waṣab

illness, hardship

وَصَب

Word

Noun · pattern فَعَل

Root

و ص ب

Forms

Plural
أَوْصاب

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قالوا: شم الطيب وصب الماء البارد على وجهها وأن تسقى السويق، ففعلوا بها ذلك، وعالج المنصور بعضه بيده، فلما أفاقت سألها عنه، فقالت:

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 12 entries
  • وَصَبَ Form I It continued; was constant
    , aor. يَصِبُ, inf. n. وُصُوبٌ; (S, K;) and ↓ اوصب; (K;) It continued; was constant; (S, K;) was fixed, settled, or firm. (K.) ― -b2- وَصَبَ لَبَنُ النَّاقَةِ (assumed tropical:) The milk of the camel continued, or was constant. (A.) ― -b3- وَصِبَ, aor. يَوْصَبُ, inf. n. وَصَبٌ; (S, K, Msb;) and ↓ وصّب and ↓ اوصب and ↓ توصّب; (K;) He (a man, S,) was, or became, diseased, ill, or sick: (S, K:) or in pain: (Msb:) [or in violent pain: or in continual, or constant, pain: or emaciated in body by reason of fatigue or disease: or in a state of excessive fatigue: and, sometimes, he suffered fatigue, or weariness, and languor: see وَصَبٌ:] تَوْصِيْبٌ is also explained as signifying the being languid: (TA:) and ↓ توصّب, as signifying he felt, or experienced, pain in his body. (A.) ― -b4- وَصَبَ الشَّحْمُ (tropical:) The fat [in an animal] continued. (TA.) ― -b5- وَصَبَ عَلَى الأَمْرِ, (S, K,) aor. يَصِبُ, [inf. n. وُصُوبٌ;] and وَصِبَ, aor. يَصِبُ; the latter aor. extr. [with respect to analogy]; (Kr;) like وَثِقَ, aor. يَثِقُ, and وَمِقَ, aor. يَمِقُ, &c; but not mentioned by the lexicographers with these verbs; (TA;) [and ↓ اوصب; see below;] and ↓ واصب; (TA;) i. q. وَاظَبَ; He kept. attended, or applied himself, constantly, perseveringly, or assiduously, to the thing; (S, K;) and managed it, or conducted it, well. (K.) ― -b6- وَصَبَ فِى مَالِهِ, and عَلَى ماله; and وِصِبَ; aors. as above; He kept, attended, or applied himself, constantly to his property, [meaning his camels &c.,] and managed it well. (Kr.) ― -b7- القَوْمُ عَلَى الشَّىْءِ ↓ اوصب The people kept, attended. or applied themselves, constantly, perseveringly, or assiduously, to the thing. (S, K.)
  • وصّبهُ Form II He took care of him, tended him, or nursed him, in his sickness
    He took care of him, tended him, or nursed him, in his sickness: like مرّضه. (TA, from a trad.) ― -b2- See 1.
  • وَاْصَبَ Form III Open entry
    see 1, and 4.
  • اوصبهُ Form IV It (a disease) rendered him ill, or sick
    It (a disease) rendered him ill, or sick. (TA.) See وَصَبٌ. ― -b2- اوصبهُ He (God) afflicted him with a disease, sickness, or malady. (S, K.) See وَصَبٌ. ― -b3- اوصب He (a man) had diseased children born to him. (K.) Accord. to IKtt, اوصب القَوْمُ The people had their children wearied by disease. (TA.) -A2- اوصبتِ النَّاقَةُ الشَّحْمَ (tropical:) The she-camel grew fat, (K,) and continued so: (TA:) [explained in the K by نَبَتَ شَحْمُهَا, [which is probably a mistake for ثَبَتَ; and if so, I prefer another reading of the phrase in the K, mentioned in the TA; namely, اوصب النَّاقَةَ الشَّحْمُ; i. e., the she-camel was constantly fat]. ― -b2- اوصبت النَّاقَةُ, and ↓ واصبت, (assumed tropical:) The she-camel yielded milk continually, or constantly. (A.) ― -b3- See 1.
  • تَوَصَّبَ Form V Open entry
    see 1, in two places.
  • وَصْبٌ space between the third finger and the first finger
    The space between the third finger and the first finger; or, lit., what is between those two fingers. (K.)
  • وَصَبٌ A disease, sickness, or malady
    A disease, sickness, or malady: (S, K:) or pain: (Msb:) or violent pain: or continual, or constant, pain: or continuance of pain: (TA:) or emaciation of the body by reason of fatigue or disease: (IDrd:) or excessive fatigue: (Zj:) and, sometimes, fatigue, or weariness, and languor: (TA:) pl. أَوْصَابٌ. (K.)
  • وَصِبٌ Diseased; ill; sick
    (S, K) and ↓ وَاصِبٌ (TA) Diseased; ill; sick: (S, K:) or in pain: (Msb:) [or in violent pain: or in continual, or constant pain: &c.: see وَصَبٌ]: pl. of the former وَصَابَى and وَصَابٌ. (K.)
  • وَاصِبٌ A continual, perpetual, constant, or fixed, punishment
    : see وَصِبٌ. ― -b2- عَذَابٌ وَاصِبٌ [Kur. xxxvii. 9,] A continual, perpetual, constant, or fixed, punishment. (Fr, TA.) ― -b3- لَهُ الدِّينُ وَاصِبًا, [Kur, xvi. 54,] as Zj observes, is said to mean To Him shall be rendered obedience perpetually, or constantly: (Fr, S:) or it may mean To Him shall be rendered obedience, whether man be content with that which he is commanded to do, or not; or whether it be easy to him, or not: to Him shall be rendered obedience, even if it be attended by excessive fatigue. (TA.) ― -b4- مَفَازَةٌ وَاصِبَةٌ A desert far-extending, [as though] without end; (S;) that extends so far as scarcely to have an end; (A;) very far-extending. (K.)
  • مُوَصَبٌ Afflicted
    Afflicted by God with a disease, sickness, or malady. (S.)
  • نَاقَةٌ مُوصِبَةٌ A she-camel that yields milk continually, or constantly
    , and ↓ مُوَصِّبَةٌ [perhaps a mistake for مُوَاصِبَةٌ: see 4:] (assumed tropical:) A she-camel that yields milk continually, or constantly. (A.)
  • مُوَصَّبٌ Having many pains
    Having many pains [or diseases]. (S, K.)

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