See also: عضت, غضب, and غ ص ب

Arabic edit

Root
ع ص ب (ʕ-ṣ-b)

Pronunciation 1 edit

Verb edit

عَصَبَ (ʕaṣaba) I, non-past يَعْصِبُ‎ (yaʕṣibu)

  1. to twist, wrap around
  2. to fold tightly
  3. to bound or bind, to tie
  4. to castrate via a band around testicles
  5. to bandage
  6. to draw people together, to assemble
  7. to surround, to encompass
    1. to include, to hold or reckon together, such as the entirety of one's relations, to be of the same identity
  8. to obligate, to bind responsibility or consequences to; especially with phrases like بِ (bi) + رَأْس (raʔs, head)
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Pronunciation 2 edit

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عَصَّبَ (ʕaṣṣaba) II, non-past يُعَصِّبُ‎ (yuʕaṣṣibu)

  1. to cause a thing to be twisted, or wrapped around
  2. to swaddle, to cause a thing to be tightly folded around
  3. to bandage, to tourniquet
  4. to turban, to wrap one's brow with a band
    1. to crown, to declare or cause one to be a chief
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Pronunciation 3 edit

  • (file)

Noun edit

عَصَب (ʕaṣabm (plural أَعْصَاب (ʔaʕṣāb))

  1. nerve
  2. sinew, tendon
  3. muscle
  4. band, ribbon, scarf
  5. chieftain
  6. (in the plural) grandees
  7. (in the plural) somewhat distant relations
  8. bindweed (Convolvulus)
Declension edit
Descendants edit
  • Azerbaijani: əsəb
  • Persian: عصب
  • Ottoman Turkish: عصب (asab)
  • Uzbek: asab
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Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic عَصَب (ʕaṣab, nerve, tendon).

Noun edit

عصب (ʿasab)

  1. (physiology) nerve, a bundle of neurons that transmits electrical impulses all over the body
    Synonym: سڭیر (siñir)
  2. tendon, sinew, a fibrous collagen tissue that connects a muscle with its bony attachment
    Synonyms: پی (pey), سڭیر (siñir), طنب (tunub), كرش (kiriş)

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Etymology edit

From Arabic عَصَب (ʕaṣab).

Noun edit

عصب ('asab) (plural اعصاب (a'sâb))

  1. nerve
    Synonym: پی (pey)

Derived terms edit

South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
ع ص ب
2 terms

Etymology 1 edit

From Arabic عَصَب (ʕaṣab).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʕa.sˤab/, [ˈʕɑ.sˤɑb]
  • (file)

Noun edit

عصب (ʕaṣabm (plural أعصاب (ʔaʕṣāb))

  1. nerve
    إمسك أعصابك.
    ʔimsek ʔaʕṣābak
    Don't get upset.
    (literally, “Hold your nerves.”)

Etymology 2 edit

From Arabic عَصَّبَ (ʕaṣṣaba).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʕasˤ.sˤab/, [ˈʕɑsˤ.sˤɑb]
  • (file)

Verb edit

عصّب (ʕaṣṣab) II (present بعصّب (biʕaṣṣeb))

  1. to bandage
  2. to get angry
    Synonyms: زعل (ziʕil), حمق (ḥimiʔ)
Conjugation edit
    Conjugation of عصّب (ʕaṣṣab)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m عصّبت (ʕaṣṣabt) عصّبت (ʕaṣṣabt) عصّب (ʕaṣṣab) عصّبنا (ʕaṣṣabna) عصّبتو (ʕaṣṣabtu) عصّبو (ʕaṣṣabu)
f عصّبتي (ʕaṣṣabti) عصّبت (ʕaṣṣabat)
present m بعصّب (baʕaṣṣeb) بتعصّب (bitʕaṣṣeb) بعصّب (biʕaṣṣeb) منعصّب (minʕaṣṣeb) بتعصّبو (bitʕaṣṣbu) بعصّبو (biʕaṣṣbu)
f بتعصّبي (bitʕaṣṣbi) بتعصّب (bitʕaṣṣeb)
subjunctive m اعصّب (aʕaṣṣeb) تعصّب (tʕaṣṣeb) يعصّب (yʕaṣṣeb) نعصّب (nʕaṣṣeb) تعصّبو (tʕaṣṣbu) يعصّبو (yʕaṣṣbu)
f تعصّبي (tʕaṣṣbi) تعصّب (tʕaṣṣeb)
imperative m عصّب (ʕaṣṣeb) عصّبو (ʕaṣṣbu)
f عصّبي (ʕaṣṣbi)