الخراب

Root entry · 25 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns destruction, ruin, and desolation, contrasting with construction and habitation. It extends to concepts of damage, decay, and the physical manifestations of such states, including holes and openings. It also encompasses related ideas like theft and corruption.

Derived headwords

الخَرَابnoun

1.
ruin, destructionboth
The opposite of civilization and construction; a state of devastation and dilapidation.
2.
ruinsboth
Plural form referring to ruined structures or places.

أَخْرِبَةnoun

1.
ruinsboth
Plural of 'kharab', referring to ruined places or structures.

خَرِبَverb

1.
to be ruined, destroyedboth
To become dilapidated, devastated, or destroyed.
2.
to become a thiefclassical
To turn into a robber or thief.

أَخْرَبَverb

1.
to ruin, destroyboth
To cause something to be ruined or destroyed; to devastate.

خَرَّبَverb

1.
to ruin, destroyboth
To cause ruin or destruction; to demolish or devastate.
2.
to pierce, splitboth
To make a hole in something, to pierce or split it.
3.
to stealboth
To steal livestock, such as camels.

الخِرْبَةnoun

1.
place of ruinboth
A location that is ruined or desolate.
2.
sieveclassical
A tool used for sifting, like a sieve or riddle.
3.
flaw, defectclassical
A blemish, fault, or imperfection.
4.
mistake, slipclassical
An error or blunder.

خِرْبَاتnoun

1.
ruinsboth
Plural of 'khirbah', referring to ruined places.
2.
holesboth
Plural of 'khirbah', referring to holes or openings.

خُرُبَاتnoun

1.
holesboth
Plural of 'kharabah', referring to round holes or openings.

الخُرْبَةnoun

1.
round holeboth
A circular opening or perforation.
2.
ear piercingboth
The hole made by piercing the earlobe.
3.
eye of a needleboth
The opening in a needle through which thread is passed.
4.
strap loopboth
The loop or handle of a waterskin.
5.
container for provisionsclassical
A vessel in which a shepherd keeps his provisions.
6.
corruption in religionclassical
Moral or religious decay and corruption.

الأَخْرَبadjective

1.
pierced earboth
Having an ear that is pierced or slit.

الخَرَبnoun

1.
male bustardclassical
The male bird of the species known as the bustard.
2.
bristly hairclassical
Hair that is stiff and bristly, especially on the flank or elbow.
3.
corruptionclassical
Moral or religious corruption.

خَرَبَverb

1.
to pierce, splitboth
To make a hole or split in something.
2.
to stealboth
To steal livestock.

خَرَبَverb

1.
to stealboth
To steal livestock, such as camels.

خَرُوبnoun

1.
carob treeboth
A wild tree bearing fruit resembling apples but unpleasant, or a cultivated variety with fruit like a cucumber but wider.

الخَرُّوبnoun

1.
carob treeboth
A tree, specifically the carob tree, known for its fruit.

الخَرَابَةnoun

1.
rope of palm fiberclassical
A rope made from palm fibers.
2.
stone plateclassical
A flat stone with a hole, used to tie a rope.
3.
eye of a needleboth
The opening of a needle or similar object.

مُخَرَّبَةadjective

1.
ruined, destroyedboth
In a state of ruin or destruction.
2.
emptyboth
Devoid of contents; empty.

التَّخَارِيبnoun

1.
holes, cavitiesboth
Numerous holes or cavities, like those made by wasps or where bees store honey.

تَخَرَّبَverb

1.
to be ruined, destroyedboth
To become ruined or destroyed, often due to misfortune.

اسْتَخْرَبَverb

1.
to be broken by misfortuneclassical
To be overcome or broken by a calamity or misfortune.
2.
to long forclassical
To yearn or long for something.

مُخَرِّبَةname

1.
name of a companionclassical
A female given name, borne by companions of the Prophet.

الخَرُّوبnoun

1.
carob treeboth
A type of tree, specifically the carob tree, with edible or medicinal fruit.

الخَرَنَّبnoun

1.
carob treeboth
A variant spelling for the carob tree.

الخَرَّابَةnoun

1.
rope of palm fiberclassical
A rope made from palm fibers.
2.
stone plateclassical
A flat stone with a hole, used to tie a rope.
3.
eye of a needleboth
The opening of a needle or similar object.

الخَرَنَابَتَانnoun

1.
two holesclassical
A dual form referring to two specific types of holes or openings.

Parallel reading

الخراب: ضد العمران

Ruin: the opposite of civilization.

وخرب، كفرح، وأخربه وخربه.

And 'khariba', as in 'faraha', and 'akhraba' and 'kharraba'.

والخربة، كفرحة: موضع الخراب

And 'al-khirbah', as in 'farhah': a place of ruin.

والخربة، (بالفتح) : الغربال.

And 'al-kharabah', (with fatha): the sieve.

