خبع

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concealing or hiding something, with variations in intensity and context. It also extends to a state of exhaustion from crying and a specific type of head covering.

Derived headwords

خَبَعَverb

1.
to hideboth
To conceal or hide something, similar to the root خبأ.

خَبَعَverb

1.
to be exhausted from cryingclassical
A child becomes exhausted and quiet as a result of prolonged crying.

خَبْعَةadjective

1.
concealingclassical
A woman described as 'خبعة قبعة' implies she is very good at concealing or hiding things.

خُبُوعًاnoun

1.
exhaustion from cryingclassical
The state of being exhausted and quiet after crying intensely.

الخُنْبَعَةnoun

1.
head coveringclassical
A type of head covering, similar to a veil or hood, whose front part is sewn to cover the woman's head.

Parallel reading

خبعت الشئ: لغة في خبأته.

I hid the thing: a dialectal variant of I concealed it.

وامرأة خبعة قبعة.

And a woman, khab'ah qubbah.

والخنبعة: شبه مقنعة قد خيط مقدمها تغطي به المرأة رأسها.

And the khunba'ah: a type of head covering, whose front part is sewn, with which a woman covers her head.

وخبع الصبي خبوعا، أي فحم من البكاء.

And the boy became exhausted from crying, meaning he became quiet from crying.