عبب

Root entry · 21 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of drinking, particularly in a vigorous, uninhibited, or continuous manner. It extends to concepts of abundance, fullness, and the beginning or peak of something, often related to water or natural phenomena. Figuratively, it can denote pride, arrogance, or a complete and thorough action.

Derived headwords

عَبَّverb

1.
to drink vigorouslyboth
To drink water without breathing, or to gulp it down forcefully and continuously.
2.
to drink greedilyclassical
To drink deeply and without restraint, often implying a lack of moderation.
3.
to make a soundclassical
To make a sound, specifically when a bucket is being drawn from water.
4.
to grow tallclassical
To grow tall, referring to plants.
5.
to shineclassical
To shine, referring to the light of the sun.

مصوا الماء مصا، ولا تعبوه عبا — Drink the water by sipping, and do not gulp it down.

والحمام يشرب الماء عبا، كما تعب الدواب — And pigeons drink water by gulping, just as animals do.

عبت الدلو — The bucket made a sound.

عب النبت — The plant grew tall.

عب الشمس — The light of the sun.

عَبّاًnoun

1.
gulpingboth
The act of drinking water vigorously or without breathing.
2.
abundanceclassical
A large quantity or overflow, often of water.

عبه يعبه عبا — He drank it with a gulp.

عَبَّبَverb

1.
to drink persistentlyclassical
To drink persistently or to insist on drinking, especially referring to wine.
2.
to flowclassical
To flow, referring to water.

تعبب النبيذ: ألح في شربه — To drink wine persistently: to insist on drinking it.

تَعَبَّبَverb

1.
to drink persistentlyclassical
To drink persistently or to insist on drinking, especially referring to wine.
2.
to swallowclassical
To swallow, referring to drinking.

هو يتعبب النبيذ أي يتجرعه — He drinks the wine, meaning he swallows it.

عَبَابnoun

1.
abundanceboth
The beginning, the most, or the abundance of something, especially water.
2.
floodboth
A large quantity of water, a flood, or heavy rain.
3.
fullnessclassical
The entirety or the whole of something.
4.
palm frondclassical
A palm frond.

عباب الماء: أوله ومعظمه — The abundance of water: its beginning and its most.

جاؤوا بعبابهم أي جاؤوا بأجمعهم — They came with their entirety, meaning they came all together.

والعباب: الخوصة — And the palm frond.

عَبَابname

1.
a place nameclassical
A place name.

عَبَّابnoun

1.
flowing waterclassical
Flowing water, or abundant water.

العبب المياه المتدفقة — Abundant water: flowing waters.

عَنَبَّبnoun

1.
abundance of waterclassical
Abundance of water.

عينا، بغضيان، ثجوج العنبب — A spring in Ghudyan, gushing with abundant water.

عَنَب الثَّعْلَبnoun

1.
black nightshadeboth
A plant, black nightshade (Solanum nigrum).

والعبب: عنب الثعلب — And 'al-'abab: black nightshade.

عَبَبnoun

1.
black nightshadeclassical
A plant, black nightshade (Solanum nigrum).
2.
type of plantclassical
A type of plant, considered among the 'aghlath' (thorny or bitter plants).

والعبب: ضرب من النبات — And 'al-'abab: a type of plant.

بَنُو العَبَابname

1.
a tribe nameclassical
A name for a group of Arabs who mingled with Persians, to the extent that their horses drank from the Euphrates.

يَعْبُوبadjective

1.
swift horseboth
A swift and fast horse, or one that runs with ease and great endurance.
2.
longclassical
Long, referring to a person.
3.
cloudclassical
A cloud.

واليعبوب: الفرس الطويل السريع — And the 'ya'buub': the tall, fast horse.

واليعبوب: الطويل — And the 'ya'buub': the tall (person).

يَعْبُوبnoun

1.
streamclassical
A stream with abundant water and strong current.

