صلب

Root entry · 21 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns hardness, firmness, and strength, extending to concepts of intensity, purity, and severity. It also encompasses physical attributes like the spine and geological formations, as well as metaphorical applications to lineage and character.

Derived headwords

أَصْلَبَverb

1.
to make firmboth
To cause something to become hard, firm, or strong.

إِصْلَابًاnoun

1.
stretching the neckclassical
The act of a she-camel stretching her neck towards the sky to nurse her young, which can sometimes cause her milk to cease.

صُلْبnoun

1.
spineboth
The backbone or spinal column.
2.
hardnessboth
The quality of being hard, firm, or unyielding.
3.
pureclassical
Referring to something of pure or unadulterated origin or substance.

صُلْبnoun

1.
villageclassical
A place name, specifically a village located below Wadi Zabid.

صُلْبَةnoun

1.
hard stoneboth
A hard stone, specifically referring to the stone used for sharpening.

صُلْبِيّadjective

1.
hardboth
Possessing hardness or firmness, often referring to stones.
2.
sharpenedboth
Made sharp or keen, especially by grinding on a hard stone.

صُلْبِيّname

1.
Muḥammad ibn Saʿīd al-Azdiclassical
A famous hadith narrator known by the epithet 'al-Maṣlūb'.

صَلَّبَverb

1.
to make hardboth
To render something hard or firm, often used for dates reaching dryness.
2.
to crucifyclassical
To execute by crucifixion, or to inflict a severe blow resembling crucifixion.

تَصْلِيبnoun

1.
hardeningclassical
The process of becoming hard or dry, especially referring to dates.

مُصَلَّبadjective

1.
hardenedboth
Having reached a state of dryness and hardness, typically used for dates.
2.
intenseclassical
Referring to severe or intense rain.

مُصَلَّبnoun

1.
crucifixion postureclassical
A posture in prayer where one places hands on the hips and spreads elbows, resembling crucifixion, which was discouraged.

صَلَابَةnoun

1.
hardnessboth
The quality of being hard, firm, or rigid.
2.
stinginessclassical
Avarice or stinginess, particularly regarding wealth.

صَلِيبadjective

1.
pure-bloodedclassical
Of pure and noble lineage or ancestry.
2.
intenseclassical
Referring to strong or intense sounds or movements.

صَلِيبَةnoun

1.
noblewomanclassical
A woman of noble birth and esteemed lineage.
2.
place nameclassical
A neighborhood or locality in Egypt.

صَلِيبِيّname

1.
nameboth
A proper name.

صَلَابِيّname

1.
Muḥammad ibn Ṣalābahclassical
A hadith narrator.

صُلْبname

1.
al-Ṣulb ibn Maṭarclassical
A teacher of Abū Fuḍayl.

صُلْبname

1.
al-Ṣulb ibn Ḥakīmclassical
A narrator in a chain of transmission.

صُلْبname

1.
al-Ṣulb ibn ʿAbd Allāhclassical
A person mentioned in a genealogical context.

صُلْبname

1.
al-Ṣulb ibn Qaysclassical
A person mentioned in the lineage of Maʿn ibn Zāʾidah.

أَحْمَد بْن مُحَمَّد بْن الصُّلْبname

1.
Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ṣulbclassical
A broker and teacher of Abū al-Zarb.

Parallel reading

أورده المصنف غير مضبوط، ونقله عن المراصد بضم فسكون غير مضبوط، وصوابه كتنصر كما قيده الصاغاني

The author mentioned it inaccurately, and transmitted it from al-Marāṣid with a damma and sukun, which is inaccurate; the correct form is like 'tanaṣṣara' as recorded by al-Ṣāghānī.

ماءة بنجد قيل: لبني فزارة، كذا في المراصد، وقيل: لبني جشم، كذا في المشرق.

Māʾah in Najd, it is said, belonged to Banu Fazārah, as in al-Marāṣid, and it is said it belonged to Banu Jusham, as in al-Mashriq.

أَصْلَبَ الناقة إصلابا، إذا قامت ومدت عنقها نحو السماء لتدر لولدها جهدها

The she-camel stretched her neck upwards, 'aṣlabat' the she-camel, when she stood and stretched her neck towards the sky to give her utmost to nurse her young.

ربما صرفها ذلك أي قطع لبنها.

Perhaps that caused her milk to cease, meaning it cut off her milk.

والصلب كسكر والصلبة بزيادة الهاء والصلبية والصلبي كل ذلك بتشديد اللام وياء النسبة في الأخيرين: حجارة المسن.

And 'al-ṣulb' (like 'sukkar'), and 'al-ṣulbah' with an added ha, and 'al-ṣulbiyyah' and 'al-ṣulbiyy', all with a shadda on the lam and the ya of attribution in the last two: are the stones of the whetstone.

وكأن شفرة خطمه وجنينه لما تشرف صلب مفلوق

And it was as if the blade of its muzzle and its fetus, when it reached a split rock.

والصلب الشديد من الحجارة أشدها صلابة.

And the hard stone among stones is the hardest in its hardness.

ما جلي وشحذ بها أي حجارة المسن. ورمح مصلب: مشحوذ بالصلبي.

