شقب

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes physical openings, fissures, or depressions, particularly in mountainous terrain. It can also refer to a deep chasm or a long, slender object or person.

Derived headwords

الشَّقْبnoun

1.
fissure, cleftboth
A narrow opening or crack, similar to a cave or a split in a mountain.

شَقْبnoun

1.
depression, hollowclassical
A low-lying place in the ground, which appears to recede into the earth when viewed from above.

شَقَبnoun

1.
depression, hollowclassical
A low-lying place in the ground, which appears to recede into the earth when viewed from above.

شُقْبَةnoun

1.
fissure, cleftboth
A narrow opening or crack, similar to a cave or a split in a mountain. This is a plural form.

شِقَابnoun

1.
fissure, cleftboth
A narrow opening or crack, similar to a cave or a split in a mountain. This is a plural form.

شُقُوبnoun

1.
fissure, cleftboth
A narrow opening or crack, similar to a cave or a split in a mountain. This is a plural form.

الشِّقَابnoun

1.
chasm, abyssclassical
A deep, gaping hollow or abyss situated between two mountains.

شَوْقَبadjective

1.
tallclassical
Describing a man who is tall and slender.

Parallel reading

الشقب، بالكسر: كالغار أو كالشق في الجبل

Al-shaqb (with kasra): like a cave or like a cleft in the mountain.

والجمع شقبة وشقاب وشقوب

And the plural is shuqbah, shiqaab, and shuqoob.

شقب وشقب بالكسر والفتح، قال: وهو مكان مطمئن إذا أشرفت عليه ذهب في الأرض

Shaqb and shaqb (with kasra and fatha), he said: it is a low-lying place; when you look down on it, it disappears into the earth.

قال: والشقاب اللهوب، وهو مهوى بين الجبلين

He said: And al-shiqaab is the deep abyss, which is a chasm between the two mountains.

والشوقب: الرجل الطويل

And al-shawqab: the tall man.