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صَعُب

to be difficult, to become hard /ˈsˤa.ʕu.ba/

verbB1#2420 most common

Also: to be hard (to do or bear), to grow difficult

Example sentences

صَعُبَ الامتحانُ.
The exam was difficult.
صَعُبَ عليَّ فهمُ الدرسِ.
Understanding the lesson was hard for me.
صَعُبَتِ الأسئلةُ في نهايةِ الاختبارِ.
The questions grew harder toward the end of the test.
كلما تقدّمنا في العمر صَعُبَ علينا تعلّمُ لغاتٍ جديدةٍ.
The older we get, the harder it becomes for us to learn new languages.
صَعُبَ عليه أن يتقبّلَ الخسارةَ بعد كلِّ تلك الجهودِ.
It was hard for him to accept the loss after all that effort.
مهما صَعُبَتِ الظروفُ، فإنّ الإرادةَ القويةَ قادرةٌ على تجاوزِ أعتى التحدياتِ.
However difficult the circumstances become, a strong will can overcome the toughest challenges.

Conjugation

Present ActiveSimple Past ActiveSimple Future Active
1sgأَصْعُبُصَعُبْتُسَأَصْعُبُ
2sgتَصْعُبُصَعُبْتَسَتَصْعُبُ
3sgيَصْعُبُصَعُبَسَيَصْعُبُ
1plنَصْعُبُصَعُبْنَاسَنَصْعُبُ
2plتَصْعُبُونَصَعُبْتُمْسَتَصْعُبُونَ
3plيَصْعُبُونَصَعُبُواسَيَصْعُبُونَ

Word family

صَعْبdifficult, hardصُعُوبَةdifficulty
صَعَّبَto make difficult, complicate (Form II)
أَصْعَبmore difficult, most difficult (elative)

Etymology

The verb comes from the Semitic root ص-ع-ب, which carries the core sense of hardness or difficulty. It follows the فَعُلَ pattern, a form Arabic reserves for verbs describing an inherent quality or state, such as being big, small, good, or difficult, rather than an action done to something. From this same root Arabic also built the common adjective صَعْب, 'difficult.'

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