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صطب

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to raised platforms or structures used for sitting, gathering, or sleeping, often elevated from the ground. It also extends to materials used in construction or crafting, like flax fibers.

Derived headwords

الأصطبةnoun
  1. 1.
    flax fibersclassical

    The rough fibers of flax, used for weaving or crafting.

المصطبةnoun
  1. 1.
    raised platformboth

    A raised structure, often square, used for sitting, gathering, or sleeping, elevated from the ground to avoid insects or dampness.

  2. 2.
    gathering placeclassical

    A place where people gather, akin to a public bench or platform.

المصطَبnoun
  1. 1.
    blacksmith's anvilclassical

    The anvil used by a blacksmith for shaping metal.

Parallel reading

الأصطبة بالضم وشد الباء: مشاق الكتان
Al-isṭibbah (with dammah and shaddah on the ba'): the rough fibers of flax.
رأيت أبا هريرة رضي الله عنه عليه إزار فيه علق قد خيطه بالأصطبة
I saw Abu Hurayrah, may God be pleased with him, wearing an izar with some patches that he had sewn with flax fibers.
المصط: سندان الحداد
Al-miṣaṭṭ: the blacksmith's anvil.
المصطبة بكسر الميم وتشديد الباء الموحدة قال أبو الهيثم: هي مجتمع الناس كالدكان للجلوس عليه
Al-miṣṭabbah (with kasrah on the mim and shaddah on the ba'): Abu al-Haytham said: it is a gathering place for people, like a bench for sitting on.
إني كنت لا أجالسكم مخافة الشهرة حتى لم يزل بي البلاء حتى أخذ بلحيتي وأقمت على مصطبة بالبصرة
I used to avoid sitting with you for fear of notoriety, until affliction befell me to the point that it took hold of my beard, and I ended up standing on a platform in Basra.
سمعت أعرابيا من بني فزارة يقول لخادم له: ألا وارفع لي عن صعيد الأرض مصطبة أبيت عليها بالليل
I heard an Arab from Banu Fazara say to his servant: 'Raise for me from the surface of the earth a platform on which I can spend the night.'
فرفع له من السهلة شبه دكان مربع قدر ذراع من الأرض يتقي بها من الهوام بالليل
So he raised for him from the soft earth a structure resembling a square bench, about a cubit high from the ground, to protect himself from vermin at night.