ذب

Root entry · 32 derived lemmas

The root ذب (dhb) primarily relates to concepts of pushing away, repelling, and defending. It extends to meanings of drying up, becoming weak or emaciated, and also encompasses terms for specific animals, parts of the body, and abstract concepts like strife and misfortune.

Derived headwords

ذَبَّ عَنْهُverb

1.
to defendboth
To push away or repel in order to protect someone or something.
2.
to preventboth
To ward off or stop something from happening.

ذَبَّverb

1.
to wanderclassical
To move about restlessly or inconsistently, not staying in one place.
2.
to dry upclassical
Said of a body of water, to dry up due to heat.
3.
to dry outboth
Said of lips, to become dry due to thirst or other reasons.
4.
to waste awayboth
Said of a body, to become thin and weak.
5.
to witherboth
Said of plants, to become dry and lifeless.
6.
to dwindleclassical
Said of the day, when only a small portion remains.
7.
to become paleboth
Said of a person, to lose color in their face.

تَذْبيباًnoun

1.
strenuous travelclassical
Spending the night in arduous travel, causing fatigue.

مُذَبْذِبadjective

1.
hurried and solitaryclassical
Describing a rider who is moving quickly and alone.

ظَمْءٌ مُذَبْذَبٌadjective

1.
long thirstclassical
A prolonged thirst that necessitates a long and hurried journey to water.

بَعِيرٌ ذَابٌadjective

1.
unsteady camelclassical
A camel that cannot stand steady in one place, likely due to weakness or illness.

مُذَبٌّnoun

1.
defense of kinclassical
The act of defending one's family or honor.

الذِّئْبُnoun

1.
wild bullclassical
A wild bull, also referred to as 'dh'b al-riyād'.

الذِّئْبُ الرِّيَادِnoun

1.
wild bullclassical
A specific name for a wild bull.

الأَذَبُّnoun

1.
wild bullclassical
Another term for a wild bull.

الذَّنَبَبُnoun

1.
wild bullclassical
Another term for a wild bull.

شَفَةٌ ذَبَابَةٌadjective

1.
parched lipboth
A lip that is dry and cracked, often from thirst.

الذُّبَابُnoun

1.
fliesboth
The common insect, flies.
2.
beesclassical
Also refers to bees.

أَذِبَّةٌnoun

1.
flies (plural)both
Plural form of 'dhubāb' (flies).

ذُبَّانٌnoun

1.
flies (plural)both
Plural form of 'dhubāb' (flies).

ذُبٌّnoun

1.
flies (plural)both
Plural form of 'dhubāb' (flies).

أَرْضٌ مَذَبَّةٌadjective

1.
fly-infested landclassical
Land that is abundant with flies.

مَذْبُوبَةٌadjective

1.
fly-infested landclassical
Land that is abundant with flies.

المَذَبَّةُnoun

1.
repellentclassical
Something used to repel or drive away.

الذُّبَابُnoun

1.
black spot in eyeclassical
A black spot in the pupil of a horse's eye.
2.
sword's edgeclassical
The sharp edge or tip of a sword.
3.
ear's tipclassical
The pointed part of the ear.
4.
henna's bloomclassical
The initial flowering of henna.
5.
pupil of the eyeclassical
The pupil of the eye.
6.
madnessclassical
Madness or insanity.
7.
misfortuneclassical
Bad luck or misfortune.

ذُبٌّnoun

1.
madnessclassical
Madness or insanity.
2.
misfortuneclassical
Bad luck or misfortune.

رَجُلٌ ذَبُّ الرِّيَادِadjective

1.
womanizerclassical
A man who frequently visits women.

الأَذَبُّadjective

1.
tallclassical
Describing a person or animal as tall.
2.
camel's tuskclassical
The tusk or tooth of a camel.

الذَّبِيُّnoun

1.
messengerclassical
A swift messenger or courier.

الذَّبْذَبَةُnoun

1.
waveringclassical
The act of something suspended in the air moving back and forth.
2.
protectionclassical
Defending neighbors and family.
3.
harmingclassical
Causing harm or annoyance to people.
4.
agitationclassical
The act of shaking or moving something.
5.
tongueclassical
The tongue.
6.
mentionclassical
Mention or remembrance.
7.
testicleclassical
A testicle.
8.
ornamentsclassical
Decorative items hung on a howdah.

الذُّبْذُبُnoun

1.
tongueclassical
The tongue.
2.
mentionclassical
Mention or remembrance.

الذَّبَاذِبُnoun

1.
tongueclassical
The tongue.
2.
mentionclassical
Mention or remembrance.

الذُّبَابَةُnoun

1.
remainder of debtclassical
The remaining part of a debt.
2.
place nameclassical
A place name in Yemen.

