السهب

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to vast, open, and often difficult or empty expanses of land, such as deserts or plains. It also extends to concepts of rapid movement, excessive speech or desire, and deep or unyielding wells.

Derived headwords

السهبnoun

1.
Desert, plainboth
A vast, open, and often barren expanse of land; a desert or plain.
2.
Fast horseclassical
A horse that is wide-striding and swift in its run.
3.
Intense, severeclassical
Describing something as intense, severe, or extreme.
4.
Taking, seizingclassical
The act of taking or seizing something.
5.
Salt flatboth
A salt flat or saline land.

المسهبadjective

1.
Swift, intenseclassical
Describing a horse as swift and intense in its running, or something as severe.

سهوبnoun

1.
Plains, desertsboth
Plural of السهب, referring to vast plains or deserts.
2.
Outskirts of the desertclassical
The remote areas of a desert that are impassable.

المسهبnoun

1.
Level groundboth
The level and easy part of the land.

أسهبverb

1.
To speak excessivelyboth
To speak at length, to be verbose.
2.
To be greedyclassical
To be greedy or covetous, with an insatiable desire.
3.
To lose one's mindclassical
To lose one's mind or reason, often due to a snakebite.
4.
To change colorclassical
To change one's color due to love, fear, or illness.
5.
To digclassical
To dig and encounter sand or wind, or to dig without finding anything good.
6.
To neglectclassical
To neglect a beast of burden.
7.
To neglect offspringclassical
To neglect the young of a sheep, referring to its bleating.
8.
To give abundantlyclassical
To give generously or excessively.

مُسهِبadjective

1.
Verboseboth
One who speaks excessively or at length.
2.
Greedyclassical
One who is greedy or covetous.

مُسهَبadjective

1.
Verboseboth
One who speaks excessively or at length.
2.
Greedyclassical
One who is greedy or covetous.

سهبةadjective

1.
Deep-bottomedclassical
Describing a well as being deep-bottomed.

مُسهِبةadjective

1.
Unreachable waterclassical
A well whose water is difficult or impossible to reach due to its depth or other factors.

استهبverb

1.
To give abundantlyclassical
To give generously or excessively, similar to أسهب.

السهبىnoun

1.
Desert, open landclassical
An open, uninhabited expanse of land; a desert or plain.
2.
Wellclassical
A specific well belonging to the Banu Sa'd tribe.
3.
Meadow, pastureboth
A meadow or a pasture, often implying lush vegetation.

سهابname

1.
Poet's nameclassical
A proper name, specifically of the poet Rashid ibn Suhab.

Parallel reading

السهب: الفلاة

Al-Sahb: the desert.

والفرس الواسع الجري، الشديد، كالمسهب

And the horse that is wide-striding, swift, like al-musheb.

ويكسر هاؤه، والأخذ، وسبخة م

And its 'ha' is vocalized with kasra, and the taking, and a salt flat (with fatha).

وبالضم: المستوي من الأرض في سهولة، ج: سهوب

And with damma: the level part of the land with ease, plural: suhub.

أو سهوب الفلاة: نواحيها التي لا مسلك فيها

Or suhub al-fala: its regions through which there is no path.

وأسهب: أكثر الكلام

And 'ashaba': to speak excessively.

فهو مسهب ومسهب

So he is mus'hib and mus'hab.

أو شره وطمع حتى لا تنتهي نفسه عن شيء

Or greedy and covetous until his soul does not refrain from anything.

وأسهب، بالضم: ذهب عقله من لدغ الحية

And 'ashaba', with damma: his mind left him from a snakebite.

أو تغير لونه من حب أو فزع أو مرض

Or his color changed from love, fear, or illness.

وبئر سهبة: بعيدة القعر

And a sahbah well: deep-bottomed.

ومسهبة: إذا غلبتك سهبتها حتى لا تقدر على الماء

And mus'hibah: if its depth overcomes you so you cannot reach the water.

وأسهبوا: حفروا فهجموا على الرمل أو الريح

And 'ashabu': they dug and encountered sand or wind.

أو حفروا فلم يصيبوا خيرا

Or they dug and did not find anything good.

و الدابة: أهملوها

And the beast of burden: they neglected it.

و الشاة ولدها: رغثها

And the sheep its young: its bleating.

و الرجل: أكثر من العطاء، كاستهب

And the man: he gave excessively, like 'istahaba'.

والسهبى: مفازة

And al-sahba: a desert.

وبالمد: بئر لبني سعد، وروضة

And with madd: a well of Banu Sa'd, and a meadow.

وراشد بن سهاب، ككتاب: شاعر

And Rashid ibn Suhab, like Kitab: a poet.

وليس لهم سهاب، (بالمهملة) ، غيره

And they have no suhab (with unpointed letters), other than it.