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ع-ص-ب

The Arabic root ع-ص-ب (a-s-b)

Form I verb عَصَبَ: to twist

16 words in the dictionary are built from ع-ص-ب, including verbs in Forms I, II, V, VIII, XII. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.

Most common

Adjective
neural
Adjective
troublesome
Noun
nerve
Noun
مُتَعَصِّب
bigot
Noun
عُصْبَة
a league
Noun
عَصَبِيَّة
tribalism
Verb · Form V
تَعَصَّبَ
to be a fanatic
Verb · Form II
عَصَّبَ
or wrapped around

Verbs and the nouns that come from them

عَصَبَ · present يَعْصِبُ
Form I · The plain action

to twist, wrap around; to fold tightly; to bound or bind, to tie

عَصْب
Verbal noun
عَاصِب
Active participle
مَعْصُوب
Passive participle
عُصْبَة
Derived noun
a league
عَصَّبَ · present يُعَصِّبُ
Form II · Causative or intensive

to cause a thing to be twisted, or wrapped around; to swaddle, to cause a thing to be tightly folded around; to bandage, to tourniquet

تَعْصِيب
Verbal noun
مُعَصِّب
Active participle
مُعَصَّب
Passive participle
تَعَصَّبَ · present يَتَعَصَّبُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II

to be a fanatic; to form an alliance

تَعَصُّب
Verbal noun
intolerance
مُتَعَصِّب
Active participle
bigot
اِعْتَصَبَ · present يَعْتَصِبُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic

to conspire, gang up, go on strike

اِعْتِصَاب
Verbal noun
مُعْتَصِب
Active participle
مُعْتَصَب
Passive participle
اِعْصَوْصَبَ · present يَعْصَوْصِبُ
Form XII

to assemble as companies; to strive, exert oneself in something; to become vehement, severe, dangerous, hot (of day)

اِعْصِيصَاب
Verbal noun
مُعْصَوْصِب
Active participle

Other nouns and adjectives

Adjective
neural
Adjective
troublesome
Noun
nerve
عَصَبِيَّة
Noun
tribalism
عُصَاب
Noun
neurosis
عِصَاب
Noun
bandage
عُصَاب
Noun
cress
عَصَّاب
Noun
vendor or spinner of thread or yarn

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