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غشب

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to be a variant spelling or pronunciation of another root, 'غشم'. It is suggested to potentially refer to a place name, from which a nisba (attribution) might be derived.

Derived headwords

الغَشَبnoun
  1. 1.
    variant of الغشمclassical

    This is presented as a linguistic variant of the word الغشم.

  2. 2.
    place nameclassical

    It is hypothesized that الغشب might be the name of a place.

غَشَبِيّname
  1. 1.
    نسبة to Ghushabclassical

    This is a nisba (an adjective or noun indicating relation) derived from a place name, Ghushab.

Parallel reading

الغَشَب: لغة في الغشم
Al-Ghashab: a linguistic variant of Al-Ghasham.
وأحسب أن الغشب موضع
And I reckon that Al-Ghashab is a place.
لأنهم قد سموا غشبيا
Because they have named someone Ghushabi.
فيجوز أن يكون منسوبا إليه
So it is permissible that it is attributed to it (the place).