صهب

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

The root صهب (ṣ-h-b) primarily relates to colors, particularly reddish-brown or tawny hues, often applied to hair, animals, and sometimes wine. It also extends to descriptions of intensity, such as a cold day or a severe death, and can refer to specific locations or types of camels.

Derived headwords

الصَّهَبُnoun

1.
reddish-brown colorboth
A color of redness or yellowness, especially in hair.

الصَّهْبَةُnoun

1.
reddish-brown hueboth
The reddish-brown or tawny color, considered one of the most beautiful and prominent colors.

الصَّهْبَاءُnoun

1.
female camelboth
A female camel with a tawny color.
2.
wineboth
Wine, named for its color, or wine pressed from white grapes.
3.
a wellclassical
A well located near Khaybar.

الأَصْهَبُadjective

1.
tawny-coloredboth
Describing a camel that is not intensely white, having a mix of white and reddish hues, or hair that has a reddish-brown tint.
2.
lionclassical
A lion, due to its tawny color.
3.
cold dayclassical
A cold day, described as intensely cold.
4.
reddish hairboth
Hair that has a reddish hue mixed with black at the roots.

الأَصْهَبِيَّاتُnoun

1.
springsclassical
A plural form referring to springs or water sources, specifically mentioned in the context of the poet Dhu al-Rummah.

الأُصَيْهَبُname

1.
a water sourceclassical
A small water source near al-Murutt, granted by the Prophet Muhammad to Husayn ibn Mashmat.

صَهَبَverb

1.
to be tawnyboth
To have a tawny or reddish-brown color, used for hair.

اصْهَابَverb

1.
to become tawnyboth
To acquire a tawny or reddish-brown color.

الصَّهَابِيُّadjective

1.
fullclassical
Describing something that is complete or abundant, such as a full measure or a plentiful amount.
2.
man without a registerclassical
A man who does not have a record or official listing, possibly referring to someone outside of official service or taxation.
3.
untaxed livestockclassical
Livestock whose Zakat (charity tax) has not been collected, implying they are abundant and untaxed.
4.
strongclassical
Intense or severe, used to describe death.

الصَّيْهَبُnoun

1.
intense heatclassical
The intensity of heat.
2.
hot dayclassical
A day characterized by extreme heat.
3.
tall manclassical
A man of great height.
4.
hard rockclassical
A solid and unyielding rock.
5.
difficult placeclassical
A place that is harsh or challenging.
6.
level groundclassical
Flat and even terrain.
7.
stonesclassical
Stones, often referring to hard or rough ones.
8.
sun-scorched placeclassical
A place on a mountain or in a hollow that is intensely heated by the sun.

صِهَابٌname

1.
a place nameclassical
A name for a location, possibly a plain.
2.
a stallionclassical
A stallion to which the camel 'al-ṣahābī' is attributed.

المِصْهَبُnoun

1.
roast meatclassical
The sizzling sound or appearance of roasting meat.
2.
mixed meatclassical
Meat mixed with fat.

أَصْهَبَ الرَّجُلُverb

1.
to have offspringclassical
For a man to have children, specifically referring to having offspring of the 'ṣahb' type.

أَصْهَبُadjective

1.
tawnyboth
Having a tawny or reddish-brown color.

صُهَيْبٌname

1.
a male nameboth
A male given name, notably borne by the companion Suhayb al-Rumi.

Parallel reading

الصهب محركة لون حمرة أو شقرة في الشعر

Al-ṣahab (vowelized) is a color of redness or yellowness in the hair.

كالصهبة، بالضم

Like al-ṣahbah (with dammah).

وهي الصهوبة أيضا

And it is also al-ṣuhūbah.

والأصهب: بعير ليس بشديد البياض

And al-aṣhab: a camel that is not intensely white.

خير الإبل صهبها وحمرها

The best of camels are their tawny ones and their red ones.

وقيل: الأصهب من الإبل: الذي يعالط بياضه حمرة وهو أن يحمر أعلى الوبر وتبيض أجوافه

And it was said: Al-aṣhab of camels is one whose whiteness is mixed with redness, meaning the top of the fur is reddish and its undersides are white.

والأصهب: أقل بياضا من الآدم، في أعاليه كدرة، وفي أسافله بياض

And al-aṣhab is less white than al-ādam, with a dullness in its upper parts and whiteness in its lower parts.

فإن خالطته حمرة فهو الارءصهب

If redness mixes with it, then it is al-ar'aṣhab.

والصهبة: أشهر الألوان وأحسنها حين تنظر إليها

And al-ṣahbah: the most famous and beautiful of colors when you look at it.

يقال: جمل صهابي أي أصهب اللون

It is said: a camel is ṣahābī, meaning tawny in color.

والأصهب: الأسد لصهبة لونه

And al-aṣhab: the lion, due to the tawny color of its coat.

