خلب

Root entry · 21 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns deception, trickery, and falsehood, often through speech or appearance. It extends to things that are deceptive in nature, like lightning without rain, or to qualities associated with deception, such as being cunning or deceitful. It also encompasses some unrelated meanings like a part of the body, a type of plant fiber, and a tool.

Derived headwords

خَلَبَverb

1.
he cut the plant (verb form 'naṣara')both
he cut the plant (verb form 'naṣara')

خِلَابَةnoun

1.
deceptionboth
Deception through speech; trickery.

خَلَبَ يَخْلُبُverb

1.
to deceiveboth
To deceive, with the verb conjugated in the present tense (yakhlubu) with dammah.

اخْتَلَبَverb

1.
to deceiveboth
To deceive, similar to the basic form of the verb.

خَلْبَةnoun

1.
deceitful womanboth
A deceitful woman.
2.
deceiversclassical
Those who deceive women; a plural form.

خَالَةadjective

1.
conceitedboth
A woman who is conceited or arrogant.
2.
conceitedboth
People who are conceited or arrogant (plural form).

خَلَّابadjective

1.
a deceptive, lying manboth
a deceptive, lying man

خَلَبُوتadjective

1.
deceitfulboth
A deceitful person, a liar; an intensified form.

البَرْقُ الخُلُبnoun

1.
lightning without rain, as if it is deceptiveboth
lightning without rain, as if it is deceptive

سَحَابٌ خُلُبnoun

1.
rainless cloudsboth
Clouds that do not bring rain, similar to deceptive lightning.

مُخَلَّبadjective

1.
highly embroideredboth
A garment that is richly embroidered or patterned.

خِلْبnoun

1.
he cut the plant (verb form 'naṣara')both
he cut the plant (verb form 'naṣara')

خُلْبnoun

1.
he cut the plant (verb form 'naṣara')both
he cut the plant (verb form 'naṣara')

مُخْلِبnoun

1.
talonboth
The talon of a bird or beast of prey, analogous to a human fingernail.
2.
sickleclassical
A sickle that has no teeth.

أَخْلَبَverb

1.
to cut plantsboth
To cut plants, especially for consumption.
2.
to become muddyboth
Water becoming muddy or full of sediment.

اِسْتَخْلَبَverb

1.
to cut plantsboth
To cut plants, especially for consumption.

خَلَبَ يَخْلُبُهُverb

1.
to deceiveboth
To deceive someone, with the verb conjugated in the present tense (yakhlubuhu) with dammah.

خَلَبَنnoun

1.
foolish womenclassical
Foolish or stupid women; the 'n' is for augmentation.

خُلْبَةnoun

1.
fiberboth
A piece of fiber.

خِلْبَةnoun

1.
fiberboth
A piece of fiber.

خَلْبnoun

1.
he cut the plant (verb form 'naṣara')both
he cut the plant (verb form 'naṣara')

Parallel reading

الخلابة: الخديعة باللسان

Al-khalabah: Deception by the tongue.

تقول منه: خلبه يخلبه بالضم، واختلبه مثله.

You say from it: khalaba yakhlubu (with dammah), and ikhtalaba is similar.

إذا لم تغلب فاخلب

If you cannot overcome, then deceive.

والخلبة: الخداعة من النساء.

And al-khalabah: a deceitful woman.

امرأة خالة أي مختالة، وقوم خالة أي مختالون

A woman is khalah meaning conceited, and people are khalah meaning conceited.

رجل خلاب وخلبوت، أي خداع كذاب.

A man is khallab and khulbut, meaning deceitful and a liar.

والبرق الخلب: الذي لا غيث فيه، كأنه خادع

And al-barq al-khulub: that which has no rain in it, as if it is deceiving.

ومننه قيل لمن يعد ولا ينجز: إنما أنت كبرق خلب

And from it, it is said to one who promises but does not fulfill: You are merely like deceptive lightning.

والخلب أيضا: السحاب الذي لا مطر فيه يقال برق خلب، بالإضافة.

And al-khalb also: clouds that have no rain in them; it is said 'barqun khulub' (lightning of khulub), by way of idafah.

والمخلب: الكثير الوشي من الثياب.

And al-mukhallab: that which is richly embroidered from clothes.

والخلب، بالكسر: الحجاب الذى بين القلب وسواد البطن.

And al-khilb, with kasr: the membrane between the heart and the abdominal cavity.

يقال للرجل الذي تحبه النساء: إنه لخلب نساء.

It is said of a man whom women love: He is a khilbu nisaa' (beloved of women).

والخلب بالضم: الحمأة. تقول منه ماء مخلب وقد أخلب.

And al-khulb, with dammah: mud. You say from it 'ma'un mukhlib' (muddy water) and 'aqhlab' (it became muddy).

والخلب أيضا: الليف.

And al-khalb also: fiber.

والليفة خلبة وخلبة.

And a fiber is khulbah and khilbah.

والمخلب للطائر والسباع بمنزلة الظفر للإنسان.

And the mukhlaba for a bird and beasts of prey is like the nail for a human.

والمخلب: المنجل الذي لا أسنان له.

And al-mukhlaba: the sickle that has no teeth.

خلبت النبات أخلبه خلبا واستخلبته، إذا قطعته.

Khalaba the plant, akhlabahu khalba, and istakhlabtuhu, if you cut it.

نستخلب الخبير

We cut the wild plants.

والخلبن: الحمقاء، والنون للإلحاق.

And al-khalban: foolish women, and the 'n' is for augmentation.

تخليط خرقاء اليدين خلبن

A confused mixing of clumsy hands, foolish women.