عصب

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See also: عضت, غضب, and غ ص ب

Arabic[edit]

Root
ع ص ب (ʕ-ṣ-b)

Pronunciation 1[edit]

Verb[edit]

عَصَبَ (ʕaṣaba) I, non-past يَعْصِبُ‎ (yaʕṣibu)

  1. to twist, wrap around
  2. to fold tightly
  3. to bound or bind, to tie
  4. to castrate via a band around testicles
  5. to bandage
  6. to draw people together, to assemble
  7. to surround, to encompass
    1. to include, to hold or reckon together, such as the entirety of one's relations, to be of the same identity
  8. to obligate, to bind responsibility or consequences to; especially with phrases like بِ (bi) + رَأْس (raʔs, head)
Conjugation[edit]

Pronunciation 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

عَصَّبَ (ʕaṣṣaba) II, non-past يُعَصِّبُ‎ (yuʕaṣṣibu)

  1. to cause a thing to be twisted, or wrapped around
  2. to swaddle, to cause a thing to be tightly folded around
  3. to bandage, to tourniquet
  4. to turban, to wrap one's brow with a band
    1. to crown, to declare or cause one to be a chief
Conjugation[edit]

Pronunciation 3[edit]

  • (file)

Noun[edit]

عَصَب (ʕaṣabm (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
  8. bindweed (Convolvulus)
Declension[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Azerbaijani: əsəb
  • Persian: عصب
  • Ottoman Turkish: عصب (asab)
  • Uzbek: asab
References[edit]

Ottoman Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic عَصَب (ʕaṣab, nerve, tendon).

Noun[edit]

عصب (ʿasab)

  1. (physiology) nerve, a bundle of neurons that transmits electrical impulses all over the body
    Synonym: سڭیر (siñir)
  2. tendon, sinew, a fibrous collagen tissue that connects a muscle with its bony attachment
    Synonyms: پی (pey), سڭیر (siñir), طنب (tunub), كرش (kiriş)

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Persian[edit]

Persian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fa

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic عَصَب (ʕaṣab).

Noun[edit]

عصب ('asab) (plural اعصاب (a'sâb))

  1. nerve
    Synonym: پی (pey)

Derived terms[edit]

South Levantine Arabic[edit]

Root
ع ص ب
2 terms

Etymology 1[edit]

From Arabic عَصَب (ʕaṣab).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ʕa.sˤab/, [ˈʕɑ.sˤɑb]
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

عصب (ʕaṣabm (plural أعصاب (ʔaʕṣāb))

  1. nerve
    إمسك أعصابك.
    ʔimsek ʔaʕṣābak
    Don't get upset.
    (literally, “Hold your nerves.”)

Etymology 2[edit]

From Arabic عَصَّبَ (ʕaṣṣaba).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ʕasˤ.sˤab/, [ˈʕɑsˤ.sˤɑb]
  • (file)

Verb[edit]

عصّب (ʕaṣṣab) II (present بعصّب (biʕaṣṣeb))

  1. to bandage
  2. to get angry
    Synonyms: زعل (ziʕil), حمق (ḥimiʔ)
Conjugation[edit]
    Conjugation of عصّب (ʕaṣṣab)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m عصّبت (ʕaṣṣabt) عصّبت (ʕaṣṣabt) عصّب (ʕaṣṣab) عصّبنا (ʕaṣṣabna) عصّبتو (ʕaṣṣabtu) عصّبو (ʕaṣṣabu)
f عصّبتي (ʕaṣṣabti) عصّبت (ʕaṣṣabat)
present m بعصّب (baʕaṣṣeb) بتعصّب (bitʕaṣṣeb) بعصّب (biʕaṣṣeb) منعصّب (minʕaṣṣeb) بتعصّبو (bitʕaṣṣbu) بعصّبو (biʕaṣṣbu)
f بتعصّبي (bitʕaṣṣbi) بتعصّب (bitʕaṣṣeb)
subjunctive m اعصّب (aʕaṣṣeb) تعصّب (tʕaṣṣeb) يعصّب (yʕaṣṣeb) نعصّب (nʕaṣṣeb) تعصّبو (tʕaṣṣbu) يعصّبو (yʕaṣṣbu)
f تعصّبي (tʕaṣṣbi) تعصّب (tʕaṣṣeb)
imperative m عصّب (ʕaṣṣeb) عصّبو (ʕaṣṣbu)
f عصّبي (ʕaṣṣbi)