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Highlights
Present tense
يُصِيبُ
Active participle
مُصِيب
Passive participle
Most common words from the same root
أَصَابَ in English
Verb · Form IV
- to hit (the mark, target), to hit on the right thing
أَصَابَ الْهَدَفَ.He hit the target.
- to hit, to strike (someone)
أَصَابَتْهُ رَصَاصَةٌ.A bullet hit him.أَصَابَتِ الْكُرَةُ اللَّاعِبَ فِي رَأْسِهِ.The ball hit the player in the head.
- to injure, to hurt (someone)
أُصِيبَ فِي الْحَادِثِ.He was injured in the accident.
- to speak or act to the point
- to wish to do so, to wish, to intend
- to affect
أَصَابَتِ الْمَدِينَةَ أَزْمَةٌ.A crisis affected the city.
- to find, to obtain, to acquire
أَصَابَ فُرْصَةً جَيِّدَةً لِلْعَمَلِ، وَاسْتَطَاعَ مِنْ خِلَالِهَا أَنْ يُحَقِّقَ دَخْلًا كَافِيًا وَأَنْ يُسَاعِدَ أُسْرَتَهُ.He obtained a good job opportunity, through which he was able to earn enough income and help his family.أَصَابَ ثَرْوَةً كَبِيرَةً بَعْدَ سَنَوَاتٍ مِنَ الْعَمَلِ وَالتِّجَارَةِ.He acquired a large fortune after years of work and trade.
- to destroy
- to afflict, to befall, to strike
أُصِيبَ بِزُكَامٍ حَادٍّ.He contracted a severe case of common cold.أَصَابَتْهُ مُصِيبَةٌ.A calamity befell him.أَصَابَهُ الْمَرَضُ.Illness afflicted him/He was struck by illness.
- to let down from above
- to be right
«الْبَقْبَاقُ» هُوَ كَثِيرُ الْكَلَامِ، سَوَاءٌ أَخْطَأَ أَوْ أَصَابَ، وَالْبَقْبَقَةُ صَوْتٌ فِي الْمَاءِ."Al-Baqbaq" is someone who talks a lot, whether he is right or wrong, while Baqbaq is a sound in the water.أَصَابَ فِي رَأْيِهِ.He was right in his opinion.
- to get s.t. right
أَصَابَ الْجَوَابَ.He got the answer right.
Word origin
Compare صَابَ (ṣāba, “to hit the target”).
Words from the root ص-و-ب
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
صَابَ
· present يَصُوبُ
Form I · The plain action
to hit, to find the target in; to descend, to rain
صَيْبُوبَة
صَائِب
right
مَصُوب
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 of صَوَّبَ
مُصَوِّب
مُصَوَّب
to hit (the mark, target), to hit on the right thing; to hit, to strike (someone); to injure, to hurt (someone)
أَصْوَب
more/most right
اِسْتِصْوَاب
verbal noun of اِسْتَصْوَبَ
صَاب
squirting cucumber
أَصَابَ conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | أَصَبْتُ | أُصِيبُ | أُصِيبَ | أُصِبْ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | أَصَبْتَ | تُصِيبُ | تُصِيبَ | تُصِبْ | أَصِبْ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | أَصَبْتِ | تُصِيبِينَ | تُصِيبِي | تُصِيبِي | أَصِيبِي |
| هُوَ he | أَصَابَ | يُصِيبُ | يُصِيبَ | يُصِبْ | — |
| هِيَ she | أَصَابَتْ | تُصِيبُ | تُصِيبَ | تُصِبْ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | أَصَبْتُمَا | تُصِيبَانِ | تُصِيبَا | تُصِيبَا | أَصِيبَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | أَصَابَا | يُصِيبَانِ | يُصِيبَا | يُصِيبَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | أَصَابَتَا | تُصِيبَانِ | تُصِيبَا | تُصِيبَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | أَصَبْنَا | نُصِيبُ | نُصِيبَ | نُصِبْ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | أَصَبْتُمْ | تُصِيبُونَ | تُصِيبُوا | تُصِيبُوا | أَصِيبُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | أَصَبْتُنَّ | تُصِبْنَ | تُصِبْنَ | تُصِبْنَ | أَصِبْنَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | أَصَابُوا | يُصِيبُونَ | يُصِيبُوا | يُصِيبُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | أَصَبْنَ | يُصِبْنَ | يُصِبْنَ | يُصِبْنَ | — |
| Verbal noun | إِصَابَة، صَوَاب، مُصَاب |
|---|---|
| Active participle | مُصِيب |
| Passive participle | مُصَاب |
أَصَابَ in a sentence
Dictionary examples
to hit
أَصَابَ الْهَدَفَ.He hit the target.
to hit
أَصَابَتْهُ رَصَاصَةٌ.A bullet hit him.
to hit
أَصَابَتِ الْكُرَةُ اللَّاعِبَ فِي رَأْسِهِ.The ball hit the player in the head.
to injure
أُصِيبَ فِي الْحَادِثِ.He was injured in the accident.
to affect
أَصَابَتِ الْمَدِينَةَ أَزْمَةٌ.A crisis affected the city.
to find
أَصَابَ فُرْصَةً جَيِّدَةً لِلْعَمَلِ، وَاسْتَطَاعَ مِنْ خِلَالِهَا أَنْ يُحَقِّقَ دَخْلًا كَافِيًا وَأَنْ يُسَاعِدَ أُسْرَتَهُ.He obtained a good job opportunity, through which he was able to earn enough income and help his family.
to find
أَصَابَ ثَرْوَةً كَبِيرَةً بَعْدَ سَنَوَاتٍ مِنَ الْعَمَلِ وَالتِّجَارَةِ.He acquired a large fortune after years of work and trade.
to afflict
أُصِيبَ بِزُكَامٍ حَادٍّ.He contracted a severe case of common cold.
to afflict
أَصَابَتْهُ مُصِيبَةٌ.A calamity befell him.
to afflict
أَصَابَهُ الْمَرَضُ.Illness afflicted him/He was struck by illness.
to be right
«الْبَقْبَاقُ» هُوَ كَثِيرُ الْكَلَامِ، سَوَاءٌ أَخْطَأَ أَوْ أَصَابَ، وَالْبَقْبَقَةُ صَوْتٌ فِي الْمَاءِ."Al-Baqbaq" is someone who talks a lot, whether he is right or wrong, while Baqbaq is a sound in the water.
to be right
أَصَابَ فِي رَأْيِهِ.He was right in his opinion.
to get s.t. right
أَصَابَ الْجَوَابَ.He got the answer right.
From a fully vowelled text
«إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ فَرِحْتُ بِبَلِيَّةِ مُبْغِضِي أَوْ شَمِتُّ حِينَ أَصَابَهُ سُوءٌ.If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:Job 31:29, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
فَسَأَلَ أَبَاهُ: «كَمْ مِنَ الزَّمَانِ مُنْذُ أَصَابَهُ هذَا؟» فَقَالَ: «مُنْذُ صِبَاهُ.And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child.Mark 9:21, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
حَسَبَ عَادَةِ الْكَهَنُوتِ، أَصَابَتْهُ الْقُرْعَةُ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ إِلَى هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ وَيُبَخِّرَ.According to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.Luke 1:9, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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