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يشب

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root entry discusses the word 'yashb', which is identified as a type of stone. It is noted as being a loanword from Persian, specifically a transliteration of 'yashm' with a phonetic alteration.

Derived headwords

اليَشَبnoun
  1. 1.
    Jasperboth

    A type of stone, known as jasper. It is considered a loanword from Persian, specifically 'yashm' where the 'm' sound has been replaced by a 'b'.

اليَشْمnoun
  1. 1.
    Jadeclassical

    The original Persian word for a type of stone, likely jade, from which the Arabic 'yashb' is derived.

Parallel reading

أهمله الجوهري، وصاحب اللسان.
Al-Jawhari and the author of Al-Lisan omitted it.
وقال الصاغاني: هو (حجر، م) ، أي: معروف، وهو (معرب اليشم) بإبدال الميم باء كلازم ولازب.
Al-Saghani said: It is a (stone, i.e.), known, and it is an Arabized form of 'al-yashm', with the substitution of 'b' for 'm', similar to 'lazim' and 'lazab'.