قهب

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

The root 'قهب' primarily relates to concepts of age, antiquity, and specific colors, particularly a mixture of white with redness or dustiness. It describes elderly people and animals, as well as certain shades of color in animals and objects.

Derived headwords

القَهْبnoun

1.
The agedclassical
Referring to an old or aged person.
2.
Old camelclassical
A camel that has passed the stage of being a 'bazil' (a camel that has completed its first year of pregnancy or given birth).
3.
Great/Tallclassical
Describing something as large or tall.
4.
Colorclassical
A color that is whitish with a dusty or reddish hue.
5.
White with dustinessclassical
Describing something white that is overlaid with dustiness or a dullness.

قَهَبَverb

1.
To become agedclassical
To grow old or become aged.
2.
To have a dusty white colorclassical
To exhibit a color that is white with a dusty or dull hue.

قَهْبَاadverb

1.
Ancientlyclassical
Indicating great antiquity or ancient origin.

قَحَبَverb

1.
To become agedclassical
To become old or aged, similar to 'qahaba'.

قَحَرverb

1.
To become agedclassical
To become old or aged, used in parallel with 'qahaba' and 'qahaba'.

الأَقْهَبadjective

1.
Mixed color (white/reddish)classical
Describing something that has a color mixed with white and redness.
2.
Dull white/greyishclassical
Having a color that is a dull white, tending towards grey or dustiness.
3.
Darkened whiteclassical
Describing a white color that is mixed with darkness or blackness.

الأَقْهَبَانnoun

1.
Elephant and buffaloclassical
The elephant and the buffalo, named so due to their color.

القَهْبَةnoun

1.
Color of 'aqhab'classical
The specific color described by 'aqhab', a mixture of white with redness or dustiness.
2.
Dusty grey to blackclassical
A color that tends towards dustiness, grey, or blackness.

القَهَبِيّnoun

1.
Male partridgeclassical
The male of the partridge bird.

القُهَيْبَةnoun

1.
Small birdclassical
A small bird found in Tihama, having white and green colors, a type of partridge.

القُهُوبَةnoun

1.
Arrowhead notchclassical
A notch in an arrowhead, often with three divisions, or sometimes two joined parts.
2.
Small arrowsclassical
Small, round arrows.

القُهُوبَاةnoun

1.
Arrowhead notchclassical
A variant form for the notch in an arrowhead, with debated grammatical validity.

القَهْبَاءadjective

1.
Dusty whiteclassical
Describing a color that is white with a dusty or dull hue.

Parallel reading

إن تميما كان قهبا من عاد

Indeed, Tamim was ancient from the people of 'Ad.

إن تميما كان قهبا قهقبا أي كان قديم الأصل عاديه.

Indeed, Tamim was ancient, ancient, meaning he was of ancient origin.

ويقال للشيخ إذا أسن: قحر وقحب وقهب.

And it is said of an old man when he ages: he is qahr, qahab, and qahaba.

والقهب من الإبل: بعد البازل.

And 'al-qahb' from camels refers to a camel after it has passed the 'bazil' stage.

والقهب: العظيم.

And 'al-qahb' means great or large.

وقيل: الطويل من الجبال، وجمعه قهاب.

And it was said: tall from the mountains, and its plural is 'qihab'.

وقيل: القهاب جبال سود تخالطها حمرة.

And it was said: 'al-qihab' are black mountains mixed with redness.

والأقهب: الذي يخلط بياضه حمرة.

And 'al-aqhab' is that whose whiteness is mixed with redness.

وقيل: الأقهب الذي فيه حمرة إلى غبرة؛

And it was said: 'al-aqhab' is that which has redness tending towards dustiness.

وأدركهن، ثانيا من عنانه، ... كغيث العشي الأقهب المتودق

And he overtook them, second from his rein, ... like the rain of the evening, the aqhab, the abundant.

والأقهب: ما كان لونه إلى الكدرة مع البياض للسواد.

And 'al-aqhab' is that whose color tends towards dullness with whiteness and blackness.

والأقهبان: الفيل والجاموس؛ كل واحد منهما أقهب، للونه

And 'al-aqhaban' are the elephant and the buffalo; each of them is 'aqhab' due to its color.

والاسم القهبة؛ والقهبة: لون الأقهب،

And the noun is 'al-qahbah'; and 'al-qahbah' is the color of 'al-aqhab'.

وقيل: هو غبرة إلى سواد،

And it was said: it is a dustiness tending towards blackness.

وقد قهب قهبا.

And he became 'qahb' (aged or colored so).

والقهب: الأبيض تعلوه كدرة،

And 'al-qahb' is white overlaid with dullness.

يقال: إنه لقهب الإهاب، وقهابه، وقهابيه، والأنثى قهبة لا غير؛

It is said: he has a 'qahb' hide, and its 'qahabah', and its 'qahabiyah', and the female is only 'qahbah'.

والقهبي: اليعقوب، وهو الذكر من الحجل؛

And 'al-qahbi' is the partridge, which is the male of the partridge bird.

إلا القهاب مع القهبي، والحذف

Except the partridges with the 'qahbi' and the 'hadhf'.

والقهيبة: طائر يكون بتهامة، فيه بياض وخضرة، وهو نوع من الحجل.

And 'al-quhaybah' is a bird in Tihama, having whiteness and greenness, and it is a type of partridge.

والقهوبة والقهوباة «3» من نصال السهام: ذات شعب ثلاث، وربما كانت ذات حديدتين، تنضمان أحيانا، وتنفرجان أخرى.

And 'al-quhubah' and 'al-quhubah' from arrowheads: having three divisions, and sometimes having two iron pieces, which join at times and separate at others.

والقهوبات: السهام الصغار المقرطسات، واحدها قهوبة؛

And 'al-quhubat' are small, round arrows, the singular of which is 'quhubah'.

قال أبو عمرو: القهبة سواد في حمرة.

Abu Amr said: 'al-qahbah' is blackness in redness.

فالقهب: الأبيض، والأقهب: الأدلم، كما ترى.

So 'al-qahb' is white, and 'al-aqhab' is dark/black, as you see.