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ببب

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to sounds, particularly those of infants, and also describes plumpness or fullness. It extends to terms for foolishness, a specific nickname, and a collective state of unity or equality.

Derived headwords

بَبَّةname
  1. 1.
    infant's soundclassical

    A sound made by a child, often a baby.

  2. 2.
    Qurashi nicknameclassical

    A nickname given to a Qurashi man, specifically Abdullah bin Al-Harith, due to his plumpness or because his mother used this sound while rocking him.

بَبَّةadjective
  1. 1.
    plumpclassical

    Describing someone who is fat or plump.

  2. 2.
    full-bodied youthclassical

    A young person who is full-bodied due to prosperity.

  3. 3.
    foolishclassical

    Describing someone as foolish or slow-witted.

بَبَّةname
  1. 1.
    female slave nameclassical

    A name for a female slave, though this usage is debated and considered incorrect by some scholars.

بَبَّةname
  1. 1.
    house nameclassical

    The name of a house in Mecca, possibly named after Abdullah bin Al-Harith.

بَبَّةname
  1. 1.
    Al-Juhani companionclassical

    A companion of the Prophet Muhammad, also referred to as Nabbah or Nabbiyah.

البَبّnoun
  1. 1.
    plumpnessclassical

    The state of being plump or fat.

  2. 2.
    boyclassical

    A boy, particularly one who is plump.

بَبَّانnoun
  1. 1.
    one entityclassical

    A state of being one, unified, or equal.

  2. 2.
    groupclassical

    A group or collective of people.

  3. 3.
    destituteclassical

    Someone who is poor or has nothing.

بَبَّانًاnoun
  1. 1.
    one entityclassical

    In the state of being one, unified, or equal.

البَأْبَأَةnoun
  1. 1.
    stallion's rumbleclassical

    The repeated rumbling or guttural sound made by a stallion.

بَبَّverb
  1. 1.
    to make a soundclassical

    To make a sound, specifically the sound of a baby or a stallion.

Parallel reading

حكاية صوت صبي
A tale of a boy's sound.
والببة: السمين
And 'babbah' means fat.
وقيل: الشاب الممتلىء البدن نعمة
And it was said: A young man full-bodied due to prosperity.
ببة صفة للأحمق الثقيل أيضا
'Babbah' is also an adjective for the foolish, slow person.
إنما هو لقب عبد الله بن الحارث
It is merely the nickname of Abdullah bin Al-Harith.
لأن أمه كانت ترقصه بذلك الصوت
Because his mother used to rock him with that sound.
سلم عليه فتى من قريش فرد عليه مثل سلامه فقال: ما أحسبك أثبتني. قال: ألست ببة
A young man from Quraysh greeted him and he returned his greeting, saying: I don't think you recognized me. He said: Aren't you Babbah?
لأنكحن ببه جارية خدبه
I will marry Babbah, a plump slave girl.
جارية منصوب على أنه مفعول ثان لانكحن
A slave girl, منصوب (accusative) as a second object for 'I will marry'.
أي تغلبهن نساء قريش حسنا
Meaning, she surpasses the women of Quraysh in beauty.
ودار ببة بمكة على رأس ردم عمر بن الخطاب
And the house of Babbah was in Mecca at the head of the embankment of Umar ibn Al-Khattab.
والبب: البأج، والغلام السمين
And 'al-bab': the plump, and the fat boy.
لئن عشت إلى قابل لألحقن آخر الناس بأولهم حتى يكونوا ببانا واحدا
If I live to next year, I will join the last of the people with the first, so that they become one 'babbana'.
إن عشت فسأجعل الناس ببانا واحدا
If I live, I will make the people one 'babbana'.
هم ببان واحد، و هم على ببان واحد
They are one 'babbana', and they are upon one 'babbana'.
إذا المصاعيب ارتجسن قبقبا بغبغة مرا ومرا بأببا
When the difficult ones (camels) made a rumbling sound, a repeated 'ghabghabah' and 'bababa'.
يسوقها أعيس هدار ببب إذا دعاها أقبلت لا تتئب
An agile, roaring camel drives them; when 'babab' calls them, they come without delay.