ترب
Root entry · 27 derived lemmasThis root primarily relates to earth, soil, dust, and the ground. It extends to concepts of poverty, destitution, and being covered or affected by dust. It also encompasses notions of equality, peers, and age-mates, as well as physical descriptions of the chest and specific plants.
Derived headwords
- 1.dust, soil, earthboth
The fine particles of earth or other matter; the ground or surface of the earth.
- 1.soil, earthboth
The ground or surface of the earth, often referring to its quality or composition.
- 2.grave, tombclassical
A person's resting place; their grave or tomb.
- 3.fingertip, digitclassical
The tip of a finger or toe.
- 4.plant, shrubclassical
A type of plant or shrub, often described as green and eaten by camels.
- 1.earth, groundclassical
The earth or ground itself, sometimes used in contrast to the sky.
- 2.plant, shrubclassical
A plant or shrub, similar to التربة.
- 1.dust, soilclassical
A variant term for dust or soil.
- 1.dust, soilclassical
A variant term for dust or soil.
- 1.dust, soilclassical
A variant term for dust or soil.
- 1.dust, soilclassical
A variant term for dust or soil.
- 1.dust, soilclassical
A variant term for dust or soil.
- 1.chest bonesclassical
The bones of the chest, specifically the collarbones or the area around them.
- 1.soils, earthsboth
Plural of تربة, referring to different types or patches of soil.
- 1.to be dustyclassical
To have much dust; to be covered in dust.
- 2.to be poor, destituteclassical
To become poor or destitute, to the point of being associated with the dust.
- 3.to stick to dustclassical
To adhere to the dust, implying poverty or destitution.
- 1.dustinessclassical
The state or condition of being dusty.
- 2.poverty, destitutionclassical
The state of being poor or destitute.
- 1.dustyclassical
Covered with dust.
- 2.poor, destituteclassical
Poor or destitute, associated with dust.
- 1.rich, wealthyclassical
Rich or wealthy, having abundant possessions, possibly likened to dust in quantity.
- 1.to become richclassical
To become wealthy or rich, to have abundant possessions.
- 2.to make richclassical
To make someone rich or wealthy.
- 3.to put dust onclassical
To place dust upon something.
- 4.to own a slaveclassical
To own a slave who has been owned three times (specific context).
- 1.poverty, destitutionboth
The state of being poor, needy, or destitute.
- 1.may your hands be dustyclassical
An expression of misfortune or poverty, literally 'may his hands be covered in dust'.
- 2.may you not gain goodclassical
An expression meaning 'may you not achieve anything good' or 'may you fail'.
- 1.to be covered in dustclassical
To become covered or smeared with dust.
- 2.to stick to dustclassical
To adhere to the dust, implying poverty.
- 1.docile, tameclassical
Describing a camel or other animal that is docile, tame, and easily led.
- 1.collarbones, chest bonesboth
The bones of the upper chest, including the collarbones and the area between them.
- 1.chest boneclassical
A single bone of the chest, part of the ترائب.
- 1.chest boneclassical
A single bone of the chest, part of the ترائب.
- 1.peer, age-mateboth
A person of the same age or status; a peer or contemporary.
- 2.twin, born togetherclassical
Someone born at the same time or from the same birth.
- 1.peers, age-matesboth
Plural of ترب, referring to people of the same age or status.
- 1.to become its peerclassical
To become its peer or companion.
- 1.weakness, feeblenessclassical
Weakness or feebleness.
- 1.name of a valleyclassical
A valley located near Mecca.