الغب

Root entry · 32 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of intermittency, alternation, or periodicity, often related to drinking, illness, or actions occurring on alternate days. It also extends to consequences, specific places, and descriptive terms for animals and objects.

Derived headwords

الْغَبّnoun

1.
consequenceclassical
The outcome or result of a matter.
2.
alternating dayboth
Referring to a pattern of occurring every other day, like an illness that strikes one day and spares the next.

الْمَغَبَّةnoun

1.
consequenceclassical
The final outcome or result of an affair.

غَبّverb

1.
to take turnsboth
To come to a place one day and leave the next, or to act with alternation.
2.
to rotclassical
Used for meat, meaning to become putrid or rancid.

أَغَبَّهُ الْحُمَّىverb

1.
fever struck him intermittentlyclassical
The fever afflicted him in an alternating pattern, taking one day and leaving the next.

أَغْبَتْ عَلَيْهِverb

1.
it affected him intermittentlyclassical
Used in the context of fever, meaning it affected him on alternate days.

غَبْتُverb

1.
I alternatedclassical
I acted with alternation, or came one day and left the next.

غَبَّverb

1.
to drink intermittentlyboth
Used for livestock drinking water on alternate days.
2.
to rotclassical
Used for meat becoming putrid.

الْغَبُوبnoun

1.
intermittent drinkingboth
The act of drinking water on alternate days, as livestock do.

إِبِلٌ غَابَةٌ وَغَوَابٌadjective

1.
camels drinking intermittentlyclassical
Camels that drink water on alternate days.

الْغَابّnoun

1.
one who strikes inlandclassical
Referring to the sea that surges or strikes inland, or a person who ventures far into the land.

الْغَامِضُ مِنَ الْأَرْضِadjective

1.
deep landclassical
Referring to a remote or inaccessible part of the land.

أَغْبَابٌnoun

1.
remote placesclassical
Plural of 'aghabb', referring to distant or remote areas of land.

غُبُوبٌnoun

1.
remote placesclassical
Plural of 'ghaboub', referring to distant or remote areas of land.

أَغَبَّ الْقَوْمُverb

1.
people alternatedclassical
A group of people came one day and stayed away the next.

غَبَّ اللحمُverb

1.
meat rottedclassical
Meat became putrid and rancid.

التَّغْبِيبُnoun

1.
avoiding exaggerationclassical
The act of refraining from excess or exaggeration.
2.
seizing the throatclassical
The action of a wolf seizing a sheep by the throat.
3.
defendingclassical
The act of defending or warding off from a group of people.

الْمَغَبُّnoun

1.
lionclassical
A name for a lion.

الْغَبْغَبُnoun

1.
idolclassical
A name for an idol.
2.
dewlapboth
The loose skin hanging under the chin or throat.
3.
a place in Minaclassical
A specific mountain or place located in Mina.

الْغَبَبُnoun

1.
dewlapboth
The loose skin hanging under the chin or throat, similar to 'ghabghab'.

أَبُو غَبَابٍname

1.
the base of the throatclassical
A name for the base of the throat or the jugular vein area.

ثَعْلَبَةُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِname

1.
a person's nameclassical
A name of a person, possibly a companion or historical figure.

ع عِنْدَ الْمَدِينَةِname

1.
a place in Medinaclassical
A specific area or locality near Medina.

نَاحِيَةٌ بِالْيَمَامَةِname

1.
a region in Yamamaclassical
A specific region or area within Yamama.

الْغُبَّةُnoun

1.
sufficiencyclassical
Enough provision or sustenance for living.

فَرْخُ عُقَابٍnoun

1.
eagle chickclassical
A young eagle, specifically one belonging to the Banu Yashkur tribe.

لَبَنُ الْغَدْوَةِnoun

1.
morning milkclassical
Milk from the morning milking, mixed with milk from the night before and then churned.

غَبَ عِنْدَنَاverb

1.
to stay overnightboth
To spend the night at a place.

أَغْبَverb

1.
to stay overnightboth
To spend the night at a place, similar to 'ghaba'.

