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شءب

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes bursts, surges, or streams of something, particularly rain, but also extends to the intensity or force of movement and the initial appearance of beauty.

Derived headwords

شَآبِيبnoun
  1. 1.
    bursts, surgesboth

    Plural of شؤبوب, referring to successive waves or bursts of rain, or similar surges of other things.

  2. 2.
    intensity, forceclassical

    The intensity or force of something, such as the speed of a running animal.

  3. 3.
    streams of gumclassical

    Refers to sticky threads or streams, specifically mentioned in relation to gum.

شُؤْبُوبnoun
  1. 1.
    burst, surgeboth

    A burst or surge, especially of rain or other substances. It can also refer to the intensity or force of something.

  2. 2.
    intensity, forceclassical

    The intensity or force of something, such as the speed of a running animal.

  3. 3.
    initial beautyclassical

    The first appearance of beauty on a person's face, as perceived by the beholder.

شُؤْبُوبُهُnoun
  1. 1.
    its burst, its surgeboth

    Possessive form referring to the burst or surge of something.

شَآبِيبُ الوَجْهِnoun
  1. 1.
    initial beauty of the faceclassical

    The first signs of beauty that appear on a person's face, noticeable to an observer.

شُؤْبُوبُ صَمْغٍnoun
  1. 1.
    stream of gumclassical

    A stream or thread-like flow of gum, particularly when it has dried or is sticky.

Parallel reading

الشآبيب من المطر: الدفعات.
The shā'ābīb of rain: the bursts.
وشؤبوب العدو مثله.
And the surge of the enemy's charge is like it.
الشؤبوب: الدفعة من المطر وغيره.
The shu'būb: a burst of rain or other things.
تمريه الجنوب درر أهاضيبه ودفع شآبيبه
The south wind rubs him, showering him with pearls of its downpours and pushing its surges.
الشآبيب: جمع شؤبوب، وهو الدفعة من المطر وغيره.
The shā'ābīb: plural of shu'būb, which is a burst of rain or other things.
الشؤبوب: المطر يصيب المكان ويخطئ الآخر، ومثله النجو والنجاء.
The shu'būb: rain that hits one place and misses another, similar to al-najw and al-najā'.
وشؤبوب كل شيء: حده، والجمع الشآبيب
And the shu'būb of everything: its intensity, and the plural is al-shā'ābīb.
إذا ما انتحاهن شؤبوبه، ... رأيت، لجاعرتيه، غضونا
When its surge approached them, ... I saw, in its two sides, a bending.
شؤبوبه: دفعته.
Shu'būbuhu: its push/surge.
يقول: إذا عدا واشتد عدوه، رأيت لجاعرتيه تكسرا.
He says: when it runs and its running intensifies, I saw a breaking in its two sides.
ولا يقال للمطر شؤبوب إلا وفيه برد.
And rain is not called shu'būb unless it contains hail.
ويقال للجارية: إنها لحسنة شآبيب الوجه، وهو أول ما يظهر من حسنها، في عين الناظر إليها.
And it is said of a young woman: she is beautiful with the shā'ābīb of the face, which is the first of her beauty to appear in the eye of the beholder.
قالت الغنوية ما سال من المغفر، فبقي شبه الخيوط، بين الشجر والأرض، يقال له شآبيب الصمغ
Al-Ghinnawiyyah said what flowed from the helmet, remaining like threads, between the trees and the ground, it is called shā'ābīb al-ṣamgh.
كأن سبل مرغه الملعلع، ... شؤبوب صمغ، طلحه لم يقطع
As if the streams of its flowing, the flowing one, ... were a shu'būb of gum, its sap not yet cut.