ع ص ب

See also: ع ض ب

Arabic

Root

ع ص ب • (ʕ-ṣ-b)

1. related to bands, bonds, and bounding
2. related to nerves and neurology; an extension of sinews and ligaments
3. related to tribes, bands of people, and loyalty

Derived terms

• Form I: عَصَبَ (ʕaṣaba)
  • Active participle: عَاصِب (ʕāṣib)
  • Passive participle: مَعْصُوب (maʕṣūb)
• Form II: عَصَّبَ (ʕaṣṣaba)
  • Verbal noun: تَعْصِيب (taʕṣīb)
  • Active participle: مُعَصِّب (muʕaṣṣib)
  • Passive participle: مُعَصَّب (muʕaṣṣab)
• Form IV: أَعْصَبَ (ʔaʕṣaba)
  • Verbal noun: إِعْصَاب (ʔiʕṣāb)
  • Active participle: مُعْصِب (muʕṣib)
  • Passive participle: مُعْصَب (muʕṣab)
• Form V: تَعَصَّبَ (taʕaṣṣaba)
  • Verbal noun: تَعَصُّب (taʕaṣṣub)
  • Active participle: مُتَعَصِّب (mutaʕaṣṣib)
  • Passive participle: مُتَعَصَّب (mutaʕaṣṣab)
• Form VII: اِنْعَصَبَ (inʕaṣaba)
  • Verbal noun: اِنْعِصَاب (inʕiṣāb)
  • Active participle: مُنْعَصِب (munʕaṣib)
• Form VIII: اِعْتَصَبَ (iʕtaṣaba)
  • Verbal noun: اِعْتِصَاب (iʕtiṣāb)
  • Active participle: مُعْتَصِب (muʕtaṣib)
  • Passive participle: مُعْتَصَب (muʕtaṣab)
• Form XII: اِعْصَوْصَبَ (iʕṣawṣaba)
  • Verbal noun: اِعْصِيصَاب (iʕṣīṣāb)
  • Active participle: مُعْصَوْصِب (muʕṣawṣib)

• عَصَبِيّ (ʕaṣabiyy, “irritable; neurological”)
• عَصَب (ʕaṣab, “nerve”)
• عَصَبِيَّة (ʕaṣabiyya, “tribalism”)
• عُصاب (ʕuṣāb, “neurosis”)
• عُصْبَة (ʕuṣba, “faction”)
• عِصَابَة (ʕiṣāba, “gang”)