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الورب

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to dens, burrows, and cavities, particularly those of wild animals or small creatures. It also extends to concepts of corruption, weakness, and deception, often through indirect means.

Derived headwords

الوَرْبnoun
  1. 1.
    Den, burrowboth

    The dwelling or hole of a wild animal.

  2. 2.
    Cavity between ribsboth

    The space located between the ribs of an animal or human.

  3. 3.
    Organ, limbboth

    A bodily part or organ.

  4. 4.
    Weakness, slacknessboth

    A state of being weak, slack, or relaxed.

  5. 5.
    Anusclassical

    The posterior opening of the digestive tract.

  6. 6.
    Mouse/scorpion holeboth

    The entrance to the burrow of a mouse or a scorpion.

أَوْرَابnoun
  1. 1.
    Dens, burrows (pl.)both

    Plural form of 'warb', referring to multiple dens or burrows.

الإِرْبnoun
  1. 1.
    Need, necessityclassical

    A variant pronunciation or reading of 'irb', meaning need or necessity.

الوَرْبadjective
  1. 1.
    Corrupt, spoiledboth

    Describing something that is spoiled, corrupted, or unsound.

  2. 2.
    Slack (cloud)both

    Describing clouds that are loose, slack, or not dense.

التَّوْرِيبnoun
  1. 1.
    Deception by allusionboth

    To allude to something indirectly using permissible means of diversion or misdirection.

وَرِبَverb
  1. 1.
    To become corruptboth

    The past tense verb indicating that something has become spoiled or corrupted.

عِرْقٌ وَرِبٌphrase
  1. 1.
    Corrupt veinboth

    A phrase describing a vein that has become corrupted or diseased.

المُوَارَبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Deception, trickeryboth

    The act of being deceptive, cunning, or employing trickery.

  2. 2.
    Prevaricationboth

    Speaking evasively or misleadingly.

Parallel reading

وجار الوحش
The den of a wild animal.
وما بين الضلعين
And what is between the two ribs.
والعضو
And the organ.
والفتر
And the weakness.
والاست
And the anus.
كالوربة
Like the den.
وفم جحر الفأرة والعقرب
And the mouth of the hole of a mouse and a scorpion.
ج: أوراب
Plural: awrab.
وبالكسر: لغة في الإرب
And with kasr: a dialectal variant for al-irb.
وككتف: الفاسد
And like kutuf: the spoiled one.
والمسترخي من السحاب
And the slack one from the clouds.
والتوريب: أن توري عن الشيء بالمعارضات المباحات
And al-tawrib: is to allude to something by permissible diversions.
ورب، كوجل: فسد
Waraba, like wajala: it became corrupt.
فهو عرق ورب
So it is a corrupt vein.
والمواربة: المداهاة، والمخاتلة
And al-muwarabah: is deception, and trickery.