وبالتحريك: أرض لغسان، وموضع لبني عجل، وسوق باليمامة، والعيب، والعورة، والزلة

And with harakah: land of Ghassan, a place of Banu 'Ijil, a market in Yamama, a defect, a shame, and a slip.

وبالكسر: هيئة الخارب

And with kasr: the state or manner of a destroyer.

وبالضم: كل ثقب مستدير، وسعة خرق الأذن، كالأخرب، و من الإبرة والاست: ثقبها، كخربها وخرابتها، مشددة ويضمان

And with damma: every round hole, the width of an ear piercing, like 'al-akhrab', and from the needle and the waterskin: its hole, like 'kharbuha' and 'kharabatuha', with shadda and two dammas.

وعروة المزادة أو أذنها، ج: خرب، وخروب، وهذه نادرة، وأخراب

And the loop of the waterskin or its handle, pl.: 'khurub', and 'khurub', and this is rare, and 'akhrab'.

ووعاء يجعل فيه الراعي زاده، والفساد في الدين، كالخرب، ويفتحان.

And a container in which the shepherd puts his provisions, and corruption in religion, like 'al-kharab', and they are opened (with fatha).

وخربه: ضرب خربته، وثقبه أو شقه

And 'kharraba' it: he struck its hole, pierced it or split it.

وفلان: صار لصا

And so-and-so: he became a thief.

والدار: خربها، دخ؟؟

And the house: he ruined it, entered??

وبإبل فلان خرابة، بالكسر والفتح، وخربا وخروبا: سرقها.

And with so-and-so's camels, 'kharabah', with kasr and fatha, and 'kharaba' and 'khuruba': he stole them.

والخرب، محركة: ذكر الحبارى، والشعر المقشعر في الخاصرة، أو المختلف وسط المرفق، ج: أخراب وخراب وخربان، (بكسرهما).

And 'al-kharab', with harakah: the male bustard, and bristly hair on the flank, or mixed in the middle of the elbow, pl.: 'akhrab', 'kharab', and 'kharaban', (with kasr of both).

والخرباء: الأذن المشقوقة الشحمة، ومعزى خربت أذنها وليس لخربتها طول ولا عرض.

And 'al-kharbaa': the ear with a slit lobe, and goats whose ears are slit and their slits have neither length nor width.

والأخرب: المشقوق الأذن، والمصدر: الخرب، محركة، وبضم الراء: ع.

And 'al-akhrab': the one with a slit ear, and the masdar: 'al-kharab', with harakah, and with damma of the ra: a place name.

وكجبل: ع بالبصرة يسمى البصيرة الصغرى.

And like 'jabal': a place name in Basra called the Lesser Basira.

وأخراب: ع بنجد.

And 'Akhrab': a place name in Najd.

وخروبة، مشددة: حصن مشرف على عكا.

And 'Kharubah', with shadda: a fortress overlooking Acre.

واستخرب: انكسر من مصيبة، و إليه: اشتاق.

And 'istakhraba': he was broken by a misfortune, and to it: he longed.

ومخربة بن عدي، كمرحلة، ومخربة، كمحدثة: مدرك بن خوط الصحابي، وكذلك أسماء بنت مخربة، وسلامة بن مخربة بن جندل، والمثنى بن مخربة العبدي.

And 'Mukharribah' bint 'Adi, like 'marhalah', and 'Mukharribah', like 'muhaddathah': Mudrik b. Khawth the companion, and likewise Asma' bint Mukharribah, Salamah b. Mukharribah b. Jandil, and Al-Muthanna b. Mukharribah Al-'Abdi.

والخروب، كتنور، ms0075 والخرنوب، وقد تفتح هذه: شجر بريه شوك ذو حمل كالتفاح، لكنه بشع، وشاميه ذو حمل كالخيارشنبر، إلا أنه عريض وله رب وسويق.

And 'al-khurub', like 'tanur', and 'al-kharnub', and these may be opened (with fatha): a wild thorny tree with fruit like apples, but unpleasant, and its Syrian variety has fruit like cassia, except it is wide and has syrup and flour.

والخرابة، كثمامة: حبل من ليف، وصفيحة من حجارة تثقب فيشد فيها حبل، وثقب الإبرة ونحوها.

And 'al-kharabah', like 'thamamah': a rope of palm fiber, and a stone plate pierced to tie a rope in it, and the eye of a needle and the like.

وخلية مخربة، كمحسنة: فارغة.

And an empty beehive, like 'muhsanah': empty.

والتخاريب: خروق كبيوت الزنابير، والثقب التي تمج النحل العسل فيها.

And 'al-takharib': holes like wasp nests, and the holes in which bees store honey.

وتخرب القادح الشجرة: قدحها.

And 'takharaba' the woodcutter the tree: he cut it.

والخرابتان، مشددة، والخرنابتان، بكسرهما: الخنابتان.

And 'al-kharabatan', with shadda, and 'al-kharnabatan', with kasr of both: the two 'khanabatan'.

والتخربوت، في: ت خ ر ب.

And 'al-takharbut', in: T-KH-R-B.