وبء

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns widespread disease and pestilence affecting a land or population. It also extends to the concept of finding a place to be diseased and, in a distinct semantic shift, to making a gesture or signal.

Derived headwords

الوبأnoun

1.
Epidemic, plagueboth
A widespread and often fatal disease affecting a large number of people or animals in a region.

أوباءnoun

1.
Epidemics, plaguesboth
The plural of 'وبأ', referring to multiple instances or types of widespread diseases.

أوبئةnoun

1.
Epidemics, plaguesboth
Another plural form of 'وبأ', also referring to multiple widespread diseases.

وبِئَتْverb

1.
Became diseasedboth
The land became afflicted with a widespread disease or pestilence.

توبَؤُverb

1.
To become diseasedboth
The land became afflicted with a widespread disease or pestilence (imperfect tense).

وبَأًnoun

1.
Disease, pestilenceboth
The state or condition of being diseased; a widespread sickness.

موبوءةadjective

1.
Diseased, infectedboth
Describing a land or place that has become afflicted with widespread disease.

وبِئَتْverb

1.
Became diseasedboth
The land became afflicted with a widespread disease or pestilence (alternative form).

توبَؤُverb

1.
To become diseasedboth
The land became afflicted with a widespread disease or pestilence (imperfect tense, alternative form).

وباءةnoun

1.
Disease, pestilenceboth
A state of widespread sickness or affliction, similar to 'وباء'.

وبِئةadjective

1.
Diseased, pestilentialboth
Describing something that is prone to or characterized by widespread disease.

وبيئةadjective

1.
Diseased, pestilentialboth
An intensified form of 'وبئة', describing something strongly characterized by widespread disease.

أوْبَأَتْverb

1.
To signal, to gestureclassical
To make a sign or gesture towards someone, synonymous with 'أومأت'.

موبِئةadjective

1.
Diseased, pestilentialboth
Describing a land or place that has become afflicted with widespread disease (alternative form).

استوبَأتverb

1.
Found to be diseasedboth
To discover or find a land to be afflicted with widespread disease.

وبَأتْverb

1.
To signal, to gestureclassical
To make a sign or gesture towards someone, synonymous with 'ومأت'.

إليه بالفتحother

1.
Towards it (with fatha)classical
Refers to the pronunciation of 'إليه' with a fatha on the 'alif', indicating a specific grammatical or phonetic nuance.

أوبَأتverb

1.
To signal, to gestureclassical
To make a sign or gesture towards someone, synonymous with 'أومأت'.

Parallel reading

الوبأ، يمد ويقصر: مرض عام

Al-waba', pronounced with a long or short vowel: a general disease.

وجمع المقصور أوباء وجمع الممدود أوبئة

And the plural of the short form is 'awbaa'' and the plural of the long form is 'awbi'ah'.

وقد وبئت الأرض توبأ وبأ فهي موبوءة، إذا كثر مرضها

And the land became diseased, it becomes diseased with pestilence, and it is diseased, when its sickness is abundant.

وكذلك وبئت توبأ وباءة مثل تمه تماهة، فهى وبئة ووبيئة على فعلة وفعيلة

And likewise, it became diseased, it becomes diseased with pestilence, like 'tammah' becomes 'tamahah', so it is 'wabiah' and 'wabi'ah' on the pattern of 'fa'lah' and 'fa'ilah'.

وفيه لغة ثالثة أو بأت فهى موبئة

And there is a third language in it: it became diseased, and it is 'mub'iah'.

واستوبأت الارض: وجدتها وبئة

And 'istawba'at al-ard': you found the land to be diseased.

ووبأت إليه بالفتح، وأوبأت: لغة في ومأت وأومأت، إذا أشرت إليه

And 'awba'at' to it with fatha, and 'awba'at': a variant pronunciation for 'wama'at' and 'awmaat', meaning if you gestured to it.

وإن نحن أو بأنا إلى الناس وقفوا

And if we gestured to the people, they would stop.