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Also written صعب: صَعُبَ (to be hard)
Highlights
Feminine
صَعْبَة
Plural
صِعَاب
Elative
أَصْعَب
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Most common words from the same root
صَعْب in English
Adjective
- laborious, hard, trying, awkward, difficult, complex
Words from the root ص-ع-ب
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صَعَّبَ
· present يُصَعِّبُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to impede
تَصْعِيب
verbal noun of صَعَّبَ
مُصَعِّب
مُصَعَّب
تَصَاعَبَ
· present يَتَصَاعَبُ
Form VI · Mutual action
to put pressure on or be harsh, stringent, difficult, severe, strict with [+مَعَ (object)] in
تَصَاعُب
مُتَصَاعِب
مُتَصَاعَب
أَصْعَب
elative degree of صَعْب
صَعْب: plural and other forms
| Singular | صَعْب |
|---|---|
| Feminine | صَعْبَة |
| Plural | صِعَاب |
| Elative (more / most) | أَصْعَب |
صَعْب in a sentence
From a fully vowelled text
فَقَالَ كَثِيرُونَ مِنْ تَلاَمِيذِهِ، إِذْ سَمِعُوا: «إِنَّ هذَا الْكَلاَمَ صَعْبٌ! مَنْ يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يَسْمَعَهُ؟»Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?John 6:60, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
فَقَالَ: «مَنْ أَنْتَ يَا سَيِّدُ؟» فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ: «أَنَا يَسُوعُ الَّذِي أَنْتَ تَضْطَهِدُهُ. صَعْبٌ عَلَيْكَ أَنْ تَرْفُسَ مَنَاخِسَ».And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.Acts 9:5, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
فَلَمَّا سَقَطْنَا جَمِيعُنَا عَلَى الأَرْضِ، سَمِعْتُ صَوْتًا يُكَلِّمُنِي وَيَقُولُ بِاللُّغَةِ الْعِبْرَانِيَّةِ: شَاوُلُ، شَاوُلُ! لِمَاذَا تَضْطَهِدُنِي؟ صَعْبٌ عَلَيْكَ أَنْ تَرْفُسَ مَنَاخِسَ .And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.Acts 26:14, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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