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Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to slow or gentle movement, often associated with insects like locusts and ants. It also extends to concepts of abundance, the act of crafting, and geographical locations.

Derived headwords

الدبىnoun
  1. 1.
    slow walkingclassical

    Walking slowly and gently.

  2. 2.
    young locustsboth

    The young, immature stage of locusts.

  3. 3.
    young antsboth

    The young, immature stage of ants.

مدبيةadjective
  1. 1.
    infested with young locustsclassical

    A land that has many young locusts or ants.

مدبيةadjective
  1. 1.
    eaten by young locustsclassical

    A plant that has been eaten by young locusts.

أدبىverb
  1. 1.
    to sprout like young locustsclassical

    To emerge or sprout from a plant, resembling the appearance of young locusts.

دبىname
  1. 1.
    a marketclassical

    A market place for Arabs.

دبيname
  1. 1.
    a plainclassical

    A plain in the region of Al-Dahna, frequented by locusts.

دبى دبيphrase
  1. 1.
    with much wealthclassical

    Arriving with a great amount of wealth or possessions.

دبى دبيينphrase
  1. 1.
    with much wealthclassical

    Arriving with a great amount of wealth or possessions.

أبو دبيةname
  1. 1.
    a poetclassical

    A proper name referring to a poet.

الدباءnoun
  1. 1.
    craftsmanshipclassical

    The act of making or crafting something skillfully.

التدبيةnoun
  1. 1.
    craftsmanshipclassical

    The act of making or crafting something skillfully.

Parallel reading

المشي الرويد
Slow walking.
وأصغر الجراد والنمل
And the young of locusts and ants.
وأرض مدبية، كمحسنة: كثيرتهما
And a land infested with them (young locusts/ants), like 'muhsinah'.
ومدبية، كمرمية ومدعوة: أكل الدبى نبتها
And (a plant) 'madbiyah', like 'marmiyah' and 'mad'uwah': the young locusts ate its vegetation.
وأدبى العرفج: خرج منه مثل الدبى
And the 'urfuj' (shrub) sprouted: resembling the young locusts emerging from it.
ودبى، كعلى: سوق للعرب
And 'Dabba', like 'Ali': a market for the Arabs.
وكسمي: ع لين بالدهناء، يألفه الجراد
And 'Dubay', as 'sumiyya': a plain in Al-Dahna, frequented by locusts.
وجاء بدبى دبي، وبدبى دبيين: بمال كثير، وغلط الجوهري
And he came with 'dabba dabba' and 'dabba dabba'ayn: with much wealth, and Al-Jawhari was mistaken.
وأبو دبية، بالضم: شاعر
And Abu Dubayyah, with dammah: a poet.
والتدبية: الصنعة
And 'al-tadbiyah': craftsmanship.