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حءب

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of being wide, expansive, or large, particularly applied to geographical features like valleys and water sources. It also extends to describing large objects like buckets and, metaphorically, to significant places or events.

Derived headwords

حَافِرٌnoun
  1. 1.
    hoofboth

    The horny covering on the foot of an animal like a horse or donkey.

حَوْأَبٌnoun
  1. 1.
    wide valleyclassical

    A wide valley, particularly one situated in a low-lying area.

  2. 2.
    water source/placeclassical

    A specific water source or location near Basra, also known as Al-Haw'ab.

حَوْأَبَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    large bucketclassical

    A large or massive bucket, capable of holding a significant amount of water.

  2. 2.
    very largeclassical

    The largest type of 'alaba' (a type of bucket or container).

حَوْأَبِيٌّadjective
  1. 1.
    belonging to Al-Haw'abclassical

    Pertaining to the place or water source named Al-Haw'ab.

حَوْأَبَةُ بِنْتُ كَلْبٍname
  1. 1.
    Haw'abah daughter of Kalbclassical

    The name of a woman, identified as Haw'abah, daughter of Kalb ibn Wabar.

Parallel reading

وأب مقعب؛ وواد حوأب: واسع.
And a deep, wide valley; and a wide valley: wide.
الحوأب: واد في وهدة من الأرض واسع.
Al-Haw'ab: a valley in a depression of the land, wide.
ودلو حوأب وحوأبة، كذلك، وقيل: ضخمة.
And a bucket of the 'haw'ab' type and 'haw'abah', likewise, and it is said: massive.
حوأبة تنقض بالضلوع أي تسمع للضلوع نقيضا من ثقلها
A 'haw'abah' that makes the ribs creak, meaning the ribs are heard to creak from its weight.
والحوأبة: أضخم ما يكون من العلاب.
And the 'haw'abah': the largest that can be of the 'alaba' (bucket).
الحوأب: ماء أو موضع قريب من البصرة، ويقال له أيضا الحوأب.
Al-Haw'ab: a water source or place near Basra, and it is also called Al-Haw'ab.
الحوأب، مهموز، ماء من مياه العرب على طريق البصرة
Al-Haw'ab, hamzated, a water source among the waters of the Arabs on the road to Basra.
أيتكن تنبحها كلاب الحوأب؟
Which of you will have the dogs of Al-Haw'ab barking at her?
الحوأب منزل بين البصرة ومكة، وهو الذي نزلته عائشة، رضي الله عنها، لما جاءت إلى البصرة في وقعة الجمل.
Al-Haw'ab is a stopping place between Basra and Mecca, and it is where Aisha, may God be pleased with her, alighted when she came to Basra during the Battle of the Camel.
الحوأب: موضع بئر نبحت كلابه أم المؤمنين، مقبلها من البصرة.
Al-Haw'ab: the place of a well whose dogs barked at the Mother of the Believers, as she approached it from Basra.
ما هي إلا شربة بالحوأب، ... فصعدي من بعدها، أو صوبي
It is nothing but a drink at Al-Haw'ab, ... then ascend after it, or descend.
الحوأب: المنهل
Al-Haw'ab: the watering place.