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خضبه

Root entry · 20 derived lemmas

The root خضبه (khadaba) primarily relates to the concept of coloring, specifically with green or reddish hues, often associated with dyeing, vegetation, and the appearance of certain natural phenomena. It encompasses terms for dyeing, the color itself, and things that are dyed or appear colored.

Derived headwords

خَضَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to dyeboth

    To color something, especially hair or hands, with a dye, typically a reddish or greenish color.

  2. 2.
    to become greenboth

    Used for plants and trees, indicating they have become green with new growth.

  3. 3.
    to become green with new growthclassical

    Specifically referring to the new shoots or leaves of trees and plants.

يَخْضِبُهُverb
  1. 1.
    its colorclassical

    Referring to the color of something, often implying a dyed or colored appearance.

لونه، كخضبه — its color, like its dyeing
كَخَضَبَهُverb
  1. 1.
    like its dyeingclassical

    An expression used for comparison, indicating a similarity to the act or result of dyeing.

كَفٌّ خَضِيبٌadjective
  1. 1.
    dyed handboth

    A hand that has been colored or dyed, typically with henna or another cosmetic dye.

امْرَأَةٌ خَضِيبٌadjective
  1. 1.
    dyed womanclassical

    A woman who frequently dyes her hair or hands.

بَنَانٌ مَخْضُوبٌadjective
  1. 1.
    dyed fingertipsboth

    Fingertips that have been dyed, usually with henna.

خَضِيبٌadjective
  1. 1.
    dyedboth

    Colored or dyed, particularly referring to hair, hands, or fingertips.

مُخَضَّبٌadjective
  1. 1.
    dyedboth

    Colored or dyed, similar to خضيب, often used for hands or hair.

الكف الخضيبname
  1. 1.
    The Dyed Handclassical

    A name for a specific star or constellation.

والكف الخضيب: نجم — And Al-Kaff Al-Khadib: a star.
الخِضَابnoun
  1. 1.
    dyeboth

    The substance used for dyeing, typically hair or hands, often a reddish or greenish color.

مايختضب به — what is used for dyeing
الخَاضِبnoun
  1. 1.
    male ostrichclassical

    A male ostrich whose legs have become reddish due to exertion, diet, or the onset of heat.

  2. 2.
    reddening of legsclassical

    The reddish hue that appears on the legs of a male ostrich, or the reddening of the legs of a male animal when aroused or after eating certain plants.

الظليم اغتلم فاحمرت ساقاه — the male ostrich became aroused and its legs turned red
اخْضَوْضَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to become greenclassical

    To become green, used for plants and trees indicating new growth.

اخْضَرَّverb
  1. 1.
    to become greenboth

    To turn green, referring to vegetation.

خُضُوبًاnoun
  1. 1.
    greennessboth

    The state of being green, especially referring to new plant growth.

خَضَبَ الشجرverb
  1. 1.
    trees became greenboth

    The trees became green with new leaves or shoots.

خَضَبَ النخلverb
  1. 1.
    date palms produced green spathesclassical

    The date palms produced their green spathes or inflorescences.

الخَضَبnoun
  1. 1.
    greenness of spathesclassical

    The green color of the spathes of date palms.

  2. 2.
    new growthboth

    The fresh, green growth of plants and trees.

واسم تلك الخضرة: الخضب — and the name of that greenness: Al-Khadab
اخْضَبَّتْverb
  1. 1.
    sproutedboth

    Referring to the land, meaning its plants have begun to sprout and grow.

الخُضُوبnoun
  1. 1.
    new green growthboth

    The fresh, green appearance of plants, especially in early spring.

المِخْضَبnoun
  1. 1.
    dyeing basinclassical

    A large basin or trough used for dyeing fabrics or hair.

Parallel reading

لونه، كخضبه
its color, like its dyeing
والكف الخضيب: نجم
And Al-Kaff Al-Khadib: a star.
والخضاب، ككتاب: مايختضب به
And Al-Khadab, like Kitab: what is used for dyeing.
والخاضب: الظليم اغتلم فاحمرت ساقاه
And Al-Khadib: the male ostrich became aroused and its legs turned red.
أو أكل الربيع فاحمر ظنبوباه، أو اخضرا أو اصفرا
or ate the spring vegetation and its shins turned red, or green, or yellow.
أو هو احمرار يبدأ في وظيفيه عند بدء احمرار البسر، وينتهي بانتهائه
or it is a redness that begins in its shins at the start of the date's ripening and ends with its completion.
وخضب الشجر يخضب، وكسمع وعني، خضوبا واخضوضب: اخضر
And trees became green (khadaba), and as sam'a and 'aniya, they became green (khuduban wa-ikhdoudaba): they became green.
والنخل خضبا: اخضر طلعه
And the date palms produced green spathes (khadaba): their spathes became green.
واسم تلك الخضرة: الخضب، ج: خضوب
And the name of that greenness: Al-Khadab, plural: Khadub.
والأرض: طلع نباتها، كأخضبت
And the land: its plants sprouted, as if it became green (akhdabat).
والخضب: الجديد من النبات، يمطر فيخضر، كالخضوب، كصبور
And Al-Khadab: the new vegetation, which rains upon and becomes green, like Al-Khudub, like Sabur.
أو ما يظهر من الشجر من خضرة في بدء الإيراق
or what appears on trees as greenness at the beginning of leafing.
والمخضب، كمنبر: المركن
And Al-Mikhḍab, like Minbar: the dyeing basin.
وكغراب: ع باليمن
And as Ghurab: a place in Yemen.