هضبت

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of abundance, intensity, and physical characteristics. It encompasses meanings related to rain, walking pace, and descriptions of terrain, animals, and even a type of hardship.

Derived headwords

هَضَبَverb

1.
to rainboth
The sky rained. This is the primary meaning of the verb in its basic form.
2.
to walk slowlyclassical
A person walked with the gait of a slow or dull person.
3.
to flow abundantlyclassical
In hadith, it means to flow abundantly, like the outpouring of water.

هَضَبَتِ السَّمَاءُ تَهْضِبُ — The sky rained.

تَهْضِبُverb

1.
rainingboth
The present participle form of the verb 'to rain', indicating the ongoing action of raining.

هَضَبَتِ السَّمَاءُ تَهْضِبُ — The sky rained.

اهْتَضَبَverb

1.
to rain abundantlyclassical
Used in the context of rain, implying a heavy or abundant downpour.

كَاهْتِضَابٍ — like an abundant outpouring.

الهُضْبَةnoun

1.
tablelandboth
A mountain that is flat on top and spreads out over the land.
2.
large rock formationclassical
A mountain created from a single large rock.
3.
mountainboth
Generally refers to a mountain.
4.
tall, isolated mountainclassical
A tall, inaccessible, and solitary mountain, typically found in rocky mountain ranges.

الهَضْبnoun

1.
sweaty horseclassical
A horse that sweats profusely.
2.
strong and firmclassical
Describes something that is solid, strong, and resilient.

هَضِيبadjective

1.
scanty milkclassical
Describes sheep or goats that produce little milk.

غَنَمٌ هَضِيبٌ — sheep with little milk.

اسْتَهْضَبَverb

1.
to become like a tablelandclassical
To become like a 'hadbah', referring to a flat-topped mountain or a spread-out terrain.

اسْتَهْضَبَ — became like a hadbah.

أُهُضُوبَةnoun

1.
downpourclassical
A portion or occurrence of rain, often implying a significant amount.

أُصَابَتْهُمْ أُهُضُوبَةٌ مِنَ الْمَطَرِ — They were struck by a downpour of rain.

Parallel reading

هَضَبَتِ السَّمَاءُ تَهْضِبُ

The sky rained.

وَالرَّجُلُ: مَشَى مَشْيَ الْبَلِيدِ

And the man: walked the walk of the dull-witted.

وَفِي الْحَدِيثِ: أَفَاضَ، كَاهْتِضَابٍ

And in the hadith: it means to flow abundantly, like an abundant outpouring.

وَالْهُضْبَةُ: الْجَبَلُ الْمُنْبَسِطُ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ

And the hadbah: is the mountain spread out upon the land.

أَوْ جَبَلٌ خُلِقَ مِنْ صَخْرَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ

Or a mountain created from a single rock.

أَوْ الطَّوِيلُ الْمُمْتَنِعُ الْمُنْفَرِدُ

Or the tall, inaccessible, solitary one.

وَلَا يَكُونُ إِلَّا فِي حُمَرِ الْجِبَالِ

And it is only found in the red mountains.

وَالْمَطَرَةُ

And the rainfall.

وَج: هُضْبٌ وَهُضَابٌ

Plural: hudub and hidab.

وَجُج: أَهَاضِيبُ

Plural of plural: ahadhib.

وَالْهَضْبُ، كَهَجَفٍّ: الْفَرَسُ الْكَثِيرُ الْعَرَقِ

And al-hadb, like hajaf: the horse that sweats profusely.

وَالصُّلْبُ الشَّدِيدُ

And the solid, the strong.

وَغَنَمٌ هَضِيبٌ: قَلِيلَةُ اللَّبَنِ

And sheep that are hadib: have little milk.

وَاسْتَهْضَبَ: صَارَ هِضْبًا

And istahdaba: became like a hadb.

وَيُقَالُ: أَصَابَتْهُمْ أُهُضُوبَةٌ مِنَ الْمَطَرِ

And it is said: they were struck by a downpour of rain.