واليعبوب: الجدول الكثير الماء، الشديد الجرية — And the 'ya'buub': the stream with abundant water and strong current.

عُبَيْبَةnoun

1.
type of foodclassical
A type of food.
2.
sweet drinkclassical
A sweet drink made from the 'urfut plant, or its exudate.
3.
curdled milkclassical
Curdled milk.

والعبيبة: ضرب من الطعام — And the 'ubaybah': a type of food.

والعبيبة أيضا: شراب يتخذ من العرفط، حلو — And the 'ubaybah' also: a sweet drink made from the 'urfut plant.

أبو عبيد: العبيبة الرائب من الألبان — Abu Ubaid: the 'ubaybah' is curdled milk.

عَبِيَّةnoun

1.
prideboth
Pride, arrogance, or haughtiness.
2.
vanityclassical
Vanity, especially the pride of ignorance.

هذه عبية قريش وعبية — This is the pride of Quraysh and their pride.

إن الله وضع عنكم عبية الجاهلية — Indeed, Allah has removed from you the pride of the Jahiliyyah.

عَبْعَبnoun

1.
full youthclassical
Full youth, or the prime of youth.
2.
wide garmentclassical
A wide garment.
3.
thick clothclassical
A thick, soft, and finely woven cloth made from camel hair.
4.
idolclassical
An idol, or the place where an idol was worshipped.
5.
tall personclassical
A tall person.
6.
male goatclassical
A male goat (ibex).

والعبعب: الشباب التام — And 'al-'ab'ab': complete youth.

والعبعب: ثوب واسع — And 'al-'ab'ab': a wide garment.

والعبعب: صنم — And 'al-'ab'ab': an idol.

عَبْعَبَverb

1.
to fleeclassical
To flee or be routed.
2.
to improveclassical
To improve in appearance after a change.

وعبعب إذا انهزم — And 'ab'aba' if he fled.

عَبْشَمْسname

1.
a nameclassical
A name, possibly derived from 'Abd Shams (servant of Shams).

بنو عب الشمس — The Banu 'Abshams.

عَبْparticle

1.
hide!classical
An imperative to hide or conceal oneself.

عب عب إذا أمرته أن يستتر — 'Ab 'ab' if you order him to hide.

عَبَاعِبname

1.
a place nameclassical
A place name.

صددت، عن الأعداء يوم عباعب — I turned away from the enemies on the day of 'Abā'ib.

عَبْعَبname

1.
a man's nameclassical
A man's name.

Parallel reading

شرب الماء من غير مص؛ وقيل: أن يشرب الماء ولا يتنفس، وهو يورث الكباد.

To drink water without sipping; and it is said: to drink water without breathing, and it causes liver disease.

الدغرقة: أن يصب الماء مرة واحدة.

Ad-daghruqah: to pour water in one go.

والغنث: أن يقطع الجرع.

And al-ghanth: to cut the gulps.

وقيل: العب الجرع، وقيل: تتابع الجرع.

And it was said: 'al-'abb' is gulping, and it was said: continuous gulping.

عب في الماء أو الإناء عبا: كرع؛ قال: يكرع فيها فيعب عبا، ... محببا، في مائها، منكبا

He drank from the water or the vessel with a gulp: he plunged in; he said: he plunges into them and gulps, ... affectionately, in its water, leaning over.

ويقال في الطائر: عب، ولا يقال شرب.

And it is said of a bird: 'abba', and 'shariba' (drank) is not said.

مصوا الماء مصا، ولا تعبوه عبا ؛

Drink the water by sipping, and do not gulp it down.

العب: الشرب بلا تنفس، ومنه الحديث: الكباد من العب.

Al-'abb: drinking without breathing, and from it is the hadith: liver disease is from 'al-'abb'.

الكباد: داء يعرض للكبد.

Al-kibad: a disease that affects the liver.

