ص ه ب

Arabic

Etymology

Related to ض ه ب (ḍ h b). May be related to ص ب ح (ṣ b ḥ) and ص ح م (ṣ ḥ m).

Root

ص ه ب • (ṣ-h-b)

1. scorched by the sun
2. brownish-red

Derived terms

• Form I: صَهِبَ (ṣahiba, “to become or be brownish-red”)
  • Verbal noun: صَهَب (ṣahab), صُهُوبَة (ṣuhūba), صُهْبَة (ṣuhba)
  • Active participle: صَاهِب (ṣāhib)
• Form II: صَهَّبَ (ṣahhaba, “to make brownish-red”)
  • Verbal noun: تَصْهِيب (taṣhīb)
  • Active participle: مُصَهِّب (muṣahhib)
  • Passive participle: مُصَهَّب (muṣahhab)
• Form IV: أَصْهَبَ (ʔaṣhaba, “to get brownish-red children”)
  • Verbal noun: إِصْهَاب (ʔiṣhāb)
  • Active participle: مُصْهِب (muṣhib)
• Form IX: اِصْهَبَّ (iṣhabba, “to become or be brownish-red”)
  • Verbal noun: اِصْهِبَاب (iṣhibāb)
  • Active participle: مُصْهَبّ (muṣhabb)
• Form XI: اِصْهَابَّ (iṣhābba, “to become or be brownish-red”)
  • Verbal noun: اِصْهِيبَاب (iṣhībāb)
  • Active participle: مُصْهَابّ (muṣhābb)

• صَيْهَب (ṣayhab, “place scorched by the sun”, noun)
• أَصْهَب (ʔaṣhab, “brownish-red”, adjective)
• صُهَابِيّ (ṣuhābiyy, “brownish-red”, adjective)

References

• Freytag, Georg (1833) “ص ه ب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 528
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “ص ه ب”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[2], London: Williams & Norgate, pages 1736–1737
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “ص ه ب”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 730