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دبش

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the state of land after being grazed or eaten by locusts, becoming depleted or barren. It can also refer to a state of being covered or obscured.

Derived headwords

دَبِشَverb
  1. 1.
    to be depletedclassical

    To become depleted or eaten, specifically referring to vegetation on land.

دَبْشnoun
  1. 1.
    depletionclassical

    The act or state of being depleted, especially of vegetation by locusts.

مَدْبُوشَةadjective
  1. 1.
    eaten by locustsclassical

    Describing land whose vegetation has been eaten by locusts, making it depleted.

  2. 2.
    coveredclassical

    Covered or obscured by something.

مُدَبَّشadjective
  1. 1.
    eaten by locustsclassical

    Land whose vegetation has been consumed by locusts.

Parallel reading

أرض مدبوشة، إذا أكل الجراد نبتها.
Depleted land, if locusts have eaten its vegetation.
في مهوئن بالدبى مدبوش
In a low-lying area, depleted by locusts.