وفي حديث الحوض: يعب فيه ميزابان أي يصبان فلا ينقطع انصبابهما؛

And in the hadith of the cistern: two streams pour into it, meaning they pour and their pouring does not stop.

الحمام يشرب الماء عبا، كما تعب الدواب.

Pigeons drink water by gulping, just as animals do.

وإن لم تجده لم تأتب له، يعني لم تتهيأ لطلبه ولا تشربه؛

And if they did not find it, they would not approach it, meaning they would not prepare to seek it nor drink it.

عباب كل شيء: أوله.

The 'ubab of everything: its beginning.

وفي الحديث: إنا حي من مذحج، عباب سلفها ولباب شرفها.

And in the hadith: We are a tribe from Madhhij, the abundance of its ancestors and the core of its honor.

طرت بعبابها وفزت بحبابها أي سبقت إلى جمة الإسلام، وأدركت أوائله، وشربت صفوه، وحويت فضائله.

I flew with its abundance and attained its fullness, meaning I preceded to the vastness of Islam, reached its beginnings, drank its pure essence, and encompassed its virtues.

والعباب: كثرة الماء.

And 'al-'ubab: abundance of water.

والعباب: المطر الكثير.

And 'al-'ubab: abundant rain.

عباب السيل: معظمه وارتفاعه وكثرته؛ وقيل: عبابه موجه.

The 'ubab of the flood: its most, its height, and its abundance; and it was said: its 'ubab is its wave.

العبب المياه المتدفقة.

Al-'abab: flowing waters.

فصبحت، والشمس لم تقضب، ... عينا، بغضيان، ثجوج العنبب

I arrived in the morning, and the sun had not yet risen, ... a spring in Ghudyan, gushing with abundant water.

والعنبب وعنبب: كلاهما واد، سمي بذلك لأنه يعب الماء، وهو ثلاثي عند سيبويه، وسيأتي ذكره.

And 'al-'anbab' and 'anbab': both are valleys, named so because they 'ab' water, and it is trilateral according to Sibawayh, and its mention will come later.

والعبب: عنب الثعلب، قال: وشجرة يقال لها الراء، ممدود؛ قال ابن حبيب: هو العبب؛ ومن قال عنب الثعلب، فقد أخطأ.

And 'al-'abab: black nightshade, he said: and a tree called 'ar-ra', extended; Ibn Habib said: it is 'al-'abab'; and whoever says black nightshade, has erred.

إذا تربعت، ما بين الشريق إلى ... أرض الفلاج، أولات السرح والعبب

When you spend the spring, between Ash-Shariq and ... the land of Al-Falaj, the owners of the acacia and 'al-'abab.

والعبب: ضرب من النبات؛ زعم أبو حنيفة أنه من الأغلاث.

And 'al-'abab: a type of plant; Abu Hanifa claimed it is from the 'aghlath'.

بنو العباب: قوم من العرب، سموا بذلك لأنهم خالطوا فارس، حتى عبت خيلهم في الفرات.

Banu al-'Abab: a people from the Arabs, named so because they mingled with Persians, until their horses drank from the Euphrates.

واليعبوب: فرس الربيع بن زياد، صفة غالبة.

And 'al-ya'buub': the horse of Rabi' ibn Ziyad, a dominant description.

واليعبوب: الجدول الكثير الماء، الشديد الجرية، وبه شبه الفرس الطويل اليعبوب؛

And 'al-ya'buub': the stream with abundant water and strong current, and by it the tall horse is likened to 'al-ya'buub'.

والحمام يعب الماء عبا ولا يشرب كما يشرب الطير شيئا فشيئا.

And pigeons drink water by gulping and do not drink as birds drink little by little.

والعبيبة: الرمث إذا كان في وطاء من الأرض.

And 'al-'ubaybah': the Rhamnus if it is in a low-lying area of the land.

والعبى، على مثال فعلى، عن كراع: المرأة التي لا تكاد يموت لها ولد.

