NOUNNoun #0549Nouns
عَصِيب
ʿaṣīb
(lit., muscle عَصَب ʿaṣab—hence, to be strong, tough) tough

Definition

  1. 1عَصِيبʿaṣīb(lit., muscle عَصَب ʿaṣab—hence, to be strong, tough) tough1
Total uses in the Qur’an: 1

Qur’anic usage

Sense 1
عَصِيب
يَوْمٌ عَصِيبٌۭ
... a tough day.
11:77draft glosses: 2 of 2

Notes

The derivatives of ع ص ب (عُصْبَة ‘uṣbah ‘a strong group’ and عَصِيب ‘aṣīb ‘harsh’) share the sense of being tough.

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