صوب

• (verb) IPA^(key): /sˤaw.wa.ba/
• (noun) IPA^(key): /sˤawb/
• (preposition) IPA^(key): /sˤaw.ba/

صَوَّبَ • (ṣawwaba) II (non-past يُصَوِّبُ (yuṣawwibu), verbal noun تَصْوِيب (taṣwīb))

1. (transitive) to aim, point, or direct (something, such as a ranged weapon, like an arrow)
2. (transitive) to amend (something deemed to be a mistake or an error), to correct, to rectify, to right, to remedy; to straighten

   Synonyms: صَحَّحَ (ṣaḥḥaḥa), قَوَّمَ (qawwama)

3. (transitive) to inform (someone) that he or she is correct; to deem (someone or something, such as an opinion) acceptable, correct, or conforming
   1. (transitive, often of an authority figure, dated) to agree with, to concur with; to consent to

      Synonyms: وَافَقَ (wāfaqa), رَضِيَ (raḍiya)

   2. (transitive) to approve; to sanction; to validate; to confirm; to verify

      Synonym: أَقَرَّ (ʔaqarra)

صَوْب • (ṣawb) m

1. side, direction

صَوْبَ • (ṣawba)

1. in the direction of, towards
   • 2017 December 15, “صور – 4 شهداء في الضفة الغربية وقطاع غزة”, in Al-Quds‎, archived from the original on 15 December 2017:

     أطلقت قوات الاحتلال النيران بكثافة صوب الشاب ما أدى إلى إصابته بجروح بالغة الخطورة.

     The occupation forces launched the fire densely towards the young man which lead to serious wounds being inflicted on him.

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “صوب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

From Arabic صَوَّبَ (ṣawwaba).

• IPA^(key): /sˤaw.wab/

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صوب • (ṣawwab) II (non-past يصوب (yṣawwab))

1. (intransitive) to move aside

   Synonyms: تكاحز (tkāḥez), كحز (kaḥḥaz)

   صوب لي شوية باش نخرج من هاد البيت.

   ṣawwbi li šwiyya bāš naḵruj men hād el-bīt

   Move aside a little bit so I can exit this room.