سالب

Arabic
Root
س ل ب‎ (s-l-b)

Etymology

Derived from the active participle from سَلَبَ‎ (salaba, “to rob, to deprive”) from the root س ل ب‎ (s-l-b).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /saː.lib/
  • Rhymes: -ib

Adjective

سَالِب • (sālib)

  1. negative
  2. (physics, chemistry) negative, electronegative (of electrical charge)
    Antonym: مُوجَب‎ (mūjab)
    ‏شُحْنَة سَالِبَة‎ ― šuḥna(t) sāliba ― a negative charge
  3. (photography) negative (reversed colors)
    ‏صُورَة سَالِبَة‎ ― ṣūra(t) sāliba ― a negative image
  4. (medicine, pathology) negative (result of a test)
    ‏نَتِيجَة سَالِبَة‎ ― natīja(t) sāliba ― a negative result
  5. (mathematics) negative, less than zero (of a number)
    ‏سَالِب وَاحِد‎ ― sālib wāḥid ― minus one

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Noun

سَالِب • (sālib) m (plural سَالِبُون‎ (sālibūn))

  1. robber

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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