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الهنبغ

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to intense hunger and its associated states. It also extends to describe dust storms, a lion, a weak woman, and a foolish person, suggesting a semantic field of intensity, weakness, and perhaps a wild or untamed nature.

Derived headwords

الهِنَبْغnoun
  1. 1.
    Intense hungerboth

    A state of severe hunger or extreme starvation.

  2. 2.
    Dust stormclassical

    Dust or dirt that is easily stirred up by the slightest movement.

  3. 3.
    Lionclassical

    A term used to refer to a lion.

  4. 4.
    Weak womanclassical

    A woman characterized by a weak grip or feeble physical strength.

  5. 5.
    Foolish personclassical

    A person, typically a woman, who is foolish or lacks intelligence.

الهِنْبَاغnoun
  1. 1.
    Intense hungerboth

    Synonymous with الهنبغ, denoting severe hunger.

هَنَبَغَverb
  1. 1.
    To be hungryboth

    To experience hunger, particularly intense hunger.

  2. 2.
    To be abundantclassical

    Used to describe dust or a dust storm being plentiful or excessive.

  3. 3.
    To be stirred upclassical

    Used to describe dust or a dust storm being agitated or rising.

Parallel reading

الهِنَبْغ: شدة الجوع، والجوع الشديد
Al-hanbagh: intense hunger, and severe hunger.
كالهِنْبَاغ
Like al-hanbagh.
والتراب الذي يطير بأدنى شيء
And the dust that flies with the slightest thing.
والأسد
And the lion.
والمرأة الضعيفة البطش
And the woman of weak grasp.
والحمقاء
And the foolish woman.
هَنَبَغَ: جاع
Hanbagha: he was hungry.
و العجاج: كثر، وثار
And the dust storm: it was abundant, and it was stirred up.