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ربش

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes things that are multicolored or variegated. It extends to describe plants that have sprouted leaves or fruits, and land or years characterized by abundant and varied vegetation.

Derived headwords

الأَرْبَشadjective
  1. 1.
    Multicoloredboth

    Describing something with different colors, such as red spots mixed with black or dusty ones.

أَرْبَشadjective
  1. 1.
    Multicoloredclassical

    Possessing varied colors, specifically used for a horse with mixed colors. Al-Lihyani restricted this term to a mule.

أَرْبَشَverb
  1. 1.
    To sprout leavesclassical

    Used to describe trees that have begun to grow leaves.

  2. 2.
    To bear fruitclassical

    Used to describe trees that have produced fruit, likened to chickpeas in appearance.

مَكَانٌ أَرْبَشadjective
  1. 1.
    Abundant and varied vegetationboth

    Describing a place that is rich in plants and has a variety of different types or colors of vegetation.

أَرْبَشَverb
  1. 1.
    To sprout and budclassical

    Used to describe land that has become verdant, with plants sprouting and budding.

أَرْضٌ رَبْشَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    Abundant and varied grassboth

    Describing land that is covered in plentiful grass of different colors.

سَنَةٌ رَبْشَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    Abundant grassboth

    Describing a year characterized by a large amount of grass, implying fertility and abundance.

Parallel reading

الأربش: المختلف اللون نقطة حمراء وأخرى سوداء أو غبراء أو نحو ذلك.
Al-Arbash: multicolored, a red spot and another black or dusty, or the like.
وفرس أربش: ذو برش مختلف اللون، وخص اللحياني به البرذون.
And a multicolored horse: possessing varied colors, and Al-Lihyani specified it for the mule.
وأربش الشجر: أورق، وقيل أربش أخرج ثمره كأنه حمص، عن ابن الأعرابي، وكذلك حكي حمص، بفتح الميم، وهو رواية.
And the trees became multicolored: they sprouted leaves, and it was said they bore fruit resembling chickpeas, from Ibn Al-A'rabi. Likewise, it was narrated as 'hummis' (with fatha on the mim), which is a narration.
ومكان أربش وأبرش: كثير النبت مختلفه.
And a multicolored place: abundant in vegetation and varied.
أرمش الأرض وأربش وأنقد إذا أورق وتفطر.
The land became verdant, sprouted, and budded when it grew leaves and split open.
وأرض ربشاء وبرشاء: كثيرة العشب مختلف ألوانها.
And a land that is rabsha' and barsha': abundant in grass with varied colors.
وسنة ربشاء ورمشاء وبرشاء: كثيرة العشب.
And a year that is rabsha', ramsha', and barsha': abundant in grass.