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عدب

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to fine, scattered sand or dust, and possibly to a group or gathering of people.

Derived headwords

العَدَابnoun
  1. 1.
    fine sandclassical

    That which is fine and scattered of sand.

العدابةnoun
  1. 1.
    group of peopleclassical

    A group or gathering of people, a company.

Parallel reading

العداب بالفتح: ما استرق من الرمل.
Al-'adāb, with fatḥa: what is fine and scattered of sand.
كثور العداب الفرد يضربه الندى
Like a solitary mound of fine sand struck by dew
تعلى الندى في متنه وتحدرا
The dew rose on its surface and flowed down.
والعدابة: الركب
And al-'adābah: the riding party.
وكنت كذات العرك لم تبق ماءها
And I was like a woman who has been rubbed (or a place that has been scoured) and has not retained her water,
ولا هي مما بالعدابة طاهر
Nor is she pure from what is in the riding party.