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شيب

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

2 شيّبهُ الحُزْنُ ذ , (Ks, S, A,) and شيّب الحُزْنُ رَأْسَهُ, and بِرَأْسِهِ, (Ks, S, Msb, K,) which last is a strange phrase, as it exhibits together two means by which a verb is rendered trans., [namely, the doubling of the medial radical letter of the verb and the introduction of the prep. بِ,] (TA,) Grief rendered him white-headed, or hoary-headed; (Ks, S, A, Msb, K;) as also ↓ اشابهُ, (A,) and ↓ اشاب رَأْسَهُ and بِرَأْسِهِ. (Ks, S, Msb, K. *)

Derived headwords

شيّبهُ الحُزْنُverb
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شيّب الحُزْنُ