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الشهربة

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to concepts of old age, specifically an elderly woman, and also has a geographical and botanical connection to a specific location and the base of a palm tree.

Derived headwords

الشَّهْرَبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    elderly womanclassical

    An old woman, particularly one who is large or advanced in age.

شَيْخٌ شَهْرَبnoun
  1. 1.
    elderly manclassical

    An old man, described using the adjective derived from this root.

الحَوْضُ أَسْفَلَ النَّخْلَةِnoun
  1. 1.
    base of a palm treeclassical

    The area or basin at the bottom of a palm tree.

شَهْرَابَانname
  1. 1.
    Shahraabanclassical

    A place name, referring to a location in the vicinity of Al-Khalis.

Parallel reading

الشهربة: العجوز الكبيرة.
Al-Shahraabah: the large old woman.
والشيخ شهرب،
And the old man is Shahrab,
والحوض أسفل النخلة.
And the basin is at the base of the palm tree.
وشهرابان: ة بنواحي الخالص.
And Shahraaban: a place in the vicinity of Al-Khalis.