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شبح

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

شَبْحَةٌ ذ A rafter, or timber, (عُود,) of the ceiling, or roof, of a house: so in a trad. where it is said, فَنَزَعَ سَقْفَ بَيتِى شَبْحَةً شَبْحَةً [ And he pulled off the roof of my house, rafter by rafter, or timber by timber ]. (JM, * TA.)

Derived headwords

شَبْحَةٌ
  1. 1.
فَنَزَعَ سَقْفَ بَيتِى شَبْحَةً شَبْحَةً