خشب

Root entry · 20 derived lemmas

The root خشب (kh-sh-b) primarily relates to hardness, roughness, and coarseness, often applied to physical objects like wood, mountains, and swords. It can also extend to abstract qualities like unpleasantness or a lack of refinement, and in some contexts, to mixing or blending.

Derived headwords

خَشَبَةnoun

1.
piece of woodboth
A single piece of wood, timber, or lumber.

خَشَبnoun

1.
The plural of al-khashabah is khashab, with two fatḥas.both
The plural of al-khashabah is khashab, with two fatḥas.
2.
And khushub, with two ḍammas.both
And khushub, with two ḍammas.
3.
And khushb, like qufl.both
And khushb, like qufl.

خَشِبnoun

1.
The plural of al-khashabah is khashab, with two fatḥas.both
The plural of al-khashabah is khashab, with two fatḥas.
2.
And khushub, with two ḍammas.both
And khushub, with two ḍammas.
3.
And khushb, like qufl.both
And khushb, like qufl.

خُشْبَانnoun

1.
the two mountains of Meccaboth
the two mountains of Mecca

خَشَبَverb

1.
The plural of al-khashabah is khashab, with two fatḥas.both
The plural of al-khashabah is khashab, with two fatḥas.
2.
And khushub, with two ḍammas.both
And khushub, with two ḍammas.
3.
And khushb, like qufl.both
And khushb, like qufl.

تَخْشِيبverb

1.
to be mixedclassical
To be mixed with something.

مَخْشُوبadjective

1.
mixedclassical
Describing something that has been mixed with something else.

خُشَيْبadjective

1.
sword (newly made)classical
A sword whose tempering process has just begun.
2.
polishedclassical
Smooth and polished, often referring to a sword.
3.
roughclassical
Coarse or rough in texture.
4.
arrow (partially made)classical
An arrow in its initial stage of being shaped or smoothed.

خَشِيبadjective

1.
sword (newly made)classical
A sword whose tempering process has just begun.
2.
polishedclassical
Smooth and polished, often referring to a sword.
3.
roughclassical
Coarse or rough in texture.
4.
arrow (partially made)classical
An arrow in its initial stage of being shaped or smoothed.

جَمَلٌ خُشَيْبadjective

1.
stout camelclassical
A camel that is thick, stout, or bulky.

خَشَعَverb

1.
he was humble, submissiveboth
he was humble, submissive
2.
he lowered his gazeboth
he lowered his gaze

أَخْشَبadjective

1.
every rough, great mountainboth
every rough, great mountain

أَخْشَبَانname

1.
the two mountains of Meccaclassical
The two mountains flanking Mecca, Abu Qubays and Qu'ayqi'an.

جَبْهَةٌ خَشْبَاءadjective

1.
unpleasant, dry foreheadclassical
A forehead described as unpleasant, dry, or harsh.

أَكَمَةٌ خَشْبَاءadjective

1.
rough hillclassical
A hill that is rough, coarse, or large.

ظَلِيمٌ خَشِبadjective

1.
rough ostrichclassical
An ostrich described as rough or coarse.

اخْشَوْشَبَverb

1.
he became roughboth
he became rough

تَخَشْبَبَتْverb

1.
to eat dry fodderclassical
Camels eating dry, withered fodder from the pasture.

قَشِبٌ خَشِبadjective

1.
worthless manclassical
A man who is worthless, lacking good qualities.

خَشَّابname

1.
Al-Khashshabclassical
A name given to the tribe of Banu Razzam bin Malik bin Hanzalah.

Parallel reading

جمع الخشبة خشب وخشب وخشب وخشبان.

The plural of khashabah (piece of wood) is khashab, khashab, khashab, and khushban.

وخشبت الشئ بالشئ: خلطته به.

And I khashabta (mixed) a thing with a thing: I blended it with it.

لا مقرف ولا مخشوب

Neither repulsive nor mixed.

والخشيب: السيف الذى بدئ طبعه.

And al-khashib: the sword whose tempering was begun.

والخشيب أيضا: الصقيل، وهو من الاضداد.

And al-khashib is also: the polished one, and it is from the homonyms (opposites).

قال لى أعرابي: قلت لصيقل: هل فرغت من سيفى؟ قال: نعم إلا أنى لم أخشبه.

An Arab told me: I said to the polisher: Have you finished my sword? He said: Yes, except that I have not khashab-ed it.

والخشب أن يضع عليه سنانا عريضا أملس فيدلكه به، فإن كان فيه شعث أو شقوق أو حدب ذهب واملس.

And al-khashab is to place on it a wide, smooth point and rub it with it; if there were any roughness, cracks, or bumps, it would go away and become smooth.

وقول صخر: ومرهف أخلصت خشيبته

And the saying of Sakhr: And a sharp one whose khashibah (nature/temper) I refined.

أي طبيعته.

Meaning its nature.

والخشيب: السهم حين يبرى البري الأول.

And al-khashib: the arrow when it undergoes the first shaping.

وجمل خشيب، أي غليظ.

And a khashib camel, meaning stout.

خشبت الشعر، إذا قلته كما يجئ لم تتنوق فيه.

I khashabta (shaped) the poetry, if you say it as it comes without refining it.

والاخشبان: جبلا مكة.

And al-Akhshaban: the two mountains of Mecca.

وفى الحديث: " لا تزول مكة حتى يزول أخشباها ".

And in the Hadith: 'Mecca will not cease to exist until its two Akhshabs (mountains) cease to exist.'

وجبهة خشباء، أي كريهة يابسة، وأكمة خشباء.

And a khashba' forehead, meaning unpleasant and dry, and a khashba' hill.

وظليم خشب، أي خشن.

And a khashib ostrich, meaning rough.

وقد اخشوشب أي صار خشبا، وهو الخشن.

And he has ikhshushab-ed, meaning he became khashab (rough), which is coarse.

كل شئ غليظ خشن فهو أخشب وخشب.

Everything thick and rough is akhshab and khashab.

" اخشوشبوا " قال: هو الغلظ وابتذال النفس في العمل والاحتفاء في المشي ليغلظ الجسد.

'Ikhshushibu' (be hardy/rough). He said: It is robustness and the self's exertion in work and walking barefoot to thicken the body.

وتخشبت الإبل، إذا أكلت اليبيس من المرعى.

And the camels takhashshab-ed, if they ate the dry fodder from the pasture.

ورجل قشب خشب، إذا كان لا خير فيه.

And a man is qashib khashab, if he has no good in him.

وبنو رزام بن مالك بن حنظلة يقال لهم الخشاب.

And the sons of Razzam bin Malik bin Hanzalah are called Al-Khashshab.

عدلت بهم طهية والخشابا

I equated them with Tahiyyah and Al-Khashshaba.