والأصهب: عين بالبحرين

And al-aṣhab: a spring in Bahrain.

وهو الذي جمع ذو الرمة في شعره على الأصهبيات

And it is what Dhu al-Rummah collected in his poetry as al-aṣhabiyyāt.

والأصيهب بلفظ تصغير الأصهب وهو الأشقر: ماء قرب المروت في ديار بني تميم

And al-uṣayhib, in the form of the diminutive of al-aṣhab, which is blond: a water source near al-Murutt in the lands of Banu Tamim.

ومن المجاز: الأصهب: اليوم البارد

And from metaphor: al-aṣhab: the cold day.

وقيل الأصهب: شعر يخالط باضه حمرة

And it was said al-aṣhab: hair whose roots are mixed with redness.

إن جاءت به أصهب فهو لفلان

If she bears a tawny-colored child, then he belongs to so-and-so.

وهي حمرة يعلوها سواد

It is a redness overlaid with blackness.

الأصهب والصهبة: لون حمرة في شعر الرأس واللحية إذا كان في الظاهر حمرة وفي الباطن اسوداد

Al-aṣhab and al-ṣahbah: a color of redness in the hair of the head and beard, if it is outwardly red and inwardly black.

والصهباء: الناقة الصهابية

And al-ṣahbā': the tawny female camel.

كان يرمي الجمار على ناقة (له) صهباء

He was stoning the Jamarat on a tawny she-camel (of his).

والصهباء: الخمر، سميت بذلك للونها

And al-ṣahbā': wine, named so for its color.

وصهباء طاف يهوديها وأبرزها وعليها ختم

And a wine that a Jewess brought forth and displayed, and it had a seal on it.

والصهباء: ع قرب خيبر

And al-ṣahbā': a spring near Khaybar.

والصهابي: الوافر الذي لم ينقص

And al-ṣahābī: the abundant one that is not diminished.

والصهابي: الرجل الذي لا ديوان له

And al-ṣahābī: the man who has no official register.

والصهابي: النعم الذي لم تؤخذ صدقته بل هي موفرة

And al-ṣahābī: the livestock whose Zakat has not been taken, but rather it is abundant.

والصهابي: الشديد

And al-ṣahābī: the severe.

موت صهابي أي شديد كالموت الأحمر

A ṣahābī death, meaning severe, like the red death.

يطير عنها الوبر الصهابجا أراد الصهابي، فخفف وأبدل

The fur flies off it like ṣahābajā; he intended ṣahābī, so he shortened and substituted.

بشعشعاني صهابي هدل وإنما عنى به المشفر وحده، وصفه بما توصف به الجملة

With a flowing, severe, hanging [lip]; he only meant the muzzle alone, describing it with what the whole is described by.

والصيهب كصيقل: شدة الحر

And al-ṣayhib, like ṣayqil: the intensity of heat.

والصيهب: اليوم الحار

And al-ṣayhib: the hot day.

والصيهب: الرجل الطويل

And al-ṣayhib: the tall man.

والصيهب: الصخرة الصلبة

And al-ṣayhib: the hard rock.

ويقال: الصيهب: الموضع الشديد

And it is said: al-ṣayhib: the severe place.

وقال بعضهم: الصيهب الأرض المستوية

And some of them said: al-ṣayhib: the level ground.

والصيهب: الحجارة

And al-ṣayhib: the stones.

وجمل صيهب، وناقة صيهبة إذا كانا شديدين، شبها الصيهب: الحجارة

And a ṣayhib camel, and a ṣayhibah she-camel, if they are strong, likened to al-ṣayhib: stones.

وكل موضع من الجبل أوقف أو حزن تحمى عليه الشمس حتى ينشوي اللحم عليه فهو صيهب

And every place on a mountain, whether elevated or hollow, that is heated by the sun until the flesh is roasted upon it, is a ṣayhib.

صهاب كغراب: ع

Ṣahāb, like ghurāb: a spring.

وأبي الذي ترك الملوك وجمعهم بصهاب هامدة كأمس الدابر

And my father, who left kings and their armies in desolate Ṣahāb, like yesterday gone by.

أو فحل في شق اليمن ينسب إليه الجمل الصهابي

Or a stallion in the Yemen region to which the ṣahābī camel is attributed.

والمصهب أي كمعظم: صفيف الشواء

And al-miṣhab, i.e., like miʿẓam: the sizzling of roasting meat.

والمصهب: لحم مختلط بشحم

And al-miṣhab: meat mixed with fat.

وأصهب الرجل: ولد له الصهب من الأولاد

And aṣhaba the man: he had children of the ṣahb type.

أصهب صاهب: دعاء للضأن عند الحلب

Aṣhab ṣāhib: a call for sheep during milking.

وعين الأصهب: بين البصرة والبحرين

And 'Ayn al-Aṣhab: between Basra and Bahrain.