
    do not lighten his sin by your prayer against himboth

    do not lighten his sin by your prayer against him

سَبَّخَ عَنْهُverb
  1. 1.
    Alleviate sinclassical

    To alleviate or lighten the sin of someone.

سَبَّخَverb
  1. 1.
    God lightened the fever for him, meaning He alleviated itboth

    God lightened the fever for him, meaning He alleviated it

  2. 2.
    leisure and sleepboth

    leisure and sleep

  3. 3.
    meaning, leisureboth

    meaning, leisure

سَبَّخَ الحَرُّverb
  1. 1.
    Became mildclassical

    The heat became mild or less intense.

التَّسْبِيخnoun
  1. 1.
    Deep sleepclassical

    A state of intense or deep sleep.

السَّبَخnoun
  1. 1.
    Sleepclassical

    Sleep, a state of rest.

  2. 2.
    Leisure, free timeclassical

    Leisure or free time, an opportunity for rest or relaxation.

سَبَخًاnoun
  1. 1.
    Leisure, free timeclassical

    Leisure or free time, as in 'you will have long leisure in the day'.

Parallel reading

وأرض سبخة بكسر الباء: ذات سباخ
And a sabikha (with kasra on the ba') land: possessing sabakh (saline land).
وحفروا فأسبخوا: بلغوا السباخ
And they dug and reached the sabakh: they reached the saline soil.
والسبيخ: ما سقط من ريش الطائر
And as-sabikh: what falls from a bird's feathers.
والسبيخ من القطن: ما يسبخ بعد الندف، أي يلف لتغزله المرأة
And as-sabikh from cotton: what is loosened after carding, meaning it is rolled to be spun by the woman.
يقال سبخ الله عنك الحمى، أي خففها
It is said, 'May God sabakh (alleviate) the fever from you,' meaning He lightens it.
أنه عليه السلام قال لعائشة حين دعت على سارق سرقها: " لا تسبخي عنه بدعائك عليه "، أي تخففي عنه إثمه
That the Prophet, peace be upon him, said to Aisha when she prayed against a thief who stole from her: 'Do not sabakh (alleviate) his sin from him with your prayer against him,' meaning, do not lighten his sin.
فسبخ عليك الهم واعلم بأنه * إذا قدر الرحمن شيئا فكائن
So may worry sabakh (be alleviated) for you, and know that * if the Merciful decrees something, it will surely come to pass.
وسبخ الحر: فتر وخف
And the heat sabakh (became mild): it cooled down and lessened.
والتسبيخ أيضا: النوم الشديد
And at-tasbikh also: intense sleep.
أبو عمرو: السبخ: النوم والفراغ
Abu Amr said: As-sabakh: sleep and leisure.
وقرأ بعضهم: (إن لك في النهار سبخا طويلا)، أي فراغا
And some read: '(Indeed, for you by day is sabakh (leisure) long),' meaning free time.