What is polished and sharpened by it, i.e., the stone of the whetstone. And a 'musallab' spear: sharpened by the 'ṣulbiyy'.

وتقول: سنان صلبي وصلب أيضا أي مسنون.

And you say: a 'ṣulbiyy' spearhead and also 'ṣulb': meaning sharpened.

صلب الرطب إذا بلغ اليبيس فهو مصلب، بالكسر

The date 'ṣulb' (becomes hard) when it reaches dryness, so it is 'muṣallab', with a kasra.

فإذا صب عليه الدبس ليلين فهو مصقر.

And when date syrup is poured on it to soften it, it is called 'muṣaqqar'.

إذ بلغ الرطب اليبيس فذلك التصليب، وقد صلب.

When the date reaches dryness, that is 'taṣlīb', and it has become 'ṣalaba'.

صلبت التمرة: بلغت اليبيس.

The date 'ṣalabat': it reached dryness.

أطيب مضغة أكلها الناس صيحانية مصلبة.

The most delicious bite people have eaten is a Sayḥāniyyah date, 'muṣallabah'.

تمر ذخيرة مصلبة أي صلبة، وتمر المدينة صلب.

Stored dates are 'muṣallabah', meaning hard, and the dates of Medina are 'ṣulb'.

قولهم: صوت صليب، وجري صليب على المثل.

Their saying: a 'ṣalīb' sound, and a 'ṣalīb' run, by analogy.

وصلب على المال صلابة: شح به.

And he was 'ṣulb' (stingy) with wealth, 'ṣalābah': he was miserly with it.

فإن كنت ذا لب يزدك صلابة على المال منزور العطاء مثرب

If you are intelligent, it will increase your stinginess with wealth, with limited giving, and blame.

الصلب من الجري، ومن الصهيل: الشديد.

'Al-ṣulb' from running, and from neighing: the intense.

والمصلوب: لقب محمد بن سعيد الأزدي محدث مشهور

And 'al-Maṣlūb': is the epithet of Muḥammad ibn Saʿīd al-Azdi, a famous hadith narrator.

فضرب جفينة الأعجمي فصلب بين عينيه أي ضربه حتى صارت الضربة كالصليب.

So he struck Jafīnah the Persian, and 'fa-ṣallaba' between his eyes, meaning he struck him until the blow became like a cross.

صليت إلى جنب عمر رضي الله عنه، فوضعت يدي على خاصرتي فلما صلى قل: هذا الصلب في الصلاة كان النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم ينهى عنه.

I prayed next to ʿUmar, may God be pleased with him, and I placed my hand on my hip. When he finished praying, he said: This 'al-ṣulb' in prayer, the Prophet, peace be upon him, used to forbid it.

أي أن يشبه الصلب، لأن الرجل إذا صلب مد يعده وباعه على الجذع.

Meaning to resemble crucifixion, because when a man is crucified, he is stretched and sold on the trunk.

وهيئة الصلب في الصلاة أن يضع يديه على خاصرتيه ويجافي بين عضديه في القيام.

And the posture of 'al-ṣulb' in prayer is to place his hands on his hips and spread his upper arms during the standing.

مطر مصلب (بكسر اللام) أي شديد يابس

Rain 'muṣallab' (with a kasra on the lam): meaning intense and dry.

صالبي أشد من نافضك

'Ṣālibī' is more severe than 'nāfiḍuk'.

عربي صليب: خالص النسب.

An 'arabī ṣalīb': of pure lineage.

وامرأة صليبة: كريمة المنصب عريقة.

And a 'ṣalībah' woman: noble in status and ancient in lineage.

ومحلة بمصر والصليبي: اسمان.

And a locality in Egypt, and 'al-Ṣalībī': are two names.

والصلب، بالضم: قرية أسفل وادي زبيد، كان بها مسكن موسى بن علي (بن) مهدي ملك اليمن.

And 'al-Ṣulb', with a damma: is a village below Wadi Zabid, where the residence of Musa ibn Ali (ibn) Mahdi, king of Yemen, was located.

ومحمد بن صلابة كسحابة محدث حكى عن داوود.

And Muḥammad ibn Ṣalābah, like 'ṣaḥābah', a hadith narrator who transmitted from Dawud.

والصلب بن مطر الكوفي: شيخ لأبي فضيل.

And al-Ṣulb ibn Maṭar al-Kūfī: a teacher of Abū Fuḍayl.

والصلب بن حكيم عن أبيه عن جده.

And al-Ṣulb ibn Ḥakīm from his father from his grandfather.

وأبو حازم أحمد بن محمد بن الصلب الدلال شيخ لأبي الزرب.

And Abū Ḥāzim Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ṣulb al-Dallāl, a teacher of Abū al-Zarb.

والصلب ابن عبد الله بن وهب في بني سامة بن لؤي.

And al-Ṣulb ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Wahb among Banu Sāmah ibn Luʾayy.

والصلب بن قيس بن شراحيل في نسب معن بن زائدة الشيباني.

And al-Ṣulb ibn Qays ibn Sharaḥīl in the lineage of Maʿn ibn Zāʾidah al-Shaybānī.