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 الشَّعْرِʔaṣhabu š-šaʕriginger-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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