أصهب

Arabic

Etymology 1

Color or defect adjective from the root ص ه ب‎ (ṣ-h-b). Cognate with Hebrew צָהֹב‎ (ṣāhōḇ, “gleaming; (of hair) yellow”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔasˤ.hab/

Adjective

أَصْهَب • (ʔaṣhab) (feminine صَهْبَاء‎ (ṣahbāʔ), common plural صُهْب‎ (ṣuhb))

  1. of a color that is a mix of yellow and red; yellow-red or brownish-red; rufous
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:ar:red
    ‏أَصْهَبُ الشَّعْرِ‎ ― ʔaṣhabu š-šaʕri ― ginger-haired
    • (Can we date this quote?), al-Ḥarīrī, المَقَامَة المَلْطِيَّة [The Maltese Episode]:
      ‏مَا كُلُّ سَوْدَاءَ تَمْرَةٌ، وَلَا كُلُّ صَهْبَاءَ خَمْرَةٌ.‎‎
      mā kullu sawdāʔa tamratun, walā kullu ṣahbāʔa ḵamratun.
      "Not everything black is a date, nor everything rufous wine."
Declension
Derived terms
  • اَلأَصْهَب‎ (al-ʔaṣhab, “the lion”)
  • اَلصَّهْبَاء‎ (aṣ-ṣahbāʔ, “white wine”)

See also

Colors in Arabic · أَلْوَان‎ (ʔalwān) (layout · text)
     أَبْيَض‎ (ʔabyaḍ), أَشْيَب‎ (ʔašyab)      رَمَادِيّ‎ (ramādiyy), أَشْهَب‎ (ʔašhab), أَغْبَر‎ (ʔaḡbar), أَعْفَر‎ (ʔaʕfar)      أَسْوَد‎ (ʔaswad), غِرْبِيب‎ (ḡirbīb), أَحَمّ‎ (ʔaḥamm), أَدْهَم‎ (ʔadham)
             أَحْمَر‎ (ʔaḥmar), أَصْهَب (ʔaṣhab); قِرْمِزِيّ‎ (qirmiziyy)              أَمْغَر‎ (ʔamḡar), بُرْتُقَالِيّ‎ (burtuqāliyy); بُنِّيّ‎ (bunniyy), أَسْمَر‎ (ʔasmar), أَشْعَل‎ (ʔašʕal), أَشْهَل‎ (ʔašhal)              أَصْفَر‎ (ʔaṣfar), أَشْقَر‎ (ʔašqar); قِشْدِيّ‎ (qišdiyy)
             لَيْمِيّ‎ (laymiyy)              أَخْضَر‎ (ʔaḵḍar), أَحْوَى‎ (ʔaḥwā)              نَعْنَاعِيّ‎ (naʕnāʕiyy)
             سَمَاوِيّ‎ (samāwiyy), فَيْرُوزِيّ‎ (fayrūziyy); حَذَفِيّ‎ (ḥaḏafiyy), شَرْشِيرِيّ‎ (šaršīriyy)              لَازُوَرْدِيّ‎ (lāzuwardiyy)              أَزْرَق‎ (ʔazraq)
             بَنَفْسَجِيّ‎ (banafsajiyy), فِرْفِيرِيّ‎ (firfīriyy); نِيلِيّ‎ (nīliyy)              فُوشِيّ‎ (fūšiyy); أُرْجُوَانِيّ‎ (ʔurjuwāniyy)              وَرْدِيّ‎ (wardiyy), زَهْرِيّ‎ (zahriyy)

Etymology 2

From the root ص ه ب‎ (ṣ-h-b).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔasˤ.ha.ba/

Verb

أَصْهَبَ • (ʔaṣhaba) IV, non-past يُصْهِبُ‎‎ (yuṣhibu)

  1. to have brownish-red children
Conjugation
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