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ص-و-ب

The Arabic root ص-و-ب (s-w-b)

Form I verb صَابَ: to hit

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

Most common

Verb · Form IV
to hit
Adjective
wounded
Noun
correctness
Verb · Form I
صَابَ
to hit
Adjective
صَوَاب
right
Noun
تَصْوِيب
verbal noun of صَوَّبَ
Noun
مُصِيبَة
calamity

Verbs and the nouns that come from them

صَابَ · present يَصُوبُ
Form I · The plain action

to hit, to find the target in; to descend, to rain

صَوْب
Verbal noun
side
صَيْبُوبَة
Verbal noun
صَائِب
Active participle
right
مَصُوب
Passive participle
صَوَّبَ · present يُصَوِّبُ
Form II · Causative or intensive

to aim, point, or direct (something, such as a ranged weapon, like an arrow); to amend (something deemed to be a mistake or an error), to correct, to rectify, to right, to remedy; to straighten; to inform (someone) that he or she is correct; to deem (someone or something, such as an opinion) acceptable, correct, or conforming

تَصْوِيب
Verbal noun
verbal noun of صَوَّبَ
مُصَوِّب
Active participle
مُصَوَّب
Passive participle
أَصَابَ · present يُصِيبُ
Form IV · Causative

to hit (the mark, target), to hit on the right thing; to hit, to strike (someone); to injure, to hurt (someone)

Verbal noun
wounded
Verbal noun
injury
Verbal noun
correctness
صَوَاب
Verbal noun
right
مُصِيب
Active participle
that which hits the mark
مُصَاب
Passive participle
مُصِيبَة
Derived noun
calamity

Other nouns and adjectives

أَصْوَب
Adjective
more/most right
اِسْتِصْوَاب
Noun
verbal noun of اِسْتَصْوَبَ
صَاب
Noun
squirting cucumber

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