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الحبث

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to be very limited in its usage, primarily referring to a specific type of snake. Its semantic scope is narrow and seems to be confined to zoological or descriptive contexts.

Derived headwords

الحَبَثُnoun
  1. 1.
    snakeclassical

    A specific type of snake, characterized as 'batrâ' (بتراء), which implies it might be tailless or have a distinctive feature.

حَبِثَverb
  1. 1.
    to be a snakeclassical

    To be or to become a snake, specifically the type described by the root.

Parallel reading

الحبث، ككتف: حية بتراء.
Al-Habath, like 'katif': a tailless snake.