الْمُغَبَّةُnoun

1.
alternating eweclassical
A ewe that is milked one day and left unmilked the next.

مِيَاهٌ أَغْبَابٌadjective

1.
distant watersclassical
Water sources that are far away or remote.

التَّغَبَّةُnoun

1.
false testimonyclassical
The act of giving false witness or bearing false testimony.

لَا يَغْبِنَا عَطَاؤُهُverb

1.
his giving is not intermittentclassical
His giving or bestowal comes to us every day, without interruption.

Parallel reading

الغب، بالكسر: عاقبة الشيء، كالمغبة، بالفتح، وورد يوم وظمء آخر

Al-ghabb, with kasra: the consequence of a thing, like al-maghabbah, with fatha, and drinking one day and thirsting the next.

و في الزيارة: أن تكون كل أسبوع

And in the context of visiting: it means to be every week.

و من الحمى: ما تأخذ يوما وتدع يوما

And from fevers: it is what takes one day and leaves the next.

وقد أغبته الحمى، وأغبت عليه، وغبت

And the fever afflicted him intermittently, and it affected him intermittently, and I alternated.

وبالفتح: مصدر غبت الماشية تغب: إذا شربت غبا، كالغبوب

And with fatha: it is the masdar of the cattle drinking intermittently (taghubbu): if they drank intermittently, like al-ghaboub.

وإبل غابة وغواب

And camels that drink intermittently (ghabah and ghawab).

وبالضم: الضارب من البحر حتى يمعن في البر، والغامض من الأرض، ج: أغباب وغبوب

And with damma: the one that strikes from the sea until it goes far inland, and the remote part of the land, plural: aghbab and ghuboub.

وأغب القوم: جاءهم يوما وترك يوما، كغب (عنهم)

And the people came intermittently (aghabb al-qawm): they came to them one day and left the next, like (ghabba 'anhum).

واللحم: أنتن، كغب

And meat: it became putrid, like ghabba.

والتغبيب: ترك المبالغة، وأخذ الذئب بحلق الشاة، وعن القوم: الدفع عنهم

And al-taghbeeb: refraining from exaggeration, and the wolf seizing the throat of a sheep, and from the people: defending them.

والمغب: الأسد

And al-maghabbu: the lion.

والغبغب: صنم، واللحم المتدلي تحت الحنك، كالغبب، وجبيل بمنى

And al-ghabghab: an idol, and the flesh hanging under the chin, like al-ghabab, and a small mountain in Mina.

وأبو غباب، كسحاب: جران العود

And Abu Ghabab, like 'sahab': the base of the throat (of a lute or similar).

وكغراب: ثعلبة بن الحارث

And like 'ghurab': Tha'labah ibn al-Harith.

وكزبير: ع بالمدينة، وناحية باليمامة

And like 'zubayr': a place in Medina, and a region in Yamama.

والغبة، بالضم: البلغة من العيش، وبلا لام: فرخ عقاب كان لبني يشكر

And al-ghubbah, with damma: sufficiency of living, and without 'lam': an eagle chick that belonged to Banu Yashkur.

وكالحبيبة: لبن الغدوة يحلب عليه من الليل ثم يمخض

And like 'al-habibah': milk from the morning milking, to which milk from the night is added and then churned.

وغب عندنا: بات، كأغب، ومنه قولهم: رويد الشعر يغب

And he stayed overnight with us (ghabba 'indana): he slept, like aghabba, and from this is their saying: 'Slowly, the poetry will pass the night.'

والمغببة كمعظمة: الشاة تحلب يوما وتترك يوما

And al-mughabbabah, like 'mu'adhdhamah': the ewe that is milked one day and left the next.

ومياه أغباب: بعيدة

And distant waters (miyah aghbab): far away.

والتغبة: شهادة الزور

And al-taghabah: false testimony.

وفلان لا يغبنا عطاؤه، أي يأتينا كل يوم

And so-and-so's giving does not skip us (la yaghbinah 'ata'uhu), meaning he comes to us every day.