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سبب

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to causes, means, and connections. It extends to concepts of lineage, divine decree, and even insults or harsh speech. Derived terms can refer to specific days, types of trees, or even nicknames.

Derived headwords

سَبَّverb
  1. 1.
    to insultboth

    To speak abusively or to revile someone.

سَبَاسِبnoun
  1. 1.
    Palm Sundayclassical

    A specific Christian holiday, also known as the Day of the Palms.

يوم السباسب — the Day of Sabasib
سَبَاسِبnoun
  1. 1.
    trees for arrowsclassical

    Trees from which arrows are made.

فروع السبسب — branches of the sabasab tree
سَبَاسِبnoun
  1. 1.
    type of plantclassical

    A type of plant, possibly referring to a specific kind of shrub or tree.

الرحال — al-rihal (referring to the sabasib plant)
سَبْسَبnoun
  1. 1.
    type of treeclassical

    A type of tree, used for making arrows.

سَبْسَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to insult severelyclassical

    To insult someone with particularly ugly or harsh words.

  2. 2.
    to urinateclassical

    To release urine.

سَبُوبَةname
  1. 1.
    nicknameboth

    A nickname or a title given to someone.

محمد بن إسحاق بن سبوبة المجاور بمكة — Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Sabubah, the resident in Mecca
سَبُوبَةname
  1. 1.
    nicknameboth

    A nickname or a title given to someone.

سبوبة لقب عبد الرحمن بن عبد العزيز المحدث — Sabubah, the nickname of Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd al-Aziz, the traditionist
سَبُوبَةname
  1. 1.
    nicknameboth

    A nickname or a title given to someone.

بسبوبة شيخ لوهب بن بقية — nicknamed Sabubah, a teacher of Wahb ibn Baqiyyah
سَبَبname
  1. 1.
    nicknameboth

    A nickname given to a person.

الحسن بن محمد بن الحسن بن محمد بن الحسن الأصبهاني — al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Asbahani
المَسْبِيّname
  1. 1.
    the caused oneclassical

    Referring to something that has been caused or brought about.

المسبي بمعنى المسبب — al-masbi, meaning al-musabbab
سَبَابnoun
  1. 1.
    swordclassical

    A sword, so named because it cuts through the tendons (iraqib).

سباب العراقيب — sabab al-'araqib (the sword)

Parallel reading

وسبسب إذا شتم شتما قبيحا.
And 'sabsaba' means to insult with an ugly insult.
وسبسب بوله: أرسله.
And 'sabsaba' his urine: to release it.
والسباسب: أيام السعانين.
And 'al-sabāsib': the days of the Palms (Palm Sunday).
إن الله تعالى أبدلكم بيوم السباسب يوم العيد.
Indeed, Allah the Almighty has replaced for you the Day of Sabasib with the Day of Eid.
يوم السباسب عيد للنصارى ويسمونه يوم السعانين.
The Day of Sabasib is a festival for Christians, and they call it the Day of Palms.
رقاق النعال طيب حجزاتهم يحيون بالريحان يوم السباسب.
Their sandals are thin, their waists are perfumed, they celebrate with basil on the Day of Sabasib.
والسبسب كالسباسب: شجر تتخذ منه السهام.
And 'al-sabsab' is like 'al-sabāsib': trees from which arrows are made.
ظل يصاديها دوين المشرب لاط بصفراء كتوم المذهب وكل جشء من فروع السبسب.
He stayed hunting them near the watering place, leaning against a yellow, secretive one of the path, and every branch from the branches of the sabasab tree.
راحت وراح كعصا {السبساب وهو لغة في السبسب، أو أن الألف للضرورة، هكذا أورده صاحب اللسان هنا، وهو وهم، والصحيح: السيسب، بالتحتية، وسيأتي للمصنف قريبا.
She departed and departed like a stick {al-sabsāb, which is a variant of al-sabsab, or the alif is for necessity, as the author of Lisan al-Arab mentioned here, and this is an error; the correct form is al-sīsb, with a yaa, and it will be mentioned by the author soon.
سباب العراقيب ويعنون به السيف ؛ لأنه يقطعها.
Sabāb al-'araqīb, and they mean by it the sword; because it cuts the tendons.
كأنما يعاديها ويسبها.
As if it were hostile to them and reviling them.
محمد بن إسحاق بن سبوبة المجاور بمكة: محدث عن عبد الرزاق، واختلف فيه فقيل: هكذا، (أو هو بمعجمة) وسيأتي.
Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Sabubah, the resident in Mecca: a traditionist from Abd al-Razzaq, and there was disagreement about him, so it was said: thus, (or it is with a jīm) and it will be mentioned.
وسبوبة: لقب عبد الرحمن بن عبد العزيز المحدث شيخ للعباس الدوري.
And Sabubah: the nickname of Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd al-Aziz, the traditionist, a teacher of al-Abbas al-Dawri.
وفاته أبو بكر محمد بن إسماعيل الصائغ الملقب! بسبوبة شيخ لوهب بن بقية.
And Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ismail al-Sa'igh, nicknamed Sabubah, a teacher of Wahb ibn Baqiyyah, was missed.
سبب كجبل لقب الحسن بن محمد بن الحسن بن محمد بن الحسن الأصبهاني، روى عن جده لأمه جعفر بن محمد بن جعفر، ومات سنة 466 ه.
Sabab, like jabal, is the nickname of al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Asbahani, who narrated from his maternal grandfather Ja'far ibn Muhammad ibn Ja'far, and died in the year 466 AH.
وجاء في رجز رؤبة المسبي بمعنى المسبب.
And it came in the verse of Ru'bah: al-masbi, meaning al-musabbab.