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صنب

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to descriptions of physical attributes, particularly of animals and people, and also to a type of condiment or dye. It describes a long physique, a specific color in animals, and a condiment made from mustard and raisins.

Derived headwords

الصنابnoun
  1. 1.
    long-bodied personclassical

    Describing a person who is long in the back and belly.

  2. 2.
    condiment/dyeboth

    A condiment or dye made from mustard and raisins.

الصنابةnoun
  1. 1.
    long-bodied personclassical

    An alternative form for describing someone who is long in the back and belly.

صنابيadjective
  1. 1.
    reddish-yellow horseboth

    Describing a horse or camel whose color is between reddish and yellowish, with abundant hair and wool. It can also refer to a bay or chestnut horse with a white hair mixed in.

المصنبnoun
  1. 1.
    one who loves to eatclassical

    Someone who is excessively fond of eating the condiment (الصناب).

صنابيname
  1. 1.
    horse nameclassical

    The name of a horse belonging to Shayban al-Nahdi.

Parallel reading

الصناب ككتاب: الطويل الظهر والبطن كالصنابة
Al-Sinab (like kitāb): the long-backed and long-bellied, like al-Sinābah.
ويقال فيهما بالسين أيضا
And it is also said with the letter Sīn for both.
الصناب: صباغ يتخذ من الخردل والزبيب
Al-Sinab: a dye made from mustard and raisins.
ومن قيل للبرذون صنابي، شبه لونه بذلك
And a mule is called 'sinābi' because its color is likened to it.
تكلفني معيشة آل زيد ومن لي بالصلائق والصناب
You burden me with the living of the family of Zayd, and who will provide me with the necessities and the condiment?
والمصنب كمنبر: المولع بأكله أي الصناب
And al-Muşannab (like minbar): one who is fond of eating it, meaning al-Sināb.
أتاه أعرابي بأرنب قد شواها وجاء معها بصنابها
An Arab came to him with a roasted rabbit and brought its sināb with it.
أي بصباغها؛ وهو الخردل المعمول بالزبيب، وهو صباغ يؤتدم به
Meaning its condiment; it is mustard prepared with raisins, and it is a condiment eaten with meals.
والصنابي بالكسر من الإبل والدواب الذي لونه بين الحمرة والصفرة مع كثرة الشعر والوبر
And al-Sinābi (with kasrah) from camels and beasts of burden, whose color is between reddish and yellowish with abundant hair and wool.
وقيل: الصنابي هو الكميت أو الأشقر إذا خالطت شقرته شعرة بيضاء
And it was said: Al-Sinābi is the bay or the fair-complexioned if his fairness is mixed with a white hair.
ينسب إلى الصناب
It is attributed to al-Sināb.
الصنيب كزبير: فرس شيبان النهدي
Al-Ṣunīb (like zubayr): the horse of Shaybān al-Nahdī.
صناب ككتاب: مدينة بالروم
Sināb (like kitāb): a city in Rome.