شيب

Root entry · 36 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the phenomenon of graying hair, its appearance, and the state of having gray hair. It extends to describe things that become white or gray due to frost, snow, or age, and also encompasses geographical names, tribal names, and specific terms related to winter months.

Derived headwords

الشَّيْبnoun

1.
gray hairboth
The graying of hair, whether little or much. It can also refer to the hair itself that has turned gray.
2.
whiteness of hairboth
Specifically, the whiteness of the hair, which is the primary meaning according to lexicographers.

شَعْرnoun

1.
hairboth
The hair on the head, which may be referred to as 'shīb' when it turns gray.

المُشِيبnoun

1.
gray-haired manboth
A man entering the stage of having gray hair.

شَابَverb

1.
to turn grayboth
To become gray-haired, referring to the hair turning white.

شَيْبًاnoun

1.
grayingboth
The act or state of becoming gray-haired.

مَشِيبًاnoun

1.
grayingboth
The act or state of becoming gray-haired.

شَيْبَةnoun

1.
gray hairboth
A single strand or instance of gray hair, or the state of grayness.
2.
mountainclassical
A name for a mountain, specifically mentioned in Andalusia.

أَشْيَبadjective

1.
gray-hairedboth
Describing someone whose hair has turned gray, particularly the head.
2.
white-headedboth
Having a white head due to gray hair.

شَابَهُverb

1.
to mix withclassical
To be mixed with or mingled with, often used in the context of gray hair appearing among black hair.

شَيَّبَverb

1.
to make grayboth
To cause someone's hair to turn gray, often attributed to sorrow or worry.

أَشَابَverb

1.
to have gray hairboth
To have gray hair, or for one's hair to turn gray.
2.
to have gray-haired offspringclassical
For a man to have children who are gray-haired.

شِيبnoun

1.
gray-haired peopleboth
Plural of 'ashayb', referring to people with gray hair.
2.
sound of camel lipsclassical
The sound made by the lips of camels when drinking.
3.
mountainsclassical
Mountains that are white with snow or frost.
4.
whip-endclassical
The end part of a whip.

شُيَّبnoun

1.
gray-haired peopleboth
Plural of 'ashayb', referring to people with gray hair.

شَائِبadjective

1.
grayingboth
Becoming gray or white, often used to describe hair.

شَيْبَاءadjective

1.
night of the full moonclassical
Refers to the last night of the lunar month, often associated with whiteness or brightness.

يَوْمٌ أَشْيَبnoun

1.
cold and cloudy dayclassical
A day characterized by cold, clouds, and frost.

شَيْبَانnoun

1.
winter monthsclassical
Refers to the two coldest winter months, often associated with snow and frost.
2.
tribe nameclassical
The name of a tribe, specifically a branch of Bakr ibn Wa'il.
3.
whip-endclassical
The end part of a whip.

مِلْحَانnoun

1.
winter monthsclassical
Refers to the two coldest winter months, alongside Shaban.

شَيْبَةُ الْحَمْدname

1.
nickname of Abd al-Muttalibclassical
A title given to Abd al-Muttalib, the grandfather of the Prophet Muhammad.

الشَّيَّابِنَةname

1.
descendants of Shabanclassical
A group or lineage descended from Shaban.

شَيْبَانِيَّةname

1.
village nameclassical
A village name, mentioned near Qarqisiya.

شَيْبِينname

1.
village nameclassical
A village name near Cairo, also known as Shibein al-Qasr.

شَيْبَةُ بْنُ عُثْمَانname

1.
Companion of the Prophetclassical
A companion of the Prophet Muhammad, known for his lineage and role as keeper of the Kaaba's key.

أَبُو شَيْبَةname

1.
Companion of the Prophetclassical
A companion of the Prophet Muhammad, from the Khudra branch of the Ansar.
2.
Hadith narratorclassical
A narrator of Hadith, including Abu Bakr bin Abi Shaybah.

الشَّائِبadjective

1.
grayingboth
Becoming gray or white, often used to describe hair.

شَيْبَةُ قَشّname

1.
village nameclassical
A village name, located east of Bilbeis.

شَيْبَةُ سَقَّارَةname

1.
village nameclassical
A village name, located east of Bilbeis.

شَيْبَةُ الْحَوْلَةname

1.
village nameclassical
A village name, also known as Shaiaba Qash.

شَيْبِينُ الْقَصْرname

1.
village nameclassical
A village name, also known as Shibein.

شَيْبِينُ الشَّرَىname

1.
village nameclassical
A village name in the Monufia region.

شَيْبَانُ بْنُ ثَعْلَبَةname

1.
tribal leaderclassical
A prominent figure from the Shaban tribe.

شَيْبَانُ بْنُ ذُهْلname

1.
tribal leaderclassical
A prominent figure from the Shaban tribe, ancestor of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal.

عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الشَّيَّابname

1.
Companion of the Prophetclassical
A companion of the Prophet Muhammad, from Homs.

أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةname

1.
Hadith narratorclassical
A renowned Hadith narrator.

أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ الشَّائِبname

1.
Hadith narratorclassical
A later Hadith narrator from Damascus.

شَيْبَةُ بْنُ نُصّname

1.
Qari' (reciter)classical
A famous reciter of the Quran.

Parallel reading

الشيب معروف قليله وكثيره، وربما سمي الشعر نفسه شيبا

Gray hair is known whether little or much, and sometimes the hair itself is called grayness.

