صعب

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See also: صغت

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ص ع ب (ṣ-ʕ-b).

Pronunciation 1

Verb

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

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

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /sˤaʕb/
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

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

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

Pronunciation 3

Verb

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

  1. to complicate
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

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic صَعْب (ṣaʕb).

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. (archaic) difficult
Synonyms