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العسكبة

Root entry · 20 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to vegetation, specifically grass and herbage. It describes land that is abundant in grass, the act of growing or consuming grass, and various terms for different types of grass or grassy areas. It also extends to describe individuals or animals based on their physical characteristics, often related to size or age.

Derived headwords

العَسْقَبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    A type of plantclassical

    A specific type of plant, possibly a type of grass, containing ten seeds.

العُشْبnoun
  1. 1.
    Fresh grassboth

    Fresh, moist grass or herbage.

عَاشِبَةadjective
  1. 1.
    Grassyboth

    Describing land that is abundant in grass.

عُشْبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Grassboth

    A single blade or plant of grass.

  2. 2.
    Large canine toothclassical

    A large canine tooth.

  3. 3.
    Short manclassical

    A short man.

  4. 4.
    Short, stout womanclassical

    A short and stout woman.

  5. 5.
    Stooped old manclassical

    An old man who is bent over due to age.

  6. 6.
    Old eweclassical

    A large, aged ewe.

عُشَيْبَةadjective
  1. 1.
    Grassyboth

    Describing land that is abundant in grass.

العُشَابَةadjective
  1. 1.
    Abundant in grassclassical

    Clearly characterized by being abundant in grass.

مَعْشَابnoun
  1. 1.
    Grassy landboth

    Land that is abundant in grass.

مَعَاشِيبnoun
  1. 1.
    Scattered patches of grassclassical

    Scattered pieces or patches of grass.

أَعْشَبَتْverb
  1. 1.
    To grow grassboth

    The land grew grass or herbage.

عَشَّبَتْverb
  1. 1.
    To grow grassboth

    The land grew grass or herbage.

اعْشَوْشَبَتْverb
  1. 1.
    To grow grassboth

    The land grew grass or herbage.

أَعْشَبَverb
  1. 1.
    To find grassboth

    A group of people found grass or herbage.

  2. 2.
    To give a mature she-camelclassical

    To give someone a mature she-camel.

اعْشَوْشَبُواverb
  1. 1.
    To find grassboth

    A group of people found grass or herbage.

تَعَشَّبَتْverb
  1. 1.
    To grazeboth

    Camels grazed on the grass and became fat.

عُشَيْبnoun
  1. 1.
    Short manclassical

    A short man.

كَعَشَّبَverb
  1. 1.
    To grow grassboth

    The land grew grass or herbage.

كَفَرِحَverb
  1. 1.
    To dry upclassical

    To become dry or withered.

عُشْبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Mature she-camelclassical

    A mature she-camel.

عُشَيْبadjective
  1. 1.
    Shortclassical

    Describing a short person.

عُشْبnoun
  1. 1.
    Children without young onesclassical

    Children who are not the youngest in the family.

Parallel reading

العسكبة، بالكسر: العسقبة، ويكون فيه عشر حبات.
Al-'askabah, with kasrah: Al-'asqabah, and it has ten seeds.
العشب، بالضم: الكلأ الرطب.
Al-'ushb, with dammah: Moist herbage.
وأرض عاشبة وعشبة وعشيبة، بينة العشابة: كثيرة العشب.
And a land 'aashibah, 'ushbah, and 'ushaybah, clearly 'ashshabah: abundant in grass.
وأرض معشاب، وأرضون معاشيب.
And a land ma'shaab, and lands ma'aasheeb.
والتعاشيب: القطع المتفرقة منه.
And al-ta'aasheeb: the scattered pieces of it.
وأعشبت الأرض: أنبتته، كعشبت واعشوشبت،
And the land 'a'shabat: it grew grass, like 'ashabat and 'i'shoushabat,
والقوم: أصابوا عشبا، كاعشوشبوا.
And the people: they found grass, like 'i'shoushaboo.
وتعشبت الإبل: رعته، وسمنت، كأعشبت.
And the camels ta'ashshabat: they grazed on it, and became fat, like 'a'shabat.
والعشبة، محركة: الناب الكبيرة، والرجل القصير، كالعشيب، والمرأة القصيرة في دمامة، والشيخ المنحني كبرا، والنعجة الكبيرة المسنة.
And al-'ushbah, with harakah: the large canine tooth, and the short man, like al-'usheeb, and the short woman in her stoutness, and the old man bent with age, and the large aged ewe.
وأعشبه: أعطاه ناقة مسنة.
And 'a'shabahu: he gave him a mature she-camel.
وكفرح: يبس.
And ka-fariha: it dried up.
وعيال عشب: ليس فيهم صغير.
And 'iyyal 'ushb: there is no young one among them.