الغبس

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to darkness, obscurity, and a dull or grayish hue. It extends to concepts of time, particularly indefinite or prolonged periods, and can describe animals or people with a dark or somber appearance.

Derived headwords

الغبسnoun

1.
darknessboth
The state of being dark or obscure.
2.
dimness with graynessclassical
A dull, grayish appearance, like ash, or a dimness that is not complete blackness.

الغبسةnoun

1.
darknessboth
The state of being dark or obscure.
2.
dimness with graynessclassical
A dull, grayish appearance, like ash, or a dimness that is not complete blackness.

أعبسadjective

1.
dark-facedclassical
Describing a wolf that is dark or somber in appearance.

ماغباadverb

1.
neverclassical
Used in a negative oath to mean 'never' or 'not at all'.

غبيسnoun

1.
young wolfclassical
A small or young wolf, possibly a diminutive form.

الأغبسadjective

1.
dark-coloredclassical
Describing something that has a dark, dull, or grayish hue.

غبسverb

1.
to become darkboth
To grow dark or obscure.

أغبسverb

1.
to make darkboth
To cause something to become dark or obscure.

اغباسverb

1.
to become darkboth
To grow dark or obscure.

ابن الأغبسname

1.
nicknameclassical
A kunya or epithet referring to someone known as 'the dark-hued' or similar.

Parallel reading

الغبس، محركة، والغبسة، بالضم: الظلمة، أو بياض فيه كدرة رماد.

Al-ghabs, with harakah, and al-ghabsah, with dammah: darkness, or a whiteness with a dullness of ash.

وذئب أعبس، من غبس.

And a dark-faced wolf, from (the root) ghabaṣa.

ولا آتيك ماغبا غبيس، كزبير، أي: أبدا لا يعرف ما أصله، أو أصله الذئب صغر أغبس، مرخما، أي: مادام الذئب يأتي الغنم غبا.

And I will not come to you 'maghba ghabīs', like 'zubayr', meaning: never, its origin is unknown, or its origin is a young dark wolf, shortened, meaning: as long as the wolf comes to the sheep intermittently.

والورد الأغبس من الخيل: السمند.

And the dark-hued horse among horses: the dun-colored one.

والغبس: ناقة لحرملة بن المنذر الطائي.

And Al-Ghabs: a she-camel belonging to Ḥarmalah ibn al-Mundhir al-Ṭāʾī.

وغبس وأغبس واغباس: أظلم.

And ghabaṣa, aghbasa, and aghbāsa: they became dark.

وأحمد بن بشر التجيبي المحدث يعرف بابن الأغبس.

And Aḥmad ibn Bishr al-Tujībī the traditionist is known as Ibn al-Aghbas.