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الوءب

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns concepts of largeness, spaciousness, and depth, particularly in relation to physical objects like arrows, hooves, wells, and camels. It also extends to abstract notions of shame, shyness, and disgrace.

Derived headwords

الوأبadjective
  1. 1.
    Huge, vastboth

    Describing something as large and expansive, such as arrows or the expanse of a well.

  2. 2.
    Strong, swiftclassical

    Referring to hooves that are strong, with tightly joined tips, or swift and covering much ground.

  3. 3.
    Well-proportionedclassical

    Describing something as having good measure or capacity.

الوأبnoun
  1. 1.
    Shyness, bashfulnessboth

    A feeling of shyness, reticence, or social inhibition.

  2. 2.
    Disgrace, shameclassical

    A state of dishonor or ignominy.

الوأبnoun
  1. 1.
    Large camelclassical

    A description of a camel as being large and imposing.

بهاءnoun
  1. 1.
    Water-holding depressionclassical

    A depression or hollow in a rock that retains water.

الوأبnoun
  1. 1.
    Deep, wide wellclassical

    A well that is spacious and far-reaching, or simply very deep.

الموئباتnoun
  1. 1.
    Disgraces, shameful thingsclassical

    Things that bring about disgrace or shame.

وأبverb
  1. 1.
    To be shy, to be bashfulboth

    To experience shyness, reticence, or social inhibition.

  2. 2.
    To be disgracedclassical

    To suffer shame or ignominy.

يئبverb
  1. 1.
    To be shy, to be bashfulboth

    Present tense of 'وأب', indicating the state of being shy or bashful.

إبةnoun
  1. 1.
    Shame, disgraceboth

    A state of shame, ignominy, or disgrace.

وأوأبهverb
  1. 1.
    To cause shameclassical

    To cause someone to feel shame or embarrassment, or to make them angry.

  2. 2.
    To reject with shameclassical

    To turn someone away from their need or request with disgrace.

أتأبهverb
  1. 1.
    To cause shameclassical

    Similar to 'وأوأبه', to cause someone to feel shame or embarrassment.

الإبةnoun
  1. 1.
    Shame, disgrace, shynessboth

    Encompasses shame, disgrace, and shyness.

التؤبةnoun
  1. 1.
    Shame, disgrace, shynessboth

    Encompasses shame, disgrace, and shyness.

الموئبةnoun
  1. 1.
    Shame, disgrace, shynessboth

    Encompasses shame, disgrace, and shyness.

اتابverb
  1. 1.
    To be ashamed, to be shyclassical

    To experience shame or shyness.

وئبverb
  1. 1.
    To be angryclassical

    To experience anger.

قدر وئيبةnoun
  1. 1.
    Deep potclassical

    A pot that is deep or hollowed out.

Parallel reading

الوأب، بالفتح: الضخم، والواسع من القداح
Al-wa'ab, with fatha: the huge, and the vast from the arrows.
و من الحوافر: الشديد منضم السنابك، الخفيف، أو المقعب الكثير الأخذ من الأرض، أو الجيد القدر
And from the hooves: the strong with tightly joined tips, the swift, or the one covering much ground, or the well-proportioned.
والاستحياء، والانقباض
And shyness, and reticence.
وقد وأب يئب إبة
And he was shy, he is shy, a shyness.
والبعير العظيم
And the great camel.
وبهاء: النقرة في الصخرة تمسك الماء
And biha': the depression in the rock that holds water.
و من الآبار: الواسعة البعيدة، أو البعيدة القعر فقط
And from the wells: the spacious and far-reaching, or only the deep-bottomed.
والموئبات: المخزيات
And al-mu'wibāt: the disgraceful things.
وأوأبه: فعل به فعلا يستحيا منه، أو أغضبه، أو رده بخزي عن حاجته، كأتأبه
And wa'waba-hu: he did to him something that causes shame, or angered him, or turned him back with disgrace from his need, like at'aba-hu.
والإبة والتؤبة والموئبة: كله الخزي والعار والحياء
And al-ibbah, and al-tu'bah, and al-mu'wibah: all of it is disgrace, shame, and shyness.
واتاب: خزي، واستحيا
And 'ataba: he was disgraced, and he was shy.
ووئب: غضب، وأوأبه غيره
And wa'aba: he was angry, and another made him feel shame.
وقدر وئيبة: قعيرة
And a deep pot: a hollowed pot.