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الشيب

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the phenomenon of graying hair, its appearance, and related terms. It also extends to concepts of cold, harsh weather, and specific historical or geographical references.

Derived headwords

الشَّيْبnoun
  1. 1.
    gray hairboth

    The phenomenon of hair turning gray or white, and the hair itself when it has become gray.

  2. 2.
    grayingboth

    The process or state of becoming gray.

مُشِيبadjective
  1. 1.
    gray-hairedboth

    Describing someone whose hair has turned gray.

أَشْيَبadjective
  1. 1.
    gray-hairedboth

    Having gray hair; an adjective describing a person or thing that has become gray.

  2. 2.
    causing graynessclassical

    Something that causes hair to turn gray, such as grief or age.

شَابَverb
  1. 1.
    to turn grayboth

    To become gray or white in hair due to age or other factors.

  2. 2.
    to cause graynessclassical

    To make hair turn gray, often used in the context of grief or hardship affecting someone's hair.

شُيِّبَverb
  1. 1.
    to be made grayclassical

    Passive form, meaning to have one's hair turned gray, often by external factors like grief.

شُيَّبٌnoun
  1. 1.
    gray-haired peopleclassical

    A plural noun referring to people with gray hair.

شُيُبٌnoun
  1. 1.
    gray-haired peopleclassical

    Another plural form for people with gray hair.

شَيْبَانnoun
  1. 1.
    two monthsclassical

    Refers to two specific months known for extreme cold, Qamāḥ and another, often associated with harsh winter conditions.

  2. 2.
    tribes

    Names of two specific Arab tribes: Shiban bin Tha'labah and Shiban bin Dhuhl.

الشَّيْبَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    last night of the monthclassical

    Refers to the last night of the lunar month.

يَوْمٌ أَشْيَبnoun
  1. 1.
    cold and cloudy dayclassical

    A day characterized by cold, cloudy weather, and frost.

يَوْمٌ شَيْبَانnoun
  1. 1.
    cold and cloudy dayclassical

    Similar to 'yawm ashya', a day with cold, clouds, and frost.

الشَّيْبnoun
  1. 1.
    whip lashclassical

    The thong or lash of a whip.

  2. 2.
    mountain

    A name for a mountain.

  3. 3.
    camel soundsclassical

    A description of the sounds made by the lips (مشافر) of camels.

  4. 4.
    splendorclassical

    A term denoting beauty or magnificence.

شَيْبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    old manboth

    An elder, an old man, often used as a respectful title or name.

  2. 2.
    mountain

    A name for a mountain, e.g., Jabal Shībah.

شَيْبِينname
  1. 1.
    village

    A village located near Cairo.

الشَّائِبname
  1. 1.
    Hadith narrator

    A name referring to a narrator of Hadith, such as Abu Bakr bin al-Sha'ib.

الشِّيَابname
  1. 1.
    Companion

    A name referring to a Companion of the Prophet, such as Abdullah bin al-Shiyyab.

Parallel reading

الشَّيْب: الشعر، وبياضه كالمشيب، وهو أشيب، ولا فعلاء له.
Grayness: hair, and its whiteness like the grayed one, and he is gray-haired, and there is no feminine form for it.
وشيب الحزن رأسه، وبرأسه، كذلك أشاب.
And grief grayed his head, and on his head, likewise it caused grayness.
وقوم شيب (وشيب) وشيب، بضمتين.
And a people are gray-haired (and gray-haired) and gray-haired, with two dammahs.
وليلة الشيباء، في: ش وب، وهي آخر ليلة من الشهر.
And the night of al-Shaybā', in: Sh and W, and it is the last night of the month.
ويوم أشيب وشيبان: فيه برد وغيم وصراد.
And a gray day and a Shaybān day: it has cold, clouds, and frost.
وشيبان، وقد يكسر، وملحان: شهرا قماح، قماح، وهما أشد الشهور بردا.
And Shaybān, and it may be with kasr, and Milḥān: the two months of Qamāḥ, Qamāḥ, and they are the coldest of months.
وشيبان بن ثعلبة، وابن ذهل: قبيلتان.
And Shaybān bin Tha'labah, and Ibn Dhuhl: two tribes.
وعبد الله بن الشياب، كشداد: صحابي.
And Abdullah bin al-Shiyyāb, like Shaddād: a Companion.
والشيب، بالكسر: سير السوط، وجبل، وحكاية أصوات مشافر الإبل، وبهاء: جبل بالأندلس.
And al-Shayb, with kasr: the lash of the whip, and a mountain, and the description of the sounds of camel lips, and Bahā': a mountain in Andalusia.
وشيبين: ة (قرب القاهرة) .
And Shaybīn: a village (near Cairo).
وشيبة بن عثمان الحجبي: مفتاح الكعبة مسلم إلى أولاده.
And Shaybah bin Uthman al-Ḥijbī: the key to the Kaaba was entrusted to his children.
وجبل شيبة: مطل على المروة.
And Jabal Shaybah: overlooking al-Marwah.
وأبو شيبة الخدري: صحابي.
And Abu Shaybah al-Khudrī: a Companion.
وأبو بكر بن الشائب: محدث، روينا عن أصحابه.
And Abu Bakr bin al-Shā'ib: a Hadith narrator, we narrated from his companions.