وقيل: الشيب: بياض الشعر.

And it is said: Gray hair is the whiteness of the hair.

ويقال: علاه الشيب.

And it is said: Gray hair has come upon him.

والمشيب: دخول الرجل في حد الشيب من الرجال.

And Al-Mushib: a man entering the stage of having gray hair.

يعني بيضه المشيب، وليس معناه خالطه.

Meaning the whiteness of the gray-haired man, and its meaning is not that it mixed with him.

وقع المشيب على السواد فشابه أي بيض مسوده.

The grayness fell upon the blackness, meaning it resembled the white of his darkened hair.

شاب يشيب شيبا ومشيبا وشيبة.

He turned gray, turns gray, graying, graying, and gray hair.

وهو أشيب على غير قياس؛ لأن هذا النعت إنما يكون من فعل كفرح

And he is 'ashayb' (gray-haired) irregularly; because this adjective is usually from verbs like 'faraha' (to be happy).

والأشيب: المبيض الرأس.

And Al-Ashayb: the one whose head has turned white.

شيبه الحزن رأسه.

Sorrow grayed his head.

كأشاب رأسه وأشاب برأسه.

He made his head gray, and he made his head gray.

وقوم شيب بالكسر كبيض وأبيض، وشيب كسكر، وشيب.

And a people 'shiyb' (with kasra) like 'bayd' (white) and 'abyad' (white), and 'shuyyab' (like sukkari), and 'shiyab'.

وجدت عشبا وتعاشيب، وكمأة شيب.

I found herbs and various plants, and truffles that were large.

وهي أي ليلة شيباء أيضا آخر ليلة من الشهر.

And it, meaning the night 'shayba', is also the last night of the month.

يوم أشيب وشيبان بالفتح: فيه برد وغيم وصراد.

A day 'ashyab' and 'shayban' (with fatha): in it is cold, clouds, and frost.

ذهب شيبان بالفتح وقد يكسر، وملحان بالكسر وقد يفتح، لشهري الشتاء.

Went Shaban (with fatha, and sometimes with kasra), and Milhan (with kasra, and sometimes with fatha), referring to the two winter months.

شابت رءوس الآكام، ورأيت الجبال شيبا، يريد بياض الثلج والصقيع.

The tops of the hills have turned gray, and I saw the mountains as gray, meaning the whiteness of snow and frost.

واشتعل الرأس شيبا

And the head became inflamed with gray hair.

وشيبان حي من بكر، وهم الشيابنة، وهما شيبانان

And Shaban is a tribe from Bakr, and they are the Al-Shayabanah, and they are two Shaban clans.

والشيب بالكسر: سير في رأس السوط معروف عربي صحيح، وهما شيبان.

And Al-Shayb (with kasra): the strap at the end of a whip, a known correct Arabic term, and they are two straps.

والشيب: جبل ذكره الكميت

And Al-Shayb: a mountain mentioned by Al-Kumait.

والشيب وشابة: جبلان معروفان.

And Al-Shayb and Shaba: two known mountains.

الشيب: حكاية أصوات مشافر الإبل عند الشرب.

Al-Shayb: the sound of camel lips when drinking.

الشيب: الجبال يسقط عليها الثلج فتشيب به.

Al-Shayb: mountains upon which snow falls, making them appear white.

فقال بعضهم: الشيب هنا سحائب بيض، واحدها أشيب.

And some of them said: Al-Shayb here refers to white clouds, the singular of which is 'ashyab'.

شيبة بهاء: جبل بالأندلس.

Shaybah (with ha'): a mountain in Andalusia.

وشيبين بالكسر في الأول والثالث: ة قرب القاهرة.

And Shibein (with kasra in the first and third letters): a village near Cairo.

وشيبة بن عثمان بن طلحة بن عبد الدار بن قصي الحجبي مفتاح الكعبة مسلم إلى أولاده بإذن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم.

And Shaiaba bin Uthman bin Talha bin Abd al-Dar bin Qusai Al-Hijabi, the key holder of the Kaaba, was entrusted to his descendants with the permission of the Prophet, peace be upon him.

وجبل شيبة: مطل على المروة.

And Jabal Shaybah: overlooks Al-Marwah.

وشيبة الحمد أسقى الله بلدتنا وقد عدمنا الحيا واجلوذ المطر

By Shaybah Al-Hamd, may Allah give water to our land, for we have run out of rain and the rain has dispersed.

وأبو شيبة الخدري إلى خدرة: بطن من الأنصار صحابي.

And Abu Shaybah Al-Khudri, from Khudra: a clan of the Ansar, a companion.

وأبو بكر بن أبي شيبة محدث.

And Abu Bakr bin Abi Shaybah is a Hadith narrator.

وأبو بكر ابن الشائب الدمشقي محدث متأخر

And Abu Bakr bin Al-Sha'ib Al-Dimashqi is a later Hadith narrator.

والشيبانية: قرية قرب قرقيسياء.

And Al-Shaybaniyyah: a village near Qarqisiya.

وتجمع الشيبة شيبا بالكسر عن الفراء.

And the plural of 'shaybah' is 'shiyab' (with kasra), according to Al-Farra'.

وشيبة بن نص: مقرىء مشهور.

And Shaybah bin Nuss: a famous Qari' (reciter).