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خشب

Root entry · 21 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to wood and wooden objects. It extends to concepts of hardness, dryness, and things resembling wood, such as certain types of terrain or mountains. It also encompasses terms for mixing or being mixed, and specific place names and tribal affiliations.

Derived headwords

خشبيname
  1. 1.
    A follower of Aliclassical

    A term used for someone who loves Ali, as mentioned in the text.

الخشبانnoun
  1. 1.
    Mountainsclassical

    Plural of خشبان, referring to mountains that are neither very large nor very small.

خشبانname
  1. 1.
    A man's nameclassical

    A proper name for a man.

  2. 2.
    A nicknameclassical

    A nickname.

  3. 3.
    A place nameclassical

    A place name.

تخشبتverb
  1. 1.
    Ate dry plantsclassical

    Used to describe camels eating dry branches of trees or withered pasture.

الأخاشبnoun
  1. 1.
    Mountainsclassical

    A collection of mountains in Al-Summan, or mountains near Mecca and Mina, or dark mountains near Ajā'.

أرض خشابadjective
  1. 1.
    Hard and dry landclassical

    Describing land that is intensely hard and dry, prone to flooding with minimal rain.

الخشماءadjective
  1. 1.
    Hard and dry landclassical

    Similar to أرض خشاب, describing land that is hard and dry.

ذو خشبname
  1. 1.
    A place in Yemenclassical

    A place in Yemen, one of its districts, mentioned in poetry.

مال خشبadjective
  1. 1.
    Joking or unseriousclassical

    Referring to something said in jest or not seriously, likened to livestock grazing on dry fodder.

الخشبيname
  1. 1.
    A place near Fustatclassical

    A location situated three stages away from Fustat.

خشبة بن الخفيفname
  1. 1.
    A Companionclassical

    A Companion of the Prophet from Persia.

خشبname
  1. 1.
    A valley in Yamamaclassical

    A valley in Yamama.

  2. 2.
    A valley in Medinaclassical

    A valley in Medina, mentioned in hadith and battles.

خشباتname
  1. 1.
    A place near Abadanclassical

    A location near Abadan on the Persian Gulf, known for its carrier pigeons.

المخيشيبةname
  1. 1.
    A place in Yemenclassical

    A place name in Yemen.

المخيشيبname
  1. 1.
    A place near Zabidclassical

    A place name near Zabid.

الخشابnoun
  1. 1.
    A branch of Tamimclassical

    A lineage or branch of the Banu Tamim tribe.

المخشوبadjective
  1. 1.
    Mixed in lineageclassical

    Someone whose lineage is mixed or impure.

  2. 2.
    Poorly trainedclassical

    Describing someone who has not been properly trained or educated.

خشبت الشيء بالشيءverb
  1. 1.
    Mixed something with something

    To mix one thing with another.

طعام مخشوبadjective
  1. 1.
    Undercooked meatclassical

    Refers to meat that is not fully cooked.

  2. 2.
    Unrefined grainclassical

    Refers to grain that is not properly processed or refined.

خشاب كرمانname
  1. 1.
    A village in Rayclassical

    A village in the region of Ray.

الخشيبةname
  1. 1.
    A place near Yamamaclassical

    A location near Yamama where a battle took place.

Parallel reading

إن كان من يحب عليا يقال له: خشبي، فاشهدوا أني سأحبه
If someone who loves Ali is called: Khashabi, then bear witness that I will love him.
قاتلوا مرة بالخشب فعرفوا بذلك
They fought once with wood and became known by that.
والخشبان بالضم: الجبال التي ليست بضخام ولا صغار
And Al-Khushban (with dammah) are the mountains that are neither large nor small.
وتخشبت الإبل: أكلت الخشب
And the camels 'takhshshabat': they ate wood.
حرقها من النجيل أشهبه أفنانه وجعلت تخشبه
Its burning from the grass made its branches resemble it, and they began to eat it.
ويقال: الإبل تتخشب عيدان الشجر، إذا تناولت أغصانه
And it is said: Camels 'tatakhshshab' the twigs of trees, if they take its branches.
أو تخشبت، إذا أكلت اليبيس من المرعى
Or 'takhshshabat', if they ate the dry stuff from the pasture.
والأخاشب: جبال اجتمعن بالصمان
And Al-Akhashib: mountains gathered in Al-Summan.
وأرض خشاب، كسحاب: شديدة يابسة، كالخشباء تسيل من أدنى مطر
And a Khushab land, like Suhāb: intensely dry, like Al-Khashbā', it floods from the slightest rain.
وذو خشب محركة: ع باليمن وهو أحد مخاليفها
And Dhu Khashab (with harakah): a place in Yemen, and it is one of its districts.
أو كالفتى حاتم إذ قال ما ملكت كفاي للناس نهبى يوم ذي خشب
Or like the youth Hatim when he said, 'My hands have not possessed any plunder for the people on the day of Dhu Khashab.'
ومال خشب، ككتف، كما ضبطه الصاغاني، أي هزلى لرعيها اليبيس
And Khashab wealth, like 'kitf', as Al-Saghani recorded it, meaning jesting for its grazing on dry fodder.
والخشبي: ع وراء وفي نسخة قرب الفسطاط على ثلاث مراحل منها
And Al-Khashabi: a place behind, and in one copy, near Al-Fustat, three stages from it.
وخشبة بن الخفيف الكلبي تابعي فارس
And Khashabah bin Al-Khafif Al-Kalbi was a Persian Tabi'i.
وخشاب كرمان: قرية بالري منها محاج بن حمزة
And Khushab of Kerman: a village in Ray, from it was Mahaj bin Hamzah.
والخشيبة، بالتصغير: أرض قريبة من اليمامة كانت بها وقعة بين تميم وحنيفة
And Al-Khashibah, in diminutive: land near Al-Yamamah where a battle occurred between Tamim and Hanifa.
المخشوب: المخلوط في نسبه، قاله أبو عبيد
Al-Makhshub: mixed in lineage, said Abu Ubaid.
وخشبت الشيء بالشيء، إذا خلطته به
And I 'khashabtu' the thing with the thing, if you mix it with it.
وطعام مخشوب إن كان لحما فنىء
And a 'makhshub' food if it is meat and it is undercooked.
وإلا أي إن لم يكن لحما بل كان حبا فقفار
And otherwise, meaning if it was not meat but grain, then it is unrefined.
وفي الأمثال (مخشوب لم ينقح) أي لم يهذب بعد
And in the proverbs, '(Makhshub lam yunqah)' meaning not yet refined.