صَعُبَ

, (S, A, MA, Msb, K,) aorist صَعُبَ , (A, K,) verbal noun صُعُوبَةٌ; (S, MA, Msb, K;) and ↓ استصعب; (S, A, MA, Msb, K;) and ↓ اصعب, (IAar, K,) verbal noun إِصْعَابٌ; (IAar, TA;) It (a thing, Msb, or an affair, or event, S, MA, Msb, K) was, or became, صَعْب, (S, A, &c.,) i. e. difficult, hard, hard to be done or accomplished, hard to be borne or endured, or distressing. (A, MA, K.) One says, عَلَيْهِ الأَمْرُ ↓ استصعب, (S, MA, Msb,) like صَعُبَ, (S, Msb,) The affair, or event, was, or became, difficult, &c., to him. (MA.)