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حءب

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of wideness, vastness, and spaciousness. It is applied to geographical features like valleys, containers like buckets, and even abstract qualities like a large belly or a spacious well. It also denotes specific locations and a person's name.

Derived headwords

الحوأبnoun
  1. 1.
    Wide valleyclassical

    Refers to a wide valley, particularly one that is extensive and expansive.

  2. 2.
    Wide bucketclassical

    Describes a large and capacious bucket.

  3. 3.
    Deep wellclassical

    Denotes a well that is deep or a watering place in a low-lying area.

  4. 4.
    Location near Basraclassical

    A specific place or well located near Basra, famously associated with Aisha's journey during the Battle of the Camel.

  5. 5.
    Large camelclassical

    Refers to a large and robust camel.

الحوأبةnoun
  1. 1.
    Largest containerclassical

    The largest or most capacious of containers, such as large boxes (علاب) or buckets (دلاء).

  2. 2.
    Large sackclassical

    A large sack or bag, often used for storing goods.

حوأبadjective
  1. 1.
    Spaciousclassical

    Describes something as wide, vast, or spacious, particularly a belly or a hollow.

الحوأب بنت كلب بن وبرةname
  1. 1.
    Female nameclassical

    The name of a woman from the tribe of Kalb ibn Wabarah, after whom a place was named.

Parallel reading

الواسع من الأودية
The wide one of the valleys.
وادٍ حوأب
A wide valley.
الحوأب واد في وهدة من الأرض واسع
Al-Haw'ab is a valley in a low-lying area of the land, wide.
الواسع من الدلاء
The wide one of the buckets.
دلو حوأب
A wide bucket.
المقعب من الحوافر
The cupped one of the hooves.
المنهل
The watering place.
الحوأب ع بالبصرة قريب منها
Al-Haw'ab is a place near Basra.
هو منزل بين البصرة ومكة
It is a station between Basra and Mecca.
وهو الذي نزلته عائشة لما جاءت إلى البصرة في وقعة الجمل
And it is where Aisha alighted when she came to Basra during the Battle of the Camel.
الحوأب موضع بئر نبحت كلابه أم المؤمنين مقبلها من البصرة
Al-Haw'ab is the place of a well whose dogs barked at the Mother of the Believers as she approached from Basra.
ما هي إلا شربة بالحوأب
It was nothing but a drink at Al-Haw'ab.
فصعدي من بعدها أو صوبي
So ascend thereafter or descend.
أوسع وقيل: أضخم ما يكون من العلاب
The widest, and it was said: the largest of the boxes.
والدلاء
And the buckets.
حوأبة تنقض بالضلوع
A large container that makes the ribs crackle.
أي تسمع للضلوع نقيضا من ثقلها
Meaning you hear a cracking from the ribs due to their weight.
جوف حوأب: واسع
A spacious belly: wide.
سرطا فما يملأ جوفا حوأبا
Swallowing, and it does not fill a spacious belly.
الجمل الضخم
The large camel.
أشدق هلقاما قبابا حوأبا
Broad-mouthed, voracious, and large-bodied, a spacious camel.
الغرارة الضخمة
The large sack.