بيب

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to channels, conduits, and openings for water flow. It also extends to describe specific architectural features like spouts and small openings, and metaphorically to a gateway or a strategic point.

Derived headwords

البَابnoun

1.
Water channelclassical
A channel or conduit through which water flows into a basin or cistern.

البيبةnoun

1.
Water channelclassical
A channel or conduit for water, similar to 'al-bab'.
2.
Spoutclassical
The spout from which water pours into a basin, especially after a bucket has been emptied.

البيبnoun

1.
Water channelclassical
A channel or conduit for water, synonymous with 'al-bab'.
2.
Openingclassical
A small opening or aperture, specifically in a basin or cistern.
3.
Water outletclassical
An outlet for water, also referred to as a spout, channel, or conduit.

البيبةname

1.
Proper nameclassical
The name of a man, specifically Biba bin Sufyan bin Mujashi'.

البابةnoun

1.
Fortificationclassical
A fortification or a strategic point, specifically one of the Muslim strongholds.

Parallel reading

مجرى الماء إلى الحوض.

A channel for water into the basin.

وحكى ابن جني فيه البيبة.

And Ibn Jinni narrated about it (the channel) 'al-baybah'.

باب فلان إذا حفر كوة، وهو البيب.

The 'bab' of someone, if he dug a small opening, and it is 'al-bayb'.

البيب كوة الحوض، وهو مسيل الماء، وهي الصنبور والثعلب والأسلوب.

Al-bayb is the small opening of the basin, and it is the water channel, and it is the spout, the channel, and the conduit.

وهو البيب والبيبة.

And it is 'al-bayb' and 'al-baybah'.

وبيبة: اسم رجل، وهو بيبة بن سفيان بن مجاشع.

And Baybah: the name of a man, and he is Baybah bin Sufyan bin Mujashi'.

ومار دم، من جار بيبة، ناقع

And his blood flowed, from the neighbor of Baybah, a potent (poison).

والبابة أيضا: ثغر من ثغور المسلمين.

And 'al-babah' also: a fortification from the fortifications of the Muslims.