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خاب

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to states of lack, deficiency, and barrenness. It encompasses concepts of poverty, hunger, and unproductive or unwatered land.

Derived headwords

خَابَverb
  1. 1.
    to be poorboth

    To become impoverished or destitute.

خَوْبًاnoun
  1. 1.
    povertyclassical

    The state of being poor or lacking wealth.

الخُوبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    hungerboth

    The sensation of needing food; a state of starvation.

  2. 2.
    barren landclassical

    Land that has not received rain between two periods of rainfall, implying a lack of moisture and fertility.

  3. 3.
    unproductive landclassical

    Land that lacks vegetation or pasture due to insufficient rain or other factors.

Parallel reading

خاب خوبا: افتقر.
He became poor due to poverty: he was impoverished.
والخوبة: الجوع،
And al-khūbah: hunger,
والأرض لم تمطر بين ممطورتين،
and land that did not rain between two rainfalls,
والأرض لا رعي بها.
and land with no pasture on it.