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شرب

Root entry · 34 derived lemmas

The root شرب (sh-r-b) primarily relates to the act of drinking and consuming liquids. It extends to encompass the liquid itself, the place or time of drinking, and by extension, the act of watering or being watered. Metaphorically, it can refer to absorbing, mixing, or even deception.

Derived headwords

شَرِبَverb
  1. 1.
    to drinkboth

    The fundamental meaning of consuming a liquid.

  2. 2.
    to be thirstyboth

    To experience the sensation of thirst.

  3. 3.
    to become weak (animal)classical

    Describing a camel or other animal that has become weak, possibly from thirst or overwork.

  4. 4.
    to be watered (animals)classical

    To have one's animals watered.

شُرْبnoun
  1. 1.
    drinkingboth

    The act or process of drinking.

  2. 2.
    a drinkboth

    A quantity of liquid consumed.

  3. 3.
    thirstclassical

    The state of needing to drink.

شُرْبًاnoun
  1. 1.
    drinkingboth

    The act or process of drinking.

مَشْرَبnoun
  1. 1.
    drinking placeboth

    A place where one drinks, such as a watering hole or a fountain.

  2. 2.
    water sourceboth

    A place from which water is drawn.

  3. 3.
    time of drinkingclassical

    The designated time for drinking.

  4. 4.
    shareclassical

    One's portion or lot, especially concerning water.

شَرَابnoun
  1. 1.
    drinkboth

    A beverage or anything that is drunk.

  2. 2.
    wineboth

    Specifically refers to alcoholic beverages.

  3. 3.
    waterclassical

    Can refer to water, especially when contrasted with other drinks.

شَرُوبnoun
  1. 1.
    drinkboth

    Something to drink.

  2. 2.
    waterclassical

    Can refer to water, especially potable water.

  3. 3.
    thirsty (animal)classical

    Describing an animal that is thirsty.

  4. 4.
    lustful (female animal)classical

    Describing a female animal that is in heat and desires mating.

أَشْرَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to give drinkboth

    To provide water or a drink to someone or something.

  2. 2.
    to make thirstyboth

    To cause someone or something to become thirsty.

  3. 3.
    to water (animals)both

    To give water to one's animals.

  4. 4.
    to become saturatedclassical

    To become thoroughly soaked or imbued with something.

  5. 5.
    to make a color intenseclassical

    To deepen or intensify a color.

شَرِيبnoun
  1. 1.
    drinking companionboth

    One who drinks with another.

  2. 2.
    water sourceclassical

    A place where water is available.

  3. 3.
    one who is wateredclassical

    Someone or something that has been given drink.

شَرِبٌadjective
  1. 1.
    addicted to drinkclassical

    One who is excessively fond of or addicted to drinking.

شَارِبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    people by a riverclassical

    A group of people who live on the bank of a river.

شُرْبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    date palm from seedclassical

    A date palm tree that grows from a seed.

  2. 2.
    redness in the faceclassical

    A flush or redness appearing on the face.

  3. 3.
    mouthfulboth

    The amount of liquid taken in a single gulp or sip.

شَرُوبadjective
  1. 1.
    much drinkingclassical

    One who drinks a lot.

  2. 2.
    thirstyclassical

    Experiencing thirst.

  3. 3.
    intense heatclassical

    Describing extreme heat.

شَوَارِبnoun
  1. 1.
    veins in the throatclassical

    Blood vessels located in the throat.

  2. 2.
    water channels in the neckclassical

    Passageways for water in the neck.

  3. 3.
    mustacheboth

    Hair growing on the upper lip.

  4. 4.
    sideburnsclassical

    Hair on the sides of the face, near the ears.

تَشَرَّبَverb
  1. 1.
    to be absorbedboth

    To soak up or take in liquid or moisture.

  2. 2.
    to permeateboth

    To spread through or affect something.

  3. 3.
    to flowclassical

    To move or spread like a liquid.

مَشْرَبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    upper roomboth

    A room situated on an upper floor or an elevated place.

  2. 2.
    chamberboth

    A private room or compartment.

  3. 3.
    soft, fertile landclassical

    Land that is moist and suitable for continuous growth.

  4. 4.
    watering placeclassical

    A place where animals or people go to drink.

إِسْتَشْرَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to become intense (color)classical

    To deepen or become more pronounced in color.

شَرُوبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    female animal in heatclassical

    A female animal that is ready for mating.

تَشْرِيبnoun
  1. 1.
    seasoning a waterskinclassical

    The process of preparing a waterskin, often by rubbing it with clay.

اِشْرَأَبَّverb
  1. 1.
    to crane one's neckboth

    To stretch one's neck out to see or observe something.

  2. 2.
    to rise upclassical

    To elevate oneself or become higher.

شَرَبٌnoun
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A specific location mentioned in classical texts.

شُرْبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    fertile land without treesclassical

    An area of land that is fertile and green but lacks trees.

  2. 2.
    pathclassical

    A way or track.

شَرِبَverb
  1. 1.
    to understandclassical

    To comprehend or grasp a concept.

شَرِيبٌname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A named location in classical geography.

شُرْبَانname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A named location in classical geography.

شَارِبnoun
  1. 1.
    weakness in animalsclassical

    A condition of debility or feebleness in livestock.

  2. 2.
    mustacheboth

    Hair on the upper lip.

شَارِبَانnoun
  1. 1.
    long nostrilsclassical

    Two elongated nasal passages at the base of a sword's hilt.

ذُو الشُّوَيْرِبname
  1. 1.
    poet's nameclassical

    A reference to a poet known by this epithet.

شُرَيْبnoun
  1. 1.
    small amount of waterclassical

    A small quantity of water, like a sip.

شُرْبُوبnoun
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A named location.

شُرْبَبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A named location.

شُرْبَبnoun
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A named location.

شُرْبُوبnoun
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A named location.

شُرْبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A named location.

شُرْبَبadjective
  1. 1.
    bushy plantclassical

    Describing a plant that is dense and bushy.

Parallel reading

شرب، كسمع، شربا، ويثلث، ومشربا وتشرابا: جرع
Sharab, like samia, sharaban, and with damma and fatha, mashraban and tashraban: to swallow.
وأشربته أنا، أو الشرب: مصدر
And I gave it to drink, or al-shurb: is a masdar (verbal noun).
وبالضم والكسر: اسمان
And with damma and kasra: they are two names.
وبالفتح: القوم يشربون، كالشروب
And with fatha: the people drinking, like al-shurub.
وبالكسر: الماء، كالمشرب
And with kasra: the water, like al-mashrab.
والشراب: ما يشرب، كالشريب والشروب
And al-sharab: is what is drunk, like al-sharib and al-shurub.
وأشرب: سقى، وعطش، ورويت إبله، وعطشت، ضد
And ashraaba: to give drink, and to be thirsty, and he watered his camels, and they became thirsty, the opposite.
وحان أن تشرب
And it was time for you to drink.
والشاربة: القوم يسكنون على ضفة النهر
And al-sharibah: are people who dwell on the bank of the river.
والشربة: النخلة تنبت من النوى
And al-shurbah: is a date palm that grows from a seed.
وبالضم: حمرة في الوجه، وع، ويفتح، ومقدار الري من الماء كالحسوة
And with damma: redness in the face, and a place name, and with fatha, and the amount of satisfaction from water like a mouthful.
وكهمزة: الكثير الشرب، كالشروب والشراب
And like hamzah: one who drinks a lot, like al-shurub and al-sharab.
والحوض حول النخلة يسع ريها، وكرد الدبرة، والعطش، وشدة الحر
And the basin around the palm tree that suffices for its watering, and like the fold of a wound, and thirst, and intense heat.
والشوارب: عروق في الحلق، ومجاري الماء في العنق، وما سال على الفم من الشعر، وما طال من ناحية السبلة، أو السبلة كلها شارب
And al-shawarib: are veins in the throat, and channels of water in the neck, and what flows on the mouth of hair, and what grows from the side of the lip, or the entire lip is a sharib.
وأشرب فلان حب فلان: خالط قلبه
And so-and-so became imbued with the love of so-and-so: his heart mixed with it.
وتشرب: سرى، و الثوب العرق: نشفه
And tasharraba: to flow, and the garment absorbed the sweat: it dried it.
واستشرب لونه: اشتد
And istashraba its color: it became intense.
والمشربة، وتضم الراء: أرض لينة دائمة النبات، والغرفة، والعلية، والصفة، والمشرعة
And al-mashrabah, and with damma on the ra: soft land with continuous vegetation, and a room, and an upper chamber, and a bench, and a watering place.
وكمكنسة: الإناء يشرب فيه
And like miknasah: the vessel in which one drinks.
والشروب: التي تشتهي الفحل
And al-shurub: is she (a female animal) who desires the male.
وتشريب القربة: تطييبها بالطين
And tashrib al-qirbah: is to season it with clay.
وشرب به، كسمع، وأشرب به: كذب عليه
And sharaba bihi, like samia, and ashraaba bihi: to lie about him.
وأشرب إبله: جعل لكل جمل قرينا
And ashraaba his camels: he made a mate for each camel.
والخيل: جعل الحبال في أعناقها
And al-khayl: he made ropes around their necks.
وفلانا الحبل: جعله في عنقه
And so-and-so the rope: he put it around his neck.
واشرأب إليه: مد عنقه لينظر، أو ارتفع، والاسم: الشرأبيبة، كالطمأنينة
And ishra'abba ila-hi: he stretched his neck to look, or he rose up, and the noun: al-ishra'abibah, like al-tuma'ninah.
والشربة، كجربة، ولا ثالث لهما: الأرض المعشبة لا شجر بها، وع، والطريقة
And al-shurbah, like jarbah, and there is no third for them: is fertile land without trees, and a place name, and a way.
وشرب، كنصر: فهم
And sharaba, like nasara: to understand.
وكفرح: عطش
And like fariha: to be thirsty.
وشرب أيضا: ضعف بعيره، أو عطشت إبله، ورويت، ضد
And sharaba also: his camel became weak, or his camels became thirsty, and they were watered, the opposite.
وشرب، بالكسر: ع، وبالفتح: ع بقرب مكة، حرسها الله تعالى
And shariba, with kasra: a place name, and with fatha: a place name near Mecca, may God protect it.
وشريب: د بين مكة والبحرين، وجبل نجدي
And Sharib: a road between Mecca and the two Bahrs, and a Najdi mountain.
وشوربان: ة بكش
And Shuruban: a village in Kash.
وشرب، ككتف، وشريب وشربب (وشرببة) وشربوب وشربة، بضمهن: مواضع
And sharaba, like katif, and sharib, sharbib (and sharbibah), sharbub, and shurbah, with damma on all of them: places.
والشارب: الخور والضعف في الحيوان
And al-sharib: is weakness and feebleness in animals.
والشاربان: أنفان طويلان في أسفل قائم السيف
And al-shariban: are two long nostrils at the base of the sword's hilt.
وأشربتني ما لم أشرب: ادعيت علي ما لم أفعل
And you made me drink what I did not drink: you claimed against me what I did not do.
وذو الشويرب: شاعر
And Dhu al-Shuwayrib: is a poet.
والشربب، كقنفذ: الغملي من النبات
And al-sharbab, like qunfudh: is the bushy type of plant.