عصب

See also: عضت, غضب, and غ ص ب

Arabic

Pronunciation

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Noun

عَصَب • (ʕaṣab) m (plural أَعْصَاب (ʔaʕṣāb))

1. nerve
2. sinew, tendon
3. muscle
4. band, ribbon, scarf
5. chieftain
6. (in the plural) grandees
7. (in the plural) somewhat distant relations

Declension

Declension of noun عَصَب (ʕaṣab)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَصَب ʕaṣab	الْعَصَب al-ʕaṣab	عَصَب ʕaṣab
Nominative	عَصَبٌ ʕaṣabun	الْعَصَبُ al-ʕaṣabu	عَصَبُ ʕaṣabu
Accusative	عَصَبًا ʕaṣaban	الْعَصَبَ al-ʕaṣaba	عَصَبَ ʕaṣaba
Genitive	عَصَبٍ ʕaṣabin	الْعَصَبِ al-ʕaṣabi	عَصَبِ ʕaṣabi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَصَبَيْن ʕaṣabayn	الْعَصَبَيْن al-ʕaṣabayn	عَصَبَيْ ʕaṣabay
Nominative	عَصَبَانِ ʕaṣabāni	الْعَصَبَانِ al-ʕaṣabāni	عَصَبَا ʕaṣabā
Accusative	عَصَبَيْنِ ʕaṣabayni	الْعَصَبَيْنِ al-ʕaṣabayni	عَصَبَيْ ʕaṣabay
Genitive	عَصَبَيْنِ ʕaṣabayni	الْعَصَبَيْنِ al-ʕaṣabayni	عَصَبَيْ ʕaṣabay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَعْصَاب ʔaʕṣāb	الْأَعْصَاب al-ʔaʕṣāb	أَعْصَاب ʔaʕṣāb
Nominative	أَعْصَابٌ ʔaʕṣābun	الْأَعْصَابُ al-ʔaʕṣābu	أَعْصَابُ ʔaʕṣābu
Accusative	أَعْصَابًا ʔaʕṣāban	الْأَعْصَابَ al-ʔaʕṣāba	أَعْصَابَ ʔaʕṣāba
Genitive	أَعْصَابٍ ʔaʕṣābin	الْأَعْصَابِ al-ʔaʕṣābi	أَعْصَابِ ʔaʕṣābi

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “عصب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

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Persian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic.

Noun

عصب • ('asab)

1. nerve

Related terms

• عصبی ('asabi)
• عصبانی ('asabâni)
• عصب‌شناسی ('asab shenâsi)