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الشبه

Root entry · 22 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of resemblance, likeness, and similarity. It extends to notions of confusion, ambiguity, and things that are alike to the point of being indistinguishable. It also has specific meanings related to metals, plants, and trees.

Derived headwords

الشَّبَهُnoun
  1. 1.
    likenessboth

    The state or quality of being similar or resembling something else.

  2. 2.
    resemblanceboth

    A similarity between people or things.

الشَّبَهُnoun
  1. 1.
    brassclassical

    A yellow alloy of copper and zinc, resembling gold.

الشَّبَهُnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of grainclassical

    A seed resembling a vetch or chickpea.

الشَّبَهُnoun
  1. 1.
    a thorny plantclassical

    A thorny plant with delicate red flowers and seeds similar to those of the 'shahdanj'.

الشَّبَهُnoun
  1. 1.
    acacia treesclassical

    Refers to the thorny trees of the 'adhaa' category, or possibly 'thumam' or 'namam'.

أَشْبَاهnoun
  1. 1.
    likenessesboth

    Plural of 'shabah', meaning things that are similar or resemble each other.

  2. 2.
    equalsboth

    Plural of 'shabah', referring to those who are equal or comparable.

شَابَهَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to resembleboth

    To be like or similar to someone or something.

أَشْبَهَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to resembleboth

    To be like or similar to someone or something.

أَمَهَverb
  1. 1.
    to be incapableclassical

    To be weak, feeble, or unable to perform a task.

تَشَابَهَاverb
  1. 1.
    to resemble each otherboth

    When each of two things or people resembles the other to the point of being indistinguishable.

اشْتَبَهَاverb
  1. 1.
    to resemble each otherboth

    When each of two things or people resembles the other to the point of being indistinguishable.

شَبَّهَهُ إِيَّاهُverb
  1. 1.
    to liken it to itboth

    To make something similar to something else.

تَشْبِيهًاnoun
  1. 1.
    likeningboth

    The act of making something similar to something else; simile or metaphor.

مُشْتَبِهَةadjective
  1. 1.
    confusingboth

    A matter that is unclear, ambiguous, or difficult to understand.

مُشَبَّهَةadjective
  1. 1.
    confusingboth

    A matter that is unclear, ambiguous, or difficult to understand.

الشُّبْهَةnoun
  1. 1.
    ambiguityboth

    A state of confusion or uncertainty, where something is unclear.

  2. 2.
    likenessboth

    A similarity or resemblance.

شَبَّهَ عَلَيْهِverb
  1. 1.
    to confuseboth

    To make something unclear or ambiguous for someone.

المُتَشَابِهُadjective
  1. 1.
    ambiguousclassical

    Referring to verses or passages in the Quran that are unclear or open to interpretation.

الشِّبْهَانnoun
  1. 1.
    brassclassical

    A yellow alloy of copper and zinc, resembling gold.

الشِّبْهَانnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of grainclassical

    A seed resembling a vetch or chickpea.

الشِّبْهَانnoun
  1. 1.
    a thorny plantclassical

    A thorny plant with delicate red flowers and seeds similar to those of the 'shahdanj'.

الشِّبْهَانnoun
  1. 1.
    acacia treesclassical

    Refers to the thorny trees of the 'adhaa' category, or possibly 'thumam' or 'namam'.

Parallel reading

الشبه، بالكسر والتحريك وكأمير: المثل ج: أشباه.
Al-shabah, with kasra and haraka, and like 'ameer': the likeness, pl. ashbah.
وشابهه وأشبهه: ماثله
And he resembled him and he resembled him: he was like him.
وأمه: عجز، وضعف.
And he was incapable: he was weak, feeble.
وتشابها واشتبها: أشبه كل منهما الآخر حتى التبسا.
And they resembled each other and they were confused: each of them resembled the other until they were indistinguishable.
وشبهه إياه، و به تشبيها: مثله.
And he likened it to it, and with it a likening: he made it like it.
وأمور مشتبهة ومشبهة، كمعظمة: مشكلة.
And matters that are confusing and made confusing, like 'ma'dhama': problematic.
والشبهة، بالضم: الالتباس، والمثل.
And al-shubha, with damma: confusion, and likeness.
وشبه عليه الأمر تشبيها: لبس عليه.
And the matter was made confusing to him with a likening: it was made unclear to him.
وفي القرآن المحكم والمتشابه
And in the Quran, the clear and the ambiguous.
والشبه والشبهان، محركتين: النحاس الأصفر، ويكسر ج: أشباه.
And al-shabah and al-shubhan, both vocalized: yellow copper (brass), and with kasra, pl. ashbah.
وكسحاب: حب كالحرف.
And like 'sahab': seeds like vetch.
والشبه والشبهان، محركتين: نبت شائك، له ورد لطيف أحمر، وحب كالشهدانج، ترياق لنهش الهوام، نافع للسعال، ويفتت الحصى، ويعقل البطن، وبضمتين: شجر العضاه، أو الثمام، أو النمام.
And al-shabah and al-shubhan, both vocalized: a thorny plant, with delicate red flowers, and seeds like 'shahdanj', an antidote for venomous bites, beneficial for coughs, breaks down stones, and stops diarrhea, and with two dammas: acacia trees, or 'thumam', or 'namam'.