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الخلب

Root entry · 27 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to sharp, cutting, or tearing actions, often associated with claws or sharp objects. It extends to concepts of deception, taking possession, and also describes certain anatomical parts, plants, and even weather phenomena.

Derived headwords

خَلَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to wound, scratch, cutboth

    To injure someone with a claw, or to scratch or cut them.

  2. 2.
    to seize preyclassical

    To take prey with one's claw.

  3. 3.
    to rob of intellectclassical

    To take away someone's mind or reason.

  4. 4.
    to biteclassical

    To bite someone.

خَلْبnoun
  1. 1.
    claw, talonboth

    The claw or talon of any predatory animal, whether terrestrial or avian. It can specifically refer to the talon of a bird of prey.

  2. 2.
    thin membraneclassical

    A thin membrane connecting the ribs, or related to the liver, such as an addition to it, its covering, or a thin white layer attached to it.

  3. 3.
    radishclassical

    The radish plant.

  4. 4.
    grape leavesclassical

    The leaves of the grapevine.

خَلَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to deceiveboth

    To trick or deceive someone.

خَلَبًاnoun
  1. 1.
    deceptionclassical

    An act of deception or trickery.

خِلَابًاnoun
  1. 1.
    deceptionclassical

    An act of deception or trickery.

خَلَابَةnoun
  1. 1.
    deceptionclassical

    An act of deception or trickery.

اِسْتَخْلَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to wound, scratch, cutclassical

    To injure someone with a claw, or to scratch or cut them.

اِخْتَلَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to deceiveclassical

    To trick or deceive someone.

خَالَـبَverb
  1. 1.
    to deceiveclassical

    To trick or deceive someone.

خَلِيبَىadjective
  1. 1.
    deceptiveclassical

    A person who is deceptive or a trickster.

خَالِفَىadjective
  1. 1.
    deceptiveclassical

    A person who is deceptive or a trickster.

مِخْلَبnoun
  1. 1.
    sickleclassical

    A sickle, a tool used for cutting crops.

  2. 2.
    claw, talonboth

    The claw or talon of any predatory animal, whether terrestrial or avian. It can specifically refer to the talon of a bird of prey.

خَلَبnoun
  1. 1.
    thin membraneclassical

    A thin membrane connecting the ribs, or related to the liver, such as an addition to it, its covering, or a thin white layer attached to it.

  2. 2.
    radishclassical

    The radish plant.

  3. 3.
    grape leavesclassical

    The leaves of the grapevine.

خَلَبُ نِسَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    womanizerclassical

    A man who is fond of women for conversation and promiscuity, and who is also attractive to them.

أَخْلَابُ نِسَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    womanizersclassical

    Men who are fond of women for conversation and promiscuity, and who are also attractive to them.

خَلْبَاءُ نِسَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    womanizerclassical

    A man who is fond of women for conversation and promiscuity, and who is also attractive to them.

خُلُبnoun
  1. 1.
    date palm pithclassical

    The pith or core of a date palm.

  2. 2.
    date palm fiberclassical

    The fibrous material from a date palm.

  3. 3.
    ropeclassical

    A strong, thin rope made from date palm fiber.

  4. 4.
    clayclassical

    Clay, or its hard, sticky form, or its black variety.

خُلُبnoun
  1. 1.
    clayclassical

    Clay, or its hard, sticky form, or its black variety.

مُخْلَبnoun
  1. 1.
    water with clayclassical

    Water mixed with clay.

خَلَبnoun
  1. 1.
    cloud without rainclassical

    A cloud that appears promising but brings no rain.

بَرْقُ الخَلَبnoun
  1. 1.
    deceptive lightningclassical

    Lightning that appears to promise rain but does not deliver.

بَرْقُ خُلُبnoun
  1. 1.
    deceptive lightningclassical

    Lightning that appears to promise rain but does not deliver.

خَلَبَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    clumsy, awkwardclassical

    A woman who is clumsy or awkward.

خَلْبَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to be clumsyclassical

    To be clumsy or awkward.

خَلْبَنnoun
  1. 1.
    clumsy womanclassical

    A clumsy or awkward woman.

  2. 2.
    emaciatedclassical

    A description of being emaciated or very thin.

مِخْلَبadjective
  1. 1.
    highly embroideredclassical

    Describing something that is richly or intricately embroidered.

خَلَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to be fond of womenclassical

    To be fond of women for conversation and promiscuity, and to be attractive to them.

Parallel reading

خلبه بظفره يخلبه ويخلبه: جرحه، أو خدشه، أو قطعه
He wounded him with his claw, he wounds him and he wounds him: he injured him, or scratched him, or cut him.
أو قطعه، كاستخلبه
Or cut him, like asking him to be wounded.
والفريسة: أخذها بمخلبه
And the prey: he took it with his claw.
وفلانا عقله: سلبه إياه
And so-and-so his mind: he robbed him of it.
وعضه
And he bit him.
وكنصره خلبا وخلابا وخلابة: خدعه
And like his support, he deceived him with deception, trickery, and deceit.
كاختلبه وخالبه
Like he deceived him and he deceived him.
وهو الخليبى، كخليفى
And he is the deceiver, like a deceiver.
ورجل خالب وخلاب وخلبوت، محركة، وخلبوب، بباءين
And a man is a deceiver, a great deceiver, and a deceiver, agitated, and a deceiver, with two 'b's.
وامرأة خالبة وخلبة، كفرحة، وخلوب وخلابة وخلبوت
And a woman is a deceiver, and a deceiver, like a happy woman, and a seductress, and a deceiver, and a deceiver.
والمخلب: المنجل
And the claw: the sickle.
وظفر كل سبع من الماشي والطائر
And the claw of every beast of burden and bird.
أو هو لما يصيد من الطير، والظفر لما لا يصيد
Or it is for what it hunts of birds, and the claw is for what it does not hunt.
والخلب، بالكسر: لحيمة رقيقة تصل بين الأضلاع، أو الكبد، أو زيادتها، أو حجابها، أو شيء أبيض رقيق لازق بها
And the claw, with a kasra: a thin membrane connecting the ribs, or the liver, or its addition, or its veil, or a thin white thing attached to it.
والفجل، وورق الكرم
And the radish, and the leaves of the vine.
وخلب نساء: يحبهن للحديث والفجور، ويحببنه
And he is fond of women: he loves them for conversation and promiscuity, and they love him.
وهم أخلاب نساء، وخلباء نساء
And they are men fond of women, and men fond of women.
وبالضم وبضمتين: لب النخلة، أو قلبها، والليف، والحبل منه الصلب الرقيق
And with damma and two dammas: the pith of the palm tree, or its heart, and the fiber, and the strong, thin rope from it.
والطين أو صلبه اللازب، أو أسوده
And the clay or its hard, sticky form, or its black variety.
وماء مخلب، كمحسن: ذو خلب
And muddy water, like Muhsin: having clay in it.
وكقبر: السحاب لا مطر فيه
And like a grave: a cloud with no rain in it.
والبرق الخلب، وبرق الخلب، وبرق خلب: المطمع المخلف
And the deceptive lightning, and the deceptive lightning, and the deceptive lightning: the unfulfilled promise.
ومنـه: حسن بن قحطبة الخلبي المحدث
And from it: Hasan bin Qahtaba al-Khalabi the traditionist.
والخلباء والخلبن: الخرقاء، خلبت، كفرح
And the clumsy woman and the clumsy woman: the awkward one, she was clumsy, like a happy woman.
والخلبن: المهزولة
And the clumsy woman: the emaciated one.
والمخلب، كمعظم: الكثير الوشي
And the claw, like the great one: the highly embroidered one.