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هدب

Root entry · 20 derived lemmas

The root هدب (h-d-b) primarily relates to fringes, tassels, or hanging elements, particularly those found on clothing, eyes, plants, and even clouds. It extends to concepts of abundance, thickness, and sometimes slowness or heaviness.

Derived headwords

الهدبةnoun
  1. 1.
    Fringe, tasselboth

    A fringe or tassel, especially that which hangs from the edge of something.

  2. 2.
    Fluff, downboth

    A tuft of soft, downy material, like lint or fluff.

هدبverb
  1. 1.
    To have fringesboth

    To possess fringes or tassels, referring to the edges of garments or other items.

هدابnoun
  1. 1.
    Fringes, tasselsboth

    The fringes or tassels that adorn the edges of something, such as a garment or a palm frond.

مهدبadjective
  1. 1.
    Fringed, tasseledboth

    Possessing fringes or tassels, describing something adorned with them.

هدب العينnoun
  1. 1.
    the hair that grows on its eyelidsboth

    the hair that grows on its eyelids

الأهدبadjective
  1. 1.
    Having long eyelashesboth

    Describing a person who has abundant or long eyelashes.

الهدبnoun
  1. 1.
    Thin leavesclassical

    Refers to the thin, narrow leaves of certain plants, like those of the 'athal, cypress, or 'arṭā trees.

الهدابnoun
  1. 1.
    Thin leavesclassical

    Similar to 'al-hudub', referring to the narrow, non-broad leaves of certain plants.

هداب الفننnoun
  1. 1.
    Hanging branchesclassical

    The hanging or drooping branches of a tree.

هداب النخلnoun
  1. 1.
    Palm frondsboth

    The fronds or leaves of a palm tree.

هدبverb
  1. 1.
    To milkclassical

    To milk a female camel.

يهدبverb
  1. 1.
    To milkclassical

    Present tense of 'to milk a female camel'.

هدباnoun
  1. 1.
    Milkingclassical

    The act of milking a female camel.

هدبverb
  1. 1.
    To pick, to gatherclassical

    To pick or gather fruit.

الهيدبadjective
  1. 1.
    Slow, heavy, inarticulateclassical

    Describing someone who is slow, heavy in movement, or inarticulate in speech.

هيدبnoun
  1. 1.
    Hanging cloud strandsclassical

    The hanging strands or wisps of a cloud when it is about to rain, resembling threads.

هندبnoun
  1. 1.
    a vegetableboth

    a vegetable

هندباnoun
  1. 1.
    with shorteningboth

    with shortening

  2. 2.
    a vegetableboth

    a vegetable

هندباةnoun
  1. 1.
    Chicoryboth

    A type of herb or plant, specifically chicory.

الهندباnoun
  1. 1.
    with kasra on the dāl, it can be lengthened or shortenedboth

    with kasra on the dāl, it can be lengthened or shortened

Parallel reading

الهدبة: الخملة، وضم الدال لغة فيه.
Al-hudbah: the fluff, and with a dammah on the dal is another dialect for it.
وهدب الثوب وهداب الثوب: ما على أطرافه.
And the fringe of the garment and the هداب of the garment: what is on its edges.
ودمقس مهدب، أي ذو هداب.
And a fringed damask, meaning possessing fringes.
وهدب العين: ما نبت من الشعر على أشفارها.
And the هدب of the eye: what grows of hair on its eyelids.
والأهدب: الرجل الكثير أشفار العين.
And al-ahdab: the man with abundant eyelashes.
والهدب، بالتحريك كل ورق ليس له عرض، كورق الأثل، والسرو، والأرطى: وكذلك الهداب.
And al-hudub, with harakah: every leaf that does not have width, like the leaves of the 'athal, the cypress, and the 'arṭā: and likewise al-hudab.
في كناس ظاهر يستره * من عل الشفان هداب الفنن
In a visible lair that conceals it * from the heights of the bushes, the hanging branches of the boughs.
وهداب النخل: سعفه.
And the هداب of the palm tree: its fronds.
وهدب الناقة يهدبها هدبا: احتلبها.
And he milked the she-camel, he milks her, a milking: he milked her.
وهدب الثمرة، أي اجتناها.
And he picked the fruit, meaning he gathered it.
والهيدب: العيي الثقيل.
And al-haydab: the slow, the heavy, the inarticulate.
وهيدب السحاب: ما تهدب منه إذا أراد الودق، كأنه خيوط.
And haydab of the clouds: what hangs from it when it intends to rain, as if it were threads.
وان مسف فويق الأرض هيدبه * يكاد يدفعه من قام بالراح
And it hung low above the earth, its strands * almost pushing away whoever stood with a pitcher.
وهندب بفتح الدال، وهندبا، وهندباة: بقل.
And hindab with fatha on the dal, and hindaba, and hindabaah: herbs.
وقال أبو زيد: الهندبا بكسر الدال يمد ويقصر.
And Abu Zayd said: al-hindaba with kasra on the dal, can be lengthened or shortened.