دبس

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to dark, viscous liquids, particularly date syrup. It also extends to describe dark or reddish-black colors in animals and the initial dark appearance of vegetation on land.

Derived headwords

الدبسnoun

1.
what flows from fresh datesboth
what flows from fresh dates

أدبسadjective

1.
dark reddish-blackboth
Describing an animal, particularly a bird or horse, whose color is between black and red.

ادبسverb

1.
to become dark reddish-blackclassical
The verb form indicating that an animal has acquired a color between black and red.

ادبسساساnoun

1.
dark reddish-blacknessclassical
The state or quality of being dark reddish-black, used as a masdar for the verb ادبس.

الدبسيname

1.
a bird nameclassical
The name of a bird, possibly derived from 'dibs' (date syrup) or a place named Dabs.

أدبستverb

1.
to show dark vegetationclassical
The land has begun to show the first signs of dark vegetation.

مدبسةadjective

1.
showing dark vegetationclassical
Describing land that has begun to show the first signs of dark vegetation.

الدباساءnoun

1.
female locustclassical
The female of the locust.

الدبابيسnoun

1.
locusts (plural)classical
Plural of 'dabbus', referring to locusts. The word is considered by some to be of foreign origin.

دبوسnoun

1.
locustclassical
A single locust. This term is considered by some to be a loanword.

Parallel reading

ما يسيل من الرطب

What flows from ripe dates.

والأدبس من الطير والخيل: الذي لونه بين السواد والحمرة

And the 'adabs' (dark reddish-black) of birds and horses: that whose color is between black and red.

وقد ادبس ادبساسا

And he became 'udabbasa' (dark reddish-black) with 'udabbasaasan' (dark reddish-blackness).

والدبسي: طائر وهو منسوب إلى طير دبس

And the 'ad-Dibsi': a bird, and it is attributed to the bird 'Dabs'.

ويقال إلى دبس الرطب، لانهم يغيرون في النسب، كالدهرى والسهلى

And it is said to be attributed to date syrup, because they change the derivation in attribution, like 'ad-Dahri' and 'as-Suhli'.

وأدبست الأرض فهي مدبسة

And the land became 'udubbisat' (showed dark vegetation), and it is 'madbasah' (showing dark vegetation).

وذلك أول ما يرى فيها سواد النبت

And that is the first thing seen of dark vegetation upon it.

والدباساء، ممدود: الانثى من الجراد

And 'ad-Dabaasaa', elongated: the female of the locust.

وقول لقيط بن زرارة: لو سمعوا وقع الدبابيس

And the saying of Laqit ibn Zurarah: If they had heard the impact of the 'dabaabees' (locusts).

واحدها دبوس، وأراه معربا

Its singular is 'dabboos', and I think it is a loanword.