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دبب

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns slow, creeping, or dragging movement, often associated with small creatures or the elderly. It extends to concepts of gradual progression, a slow pace, and even the physical attributes of animals and terrain.

Derived headwords

دبَّ على الأرض يدبُّ دبيباًverb
  1. 1.
    to creep, crawlboth

    To move slowly and steadily on the ground, like an insect or a reptile.

  2. 2.
    to walk slowlyboth

    To walk with a slow, deliberate, and often unsteady gait, typically used for the elderly or infirm.

دابَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    and every creature walking on the earth is a dabba (beast)both

    and every creature walking on the earth is a dabba (beast)

دبيبnoun
  1. 1.
    creeping, crawlingboth

    The act or sound of moving slowly and stealthily on the ground.

  2. 2.
    slow movementboth

    The slow, unsteady gait of someone walking, especially an elderly person.

دبَّ الشيخverb
  1. 1.
    the old man walked slowlyboth

    Describes an elderly person walking with a slow, measured, and perhaps unsteady pace.

أَدْبَبْتُ الصَّبِيَّverb
  1. 1.
    to make a child crawlclassical

    To encourage or cause a young child to move by crawling.

دَبِيٌّnoun
  1. 1.
    anyoneclassical

    Used in the negative to mean 'no one' or 'not a soul'.

دَبَّبَ الوَجْهَverb
  1. 1.
    face's fine hairclassical

    To have fine, downy hair on the face, like that of a young boy.

دُبّnoun
  1. 1.
    he crept, creeps, with kasra, a creeping and a crawlingboth

    he crept, creeps, with kasra, a creeping and a crawling

دُبَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    female bearboth

    The female of the bear species.

  2. 2.
    jar, potboth

    A container, often for oil or fat.

  3. 3.
    sand duneboth

    A mound or hill of sand.

مَدْبَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    place of flowingboth

    The course or path where a flood or stream flows.

  2. 2.
    ant trailboth

    The path or track made by ants.

مَدَبّnoun
  1. 1.
    place of flowingboth

    The course or path where a flood or stream flows.

  2. 2.
    ant trailboth

    The path or track made by ants.

دَبَّةٌ خَفِيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    hidden movementclassical

    A stealthy or concealed action or approach.

الدَّبَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    path, wayclassical

    A road or a manner of proceeding.

دَبُوبadjective
  1. 1.
    slow-moving (camel)classical

    Describes a female camel that walks very slowly due to being overweight.

دَبْدَبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    rumbling soundclassical

    A low, continuous, rumbling noise, often associated with the movement of horses.

Parallel reading

دب على الأرض يدب دبييا.
It creeps on the ground, creeping with a creeping motion.
وكل ماش على الارض دابة ودبيب.
And everything that walks on the earth is a dabba (creature) and dabeeb (creeping).
والدابة: التي تركب.
And the dabba: the one that is ridden.
ودابة الأرض: أحد أشراط الساعة.
And the Dabbat al-Ard: one of the signs of the Hour.
وأكذب من دب ودرج
And more lying than one who creeps and one who passes away.
ودب الشيخ، أي مشى مشيا رويدا.
And the old man walked slowly, meaning he walked with a slow pace.
وأدببت الصبى، أي حملته على الدبيب.
And I made the child crawl, meaning I carried him to crawling.
ما بالدار دبي ودبى، أي أحد.
There is no one in the house, meaning no one at all.
ودبب الوجه: زغبه.
And the face's fine hair: its down.
والدب من السباع، والانثى دبة.
And the bear is from the beasts of prey, and the female is a she-bear.
وأرض مدبة، أي ذات دببة.
And a land with dabeeb, meaning having bears.
ومدب السيل ومدبه: موضع جريه.
And the place where the flood flows and its course: the place of its running.
تنح عن مدب السيل، ومدبه ومدب النمل ومدبه
Move away from the flood's course, and its path, and the ants' trail, and its path.
والدبة التي للدهن.
And the jar which is for oil.
والدبة أيضا: الكثيب من الرمل.
And the dune also: the mound of sand.
ودببت دبة خفية، بالكسر.
And I did a hidden deed, with a kasra.
والدبة بالضم: ms0109 الطريق.
And the path, with a damma: the way.
دعني ودبتي، أي دعني وطريقتي وسجيتي.
Leave me and my way, meaning leave me and my method and my nature.
وناقة دبوب: لا تكاد تمشي من كثرة لحمها، إنما تدب.
And a slow-moving camel: she can hardly walk from the abundance of her flesh, she only creeps.
فعلت كذا من شب إلى دب، وإن شئت نونت، أي من الشباب إلى أن دببت على العصا.
I did such-and-such from youth until I walked with a stick, and if you wish you can add nunation, meaning from youth until I walked with a cane.
والدبدبة: ضرب من الصوت.
And the dabdaba: a type of sound.
دبدبة الخيل على الجسور
The rumbling of horses on the bridges