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شهب

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

شُهْبَةٌ ذ A [ gray ] colour in which whiteness predominates over blackness, (S, Msb,) or in which whiteness is interrupted by blackness; as also ↓ شَهَبٌ; (A, K;) which latter is [properly] an inf. n., of شَهِبَ: (S, Msb:) or whiteness mixed with blackness: (Har p. 150:) not pure whiteness, as some have imagined it to be. (TA.) And in horses, A colour in which the main hue is interrupted by a hoariness, or by some white hairs, whether the horse be [ in his general colour ] كُمَيْت or أَشْقَر or أَدْهَم. (A' Obeyd, TA.)

Derived headwords

شُهْبَةٌ
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