Ṣaʿb
صعب
Say it SA-b
Hard, unyielding
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- ṣ-ʿ-b
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Sab, Sa’b, Saab
Meaning & source
Hard, unyielding: ṣaʿb is the opposite of easy (Lisān).
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صعب: الصَّعْبُ: خِلَافُ السَّهْل، نَقِيضُ الذَّلُول؛
Who carried this name
- al-Ṣaʿb ibn Jaththāmah al-Laythī Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 4085 (vol. 3, p. 344)