دبب

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to slow, creeping, or dragging movement, often associated with smallness, weakness, or stealth. It also extends to concepts of abundance, particularly of hair or fur, and can denote specific places, objects, or sounds.

Derived headwords

الدبوبnoun

1.
deep caveclassical
A deep, hollow cave.
2.
fat (animal)classical
Fattened from any kind of animal.
3.
place nameclassical
A place in the land of Hudhayl.

الدببnoun

1.
downy hairboth
The fine, soft hair on the face, especially of a young person.
2.
hair on a woman's faceclassical
Specifically, the hair on a woman's face.
3.
abundance of hairboth
Abundance of hair or fur.

الدببانnoun

1.
downy hairboth
The fine, soft hair on the face.
2.
abundance of hairboth
Abundance of hair or fur.

أدبadjective

1.
hairy (forehead)both
Having abundant hair, especially on the forehead.
2.
hairy (camel)classical
A camel with abundant hair.

دباءadjective

1.
hairy (woman)both
A woman with abundant hair on her forehead.

دببةadjective

1.
hairy (woman)both
A woman with abundant hair on her forehead.

الدبدبةnoun

1.
quick, short stepsclassical
Any quickness in the approximation of steps.
2.
sound of hoovesclassical
A sound like hooves striking hard ground.
3.
type of soundclassical
A kind of sound.
4.
thickened milkclassical
Yogurt mixed with milk, or the thickest part of milk.

الدبدبىnoun

1.
thickened milkclassical
The thickest part of milk.

الدبدابnoun

1.
drumclassical
A drum.
2.
sound of horsesclassical
A sound resembling 'dib dib', like the sound of horses.

الدبادبnoun

1.
large manclassical
A large, bulky man.
2.
loud shoutingclassical
Much shouting or clamor.
3.
soundclassical
A sound, like 'dib dib'.

دبابnoun

1.
mountain nameclassical
A mountain belonging to the Tayy tribe.
2.
water source nameclassical
A water source in Ajā'.
3.
sandy place nameclassical
A place in the Hijaz with much sand.
4.
call to a hyenaclassical
A name or call used for a hyena.
5.
place nameclassical
A place name, also associated with many caves.

دبىnoun

1.
place nameclassical
A place name in Basra.

الدببnoun

1.
newborn calfclassical
The young of a cow immediately after birth.

دبى حجلnoun

1.
gameclassical
A game played by them, possibly involving slow movement.

الدبابةnoun

1.
weak animalclassical
A weak animal that moves slowly or creeps.

المدببadjective

1.
camel with slow stepsclassical
A camel that walks with slow, dragging steps.

دبnoun

1.
mulberry treeclassical
The mulberry tree.

دبابname

1.
personal nameclassical
A name of several individuals, including scholars and companions.

Parallel reading

وما ضرب بيضاء يسقي {دبوبها دفاق فعروان الكراث فضيمها

And not a white mare whose deep cave waters flow, and whose roots are plentiful.

والدبب والدببان، محركتين: الزغب على الوجه

And 'ad-dabab' and 'ad-dabbān', both vocalized with harakat: the downy hair on the face.

وقيل: الدبب: الشعر على وجه المرأة

And it was said: 'ad-Dabab' is the hair on a woman's face.

ودبب الوجه: زغبه

And 'dababa al-wajh' means its downy hair.

هو أدب، وهي دباء ودببة كفرحة: كثيرة الشعر في جبينها

He is 'adab', and she is 'dabbā'' and 'dabbabah' (like farḥah): having abundant hair on her forehead.

وبعير أدب: أزب، وقد تقدم

And a camel 'adab': with abundant hair, as previously mentioned.

كل سرعة في تقارب خطو

Any quickness in the approximation of steps.

كوقع الحافر على الأرض الصلبة

Like the impact of a hoof on hard ground.

الدبدبة: ضرب من الصوت

'Ad-Dabdabah': a type of sound.

عاثور شر أيما عاثور دبدبة الخيل على الجسور

A great evil, what an evil, is the sound of horses' hooves on the bridges.

الدبدبة: الرائب يحلب عليه، أو هو أخصر ما يكون من اللبن

'Ad-Dabdabah': yogurt mixed with milk, or it is the thickest part of the milk.

كالدبدبى، كجحجبى

Like 'ad-dabdabā', like 'jaḥjabā'.

والدبداب: الطبل

And 'ad-Dabdāb': the drum.

ودبدب الرجل إذا جلب، ودردب، إذا ضرب بالطبل

And 'dabdaba' the man if he made noise, and 'dardaba', if he beat the drum.

والدبادب في قول رؤبة: إذا تزابى مشية أزائبا سمعت من أصواتها دبادبا

And 'ad-Dabādib' in the saying of Ru'bah: When he walked with a slow gait, you heard from their sounds 'dabādibā'.

تزابى: مشى مشية فيها بطء

'Tazābā': walked with a slow gait.

والدبادب: صوت كأنه: دب دب وهي حكاية الصوت

And 'ad-Dabādib': a sound as if: 'dib dib', and it is an imitation of the sound.

والدبادب كعلابط: الرجل الضخم

And 'ad-Dabādib' (like 'alābiṭ): a large man.

وعن ابن الأعرابي: الدبادب والجباجب: الكثير الصياح والجلبة

And from Ibn al-A'rābī: 'ad-Dabādib' and 'al-Jabājib': much shouting and clamor.

دباب ككسحاب جبل لطيىء

Dabāb (like kusḥāb): a mountain of the Tayy tribe.

دباب ككتاب: ع بالحجاز كثير الرمل

Dabāb (like kitāb): a place in the Hijaz with much sand.

دباب كقطام: دعاء للضبع

Dabāb (like qiṭām): a call for a hyena.

يقال له: دباب ويريدون (دبي) كما يقال: نزال وحذار

It is called: 'Dabāb', and they mean 'Dubay', as it is said: 'Nazzāl' and 'Ḥidhār'.

دباب كشداد: ع، واسم

Dabāb (like shiddād): a place name, and a name.

وبحذائه دحلان كثيرة، ومنه قول الشاعر: كأن هندا ثناياها وبهجتها لما التقينا لدى أدحال دباب مولية أنف جاد الربيع بها على أبارق قد همت بإعشاب

And beside it are many caves, and from it is the poet's saying: 'As if Hind's teeth and her beauty, when we met at the caves of Dabāb, turning her nose, the spring has blessed it with herbage on plains ready to be green.'

دبى كربى: ع بالبصرة

Dubā (like rubā): a place in Basra.

والنسبة إليه - دباوي - ودبي

And the attribution to it is 'Dubāwī' and 'Dubayy'.

الدبب كسب: ولد البقرة أول ما تلده

'Ad-Dabab' (like sabab): the calf of a cow, the first it gives birth to.

ودبى حجل، بالكسر وفتح الحاء والجيم: لعبة لهم

And 'dubā ḥijl', with kasrah on the dāl and fatḥah on the ḥā' and jīm: a game of theirs.

وحملها على حمار من هذه الدبابة أي الضعاف التي تدب في المشي ولا تسرع

And he carried her on a donkey of these 'dabbābah', meaning the weak ones that creep in their walk and do not hurry.

والمدبب كمنبر: الجمل الذي يمشي دبادب

And 'al-Mudabbab' (like minbar): the camel that walks with slow steps.

دب الجدول، وأدب إلى الروضة جدولا، وإنه ليدب دبيب الجدول

The stream 'dabbaba', and he directed a stream towards the meadow, and indeed he moves with the slow movement of a stream.

وشجرة الدب: شجرة النلك

And the tree 'ad-Dubb': the mulberry tree.