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ءشب

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of mixing, mingling, and intermingling. It extends to ideas of confusion, entanglement, and even criticism or blame, often in the context of social interactions or lineage.

Derived headwords

أشبهverb
  1. 1.
    he resembled so-and-soboth

    he resembled so-and-so

يأشبهverb
  1. 1.
    resemblesboth

    Present tense of 'to resemble'.

  2. 2.
    blames, criticizesclassical

    Present tense of 'to blame or criticize'.

أشباnoun
  1. 1.
    blame, criticismclassical

    The act of finding fault or censuring someone.

أشبتverb
  1. 1.
    to mix, mingleclassical

    To cause people or things to become mixed together.

  2. 2.
    to entangle, twistclassical

    To cause something, like a thicket, to become intertwined or dense.

الأشابةnoun
  1. 1.
    mixed peopleclassical

    People who are of mixed lineage or origin.

الأشائبnoun
  1. 1.
    mixed thingsclassical

    A plural for 'mixed things', referring to mixed groups or lineages.

تأشبverb
  1. 1.
    to mix, mingleclassical

    To become mixed or mingled together, often referring to people.

  2. 2.
    to gather, joinclassical

    To come together and join with others.

ائتشبverb
  1. 1.
    to mix, mingleclassical

    To become mixed or mingled together.

  2. 2.
    to gather, joinclassical

    To come together and join with others.

التأشيبnoun
  1. 1.
    incitement, instigationclassical

    The act of stirring up trouble or conflict between people.

أشبت الغيضةverb
  1. 1.
    the thicket became denseclassical

    The thicket became dense, intertwined, and difficult to penetrate.

أشَبadjective
  1. 1.
    dense, intertwinedclassical

    Describing something that is dense, intertwined, or tangled, like a thicket or a crowd.

  2. 2.
    mixed, confusedclassical

    Describing lineage or identity as mixed or unclear.

مؤتشبadjective
  1. 1.
    mixed, of unclear lineageclassical

    Someone whose lineage or origin is mixed and not pure.

عرق أشبphrase
  1. 1.
    a mixed traitclassical

    A trait or characteristic that is mixed or confused, often referring to lineage.

Parallel reading

ويأشبني فيها الذين يلونها
And those who are close to them blame me for it.
ولو علموا لم يأشبوني بباطل
And if they had known, they would not have blamed me with falsehood.
ويقال أيضا: أشبت القوم، إذا خلطت بعضهم ببعض.
It is also said: 'Ashabtu al-qawm,' meaning you mixed some people with others.
والأشابة من الناس: الأخلاط، والجمع الأشائب.
And 'al-ashābah' from people refers to the mixed groups, and the plural is 'al-ashā'ib'.
وثقت له بالنصر إذ قيل قد غزت * قبائل من غسان غير أشائب
I trusted him for victory when it was said that tribes of Ghassan, not mixed, had invaded.
وتأشب القوم: اختلطوا، وائتشبوا أيضا.
And 'ta'ashaba al-qawm' means they mixed together, and 'i'tashabū' also means the same.
يقال: جاء فلان فيمن تأشب إليه، أي انضم إليه والتف إليه.
It is said: 'So-and-so came among those who gathered to him,' meaning joined him and rallied to him.
والتأشيب: التحريش بين القوم.
And 'al-ta'shīb' means inciting conflict between people.
وأشبت الغيضة، بالكسر، أي التفت.
And 'ashabat al-ghayḍah,' with a kasra, means it became dense and intertwined.
وعيص أشب، أي: ملتف، وعدد أشب.
And a dense thicket means intertwined, and a dense number means numerous.
وفلان مؤتشب، أي: مخلوط غير صريح في نسبه.
And so-and-so is 'mu'tashib,' meaning mixed and not pure in his lineage.
وضربت فيه فلانة بعرق أشب، أي: ذى التباس.
And 'so-and-so's mother struck in him a mixed trait,' meaning one of confusion.