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حردب

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root appears to be primarily associated with specific names and a plant. The term 'ḥardab' itself is noted as a plant resembling lentil seeds, and 'ḥardaba' is mentioned as a name, possibly of a notorious thief. The root also seems to denote a quality of being light and impetuous.

Derived headwords

الحردبnoun
  1. 1.
    plant seedsclassical

    A plant whose seeds resemble lentil seeds.

حب العشرقnoun
  1. 1.
    seeds of 'asharaqclassical

    The seeds of the 'asharaq plant, described as being similar to lentil seeds.

حردبname
  1. 1.
    male nameclassical

    A proper name for a man.

حردبةnoun
  1. 1.
    lightness and impetuousnessclassical

    A quality characterized by lightness, quickness, and impetuousness.

حردبةname
  1. 1.
    name of a thiefclassical

    The name of a notorious thief, according to some accounts.

Parallel reading

أهمله الجوهري، وقال أبو حنيفة: هو حب العشرق، بالكسر، وهو مثل حب العدس.
Al-Jawhari neglected it, and Abu Hanifa said: It is the seeds of 'asharaq, with kasra, and it is like lentil seeds.
حردب اسم رجل
Ḥardab is the name of a man.
علي دماء البدن إن لم تفارقي أبا حردب ليلا وأصحاب حردب
Upon the blood of the sacrificial camel if you do not leave Abu Ḥardab by night and the companions of Ḥardab.
زعمت الرواة أن اسمه كان حردبة، فرخمه اضطرارا في غير النداء، على قول من قال يا حار.
The narrators claimed that his name was Ḥardaba, and they shortened it out of necessity in non-vocative contexts, following the opinion of one who says 'O Ḥār'.
والحردبة: خفة ونزق
And al-ḥardaba: lightness and impetuousness.
حردبة اسم، وأبو حردبة
Ḥardaba is a name, and Abu Ḥardaba.
ويقال: حردبة زعم ثعلب أنه من لصوصهم المشهورين
And it is said: Ḥardaba, Tha'lab claimed that he was among their famous thieves.
الله نجاك من القصيم وبطن فلج من بني تميم ومن غويث فاتح العكوم ومن أبي حردبة الأثيم
May God save you from Al-Qusaim and the belly of Fulaj from Banu Tamim, and from Ghawīth Fatiḥ al-'Ukkūm, and from Abu Ḥardaba the sinner.