And 'al-'ubba', on the pattern of 'fu'la', from Kura': a woman whose child almost never dies.

والعبية والعبية: الكبر والفخر.

And 'al-'ubayyah' and 'al-'ubayyah': pride and boastfulness.

ورجل فيه عبية وعبية أي كبر وفخر.

And a man has 'ubayyah' and 'ubayyah', meaning pride and boastfulness.

عبية الجاهلية: نخوتها.

The 'ubayyah of the Jahiliyyah: its arrogance.

إن الله وضع عنكم عبية الجاهلية، وتعظمها بآبائها ، يعني الكبر، بضم العين، وتكسر.

Indeed, Allah has removed from you the pride of the Jahiliyyah, and its greatness through its ancestors, meaning arrogance, with a dammah on the 'ayn, and a kasrah.

والعبعب: الشباب التام.

And 'al-'ab'ab': complete youth.

بعد الجمال والشباب العبعب

After beauty and complete youth.

وشباب عبعب: تام.

And 'shabab 'ab'ab': complete.

وشاب عبعب: ممتلئ الشباب.

And a 'shab 'ab'ab': full of youth.

والعبعب: ثوب واسع.

And 'al-'ab'ab': a wide garment.

والعبعب: كساء غليظ، كثير الغزل، ناعم يعمل من وبر الإبل.

And 'al-'ab'ab': a thick, finely spun, soft garment made from camel hair.

والعبعب: صنم، وقد يقال بالغين المعجمة؛ وربما سمي موضع الصنم عبعبا.

And 'al-'ab'ab': an idol, and it may be said with a ghayn; and sometimes the place of the idol is named 'ab'ab'.

والعبعب والعبعاب: الطويل من الناس.

And 'al-'ab'ab' and 'al-'ab'ab': the tall person.

والعبعب: التيس من الظباء.

And 'al-'ab'ab': the male goat (ibex).

تعبعبت الشيء، وتوعبته، واستوعبته، وتقمقمته، وتضممته إذا أتيت عليه كله.

You 'tab'abta' the thing, and 'aw'abta'hu, and 'istaw'abta'hu, and 'taqamqamta'hu, and 'tadammanta'hu if you completed it entirely.

ورجل عبعاب قبقاب إذا كان واسع الحلق والجوف، جليل الكلام؛

And a 'ab'ab qabqab man if he has a wide throat and belly, and speaks grandly.

بعد شباب عبعب التصوير يعني ضخم الصورة، جليل الكلام.

After youth 'ab'ab of form, meaning large in form, grand in speech.

وعبعب إذا انهزم، وعب إذا شرب، وعب إذا حسن وجهه بعد تغير، وعب الشمس: ضوءها، بالتخفيف؛

And 'ab'aba' if he fled, and 'abba' if he drank, and 'abba' if his face improved after a change, and 'abb ash-shams: its light, with shortening.

ورأس عب الشمس المخوف ذماؤها

And the head of 'abb ash-shams, whose blood is feared.

ومنهم من يقول: عب الشمس، فيشدد الباء.

And some of them say: 'abb ash-shams, with a shadda on the ba'.

عب الشمس ضوء الصبح.

'Abb ash-shams: the light of the morning.

كأن فاها عب قر بارد

As if her mouth were 'abb qarr of cold.

وبه سمي عبشمس؛ وقولهم: عب شمس؛ أرادوا عبد شمس.

And by it 'Abshams was named; and their saying: 'Abb shams; they meant 'Abd Shams.

بنو عب الشمس، وفي قريش: بنو عبد الشمس.

Banu 'Ab ash-Shams, and among Quraysh: Banu 'Abd ash-Shams.

عب عب إذا أمرته أن يستتر.

'Ab 'ab' if you order him to hide.

صددت، عن الأعداء يوم عباعب، ... صدود المذاكي أفرعتها المساحل

I turned away from the enemies on the day of 'Abā'ib, ... the turning away of the mares that the plains have made fertile.