مُذَبْذَبٌadjective

1.
waveringboth
Hesitating or being uncertain between two matters.

ذَبْذَبَverb

1.
to waverclassical
To cause something suspended to waver or move back and forth.

ذَبْذَبٌnoun

1.
wellclassical
A well or water source.

ذُبَابٌname

1.
personal nameclassical
A given name, such as Dhubāb.

Parallel reading

ذب عنه: دفع، زمنع

To defend him: to push away, to prevent.

و فلان: اختلف فلم يستقم في مكان

And so-and-so: he was unsettled and did not remain in one place.

و الغدير: جف في آخر الحر

And the pond: it dried up at the end of the heat.

و شفته تذب ذبا وذببا، محركة، وذبوبا: جفت عطشا أو لغيره، كذبب

And his lip was parched, dry, and very dry: it became dry from thirst or other causes, like dryness.

و جسمه: هزل

And his body: it became emaciated.

و النبت: ذوى

And the plant: it withered.

و النهار: لم يبق منه إلا بقية

And the day: only a remainder was left of it.

و فلان: شحب لونه

And so-and-so: his color became pale.

وذببنا ليلتنا تذبيبا: أتعبنا في السير

And we traveled strenuously through our night: we tired ourselves in the journey.

وراكب مذبب، كمحدث: عجل منفرد

And a rider, hurried and solitary, like someone moving fast: he was hurried and alone.

وظمء مذبب: طويل، يسار إلى الماء من بعد فيعجل بالسير

And a long thirst: it is long, one heads towards water from afar and hurries the pace.

وبعير ذاب: لا يتقار في مكان

And a camel, unsteady: it does not stand steady in one place.

ورجل مذب، بالكسر، وكشداد: دفاع عن الحريم

And a man, defending (with kasra), and like 'shaddād': defending the womenfolk.

والذب: الثور الوحشي، ويقال له: ذب الرياد، والأذب والذنبب، كقنفذ أيضا

And 'al-dh'b': the wild bull, and it is called: 'dh'b al-riyād', and 'al-adhab' and 'al-dhanab', like 'qunfudh' also.

وشفة ذبابة، كريانة: ذابلة

And a lip, parched, like 'rayyānah': withered.

والذباب: م، والنحل، الواحدة بهاء، ج: أذبة وذبان، بالكسر، وذب، بالضم

And 'al-dhubāb': the flies, and the bees, the singular is 'bahā', plural: 'adhabbah' and 'dhubbān', with kasra, and 'dhubb', with damma.

وأرض مذبة ومذبوبة: كثيرته

And land, fly-infested: abundant with them (flies).

والمذبة، (بالكسر): ما يذب به

And 'al-madhabbah', (with kasra): that by which one repels.

والذباب أيضا: نكتة سوداء في جوف حدقة الفرس، و من السيف: حده، أو طرفه المتطرف، و من الأذن: ما حد من طرفها، و من الحناء: بادرة نوره، و من العين: إنسانها، والجنون، ذب، بالضم، فهو مذبوب، والشؤم، وجبل بالمدينة، والشر

And 'al-dhubāb' also: a black spot in the center of a horse's pupil, and of a sword: its edge, or its furthest tip, and of the ear: what is sharp on its edge, and of henna: the first of its blossoms, and of the eye: its pupil, and madness, 'dhubb', with damma, and it is 'madhbūb', and misfortune, and a mountain in Medina, and evil.

ورجل ذب الرياد: زوار للنساء

And a man, 'dhabb al-riyād': a frequent visitor to women.

والأذب: الطويل، و من البعير: نابه

And 'al-adhab': the tall one, and of a camel: its tusk.

والذبي: الجلواز

And 'al-dhabiyy': the swift messenger.

والذبذبة: تردد الشيء المعلق في الهواء، وحماية الجوار والأهل، وإيذاء الخلق، والتحريك، واللسان، والذكر، كالذبذب والذباذب، وليس بجمع، والخصية، وأشياء تعلق بالهودج للزينة

And 'al-dhabdhabah': the wavering of a suspended object in the air, and the protection of neighbors and family, and harming creation, and agitation, and the tongue, and mention, like 'al-dhubdhub' and 'al-dhabādhib', and it is not a plural, and the testicle, and things hung on the howdah for adornment.

والذبابة، كثمامة: البقية من الدين، وع بأجأ، وع بعدن أبين

And 'al-dhubābah', like 'thumāmah': the remainder of a debt, and a place in Ajā', and a place in Aden Abīn.

ورجل مذبذب، ويفتح: متردد بين أمرين

And a man, 'mudhabdhab', and with fatha: wavering between two matters.

وذبذب: ركية

And 'dhabdhab': a well.

وسموا: ذبابا، كغراب وشداد

And they named (him): Dhubāb, like 'ghurāb' and 'shaddād'.