صعب

See also: صغت‎

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ص ع ب‎ (ṣ-ʕ-b).

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /sˤa.ʕu.ba/

Verb

صَعُبَ • (ṣaʕuba) I, non-past يَصْعُبُ‎‎ (yaṣʕubu)

  1. to be hard, difficult
Conjugation
Descendants
  • Maltese: sogħob

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /sˤaʕb/
  • (file)

Adjective

صَعْب • (ṣaʕb) (feminine صَعْبَة‎ (ṣaʕba), common plural صِعَاب‎ (ṣiʕāb), elative أَصْعَب‎ (ʔaṣʕab))

  1. laborious, trying, awkward, difficult, complex
Declension
Antonyms
Descendants

Pronunciation 3

  • IPA(key): /sˤaʕ.ʕa.ba/

Verb

صَعَّبَ • (ṣaʕʕaba) II, non-past يُصَعِّبُ‎‎ (yuṣaʕʕibu)

  1. to impede
    Synonym: عَقَّدَ‎ (ʕaqqada, “to tangle”)
Conjugation

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “صعب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَعْب‎ (ṣaʕb).

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /saʔb/

Adjective

Dari صعب
Iranian Persian
Tajik саъб (saʾb)

صعب • (sa'b) (comparative صعب‌تَر‎ (sa'b-tar), superlative صعب‌تَرین‎ (sa'b-tarin))

  1. (archaic) difficult

Synonyms

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ص ع ب‎

Etymology

From Arabic هَيِّن‎ (hayyin).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˤaʕb/, [ˈsˤɑ.ʕ(ɪ)b]
  • (file)

Adjective

صعب • (ṣaʕb) (feminine صعبة‎ (ṣaʕbe), masculine plural صعاب‎ (ṣʕāb), elative أصعب‎ (ʔaṣʕab))

  1. hard, difficult
    Antonyms: سهل‎ (sihl), هين‎ (hayyen)

See also

  • عويص‎ (ʕawīṣ, “complicated”), معقد‎ (mʕaʔʔad, “complicated”)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَعْب‎ (ṣaʕb).

Pronunciation

Adjective

صَعْب • (sa'b) (Hindi spelling साब)

  1. difficult, hard, arduous, troublesome, hard to be borne or endured, disagreeable, distressing
  2. refractory, untractable, disobedient, stubborn, perverse

Further reading

  • “صعب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Platts, John T. (1884), “صعب”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
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