صلب
العربية
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صلب¹
Where it comes from
Also Aramaic / Hebrew צָלַב (ṣāláḇ), Ge'ez ጸለበ (ṣäläbä), but mostly within Arabic a denominal verb of صَلِيب (ṣalīb, “cross”), plausibly also interpreted after the native صَلَّبَ (ṣallaba, “to prop up, to support”).
verb صَلَبَ · ṣalaba · يَصْلُبُ · يَصْلِبُ · صَلْب
- to crucify
- to barbecue
- to enkindle, to set on fire, to ignite
صلب²
verb صَلَّبَ · ṣallaba · يُصَلِّبُ · تَصْلِيب · مُصَلِّب
- to crucify لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُم مِّنْ خِلَافٍ ثُمَّ لَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
- to make crossed, to cross
- to cross oneself, to make the sign of the cross
صلب³
Where it comes from
Derived from the verbal noun of صَلَبَ (ṣalaba).
noun صَلْب · ṣalb · الصَّلْب · صَلْبٌ
- crucifixion
صلب⁴
verb صَلُبَ · ṣaluba · يَصْلُبُ · صَلَابَة · -
- to be or become rigid, to be or become solid, to be or become stiff, to be or become unyielding, to be or become sturdy
صلب⁵
verb صَلَّبَ · ṣallaba · يُصَلِّبُ · تَصْلِيب · مُصَلِّب
- to stiffen, to harden, to make sturdy, to render tough
- to support, to prop
صلب⁶
- /sˤulb/
adjective صُلْب · ṣulb · صُلْبَة · أَصْلَاب · أَصْلُب · صِلَبَة
- firm, stiff, solid وَٱلشَّكْوَسُ قَالَ أَبُو ٱلْخَيْرِ وَغَيْرِهِ هُوَ ٱلْوَرْدُ ٱلْفَحْصِيُّ وَقِيلَ ٱلْبَرِيُّ وَهُوَ نَوْعَانِ أَحَدُهُمَا يُسَمَّى بِٱلْعَجَمِيَّةِ ٱلرَّحْبَلُ وَرَقُهُ فِي قَدْرِ وَرَقِ ٱلزَّيْتُونِ وَأَطْوَلُ وَأَعْرَضُ أََغْبَرُ أَحْرَشُ وَأَغْصَانُهُ خَشِنَةٌ صُلْبَةٌ إِلَى ٱلْبَيَاضِ مَا هِيَ
صلب⁷
noun صُلْب · ṣulb · أَصْلُب · أَصْلَاب · الصُّلْب
- backbone, the bone extending from the base of the neck to the coccyx فَلْيَنْظُرِ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ خُلِقَ مِنْ مَاءٍ دَافِقٍ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ بَيْنِ ٱلصُّلْبِ وَٱلتَّرَائِبِ
- loins
- steel
صلب⁸
noun صُلُب · ṣulub
- plural of صَلِيب (ṣalīb, “hard, solid”)
In English
- hard resistant to pressure
- solid in the solid state
- crucify to execute a person by nailing to a cross
- crucifixion execution by being nailed or tied to an upright cross
- deicide crucifixion
- loins the lower abdomen, groin and genitalia
- cross oneself make the sign of the cross
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