غشب

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily discusses a variant pronunciation or a related concept to 'ghashm' (غشم), which implies harshness or roughness. It also mentions a place name derived from this root.

Derived headwords

الغَشَبnoun

1.
Variant of الغشمclassical
This is a variant pronunciation or form of the word الغشم (al-ghashm), noted by some lexicographers.

الغَشَمnoun

1.
Harshness, roughnessclassical
The original or more common form related to harshness, roughness, or ignorance.

غَشَبِيّadjective

1.
Related to Ghashabclassical
An adjective indicating relation or attribution to a place named Ghashab.

غَشَبname

1.
Place nameclassical
A place name mentioned in classical Arabic sources.

Parallel reading

بالباء أهمله الجوهري

With the letter Baa', Al-Jawhari neglected it.

وقال ابن دريد: هو لغة في الغشم بالميم

And Ibn Duraid said: it is a dialectal variant of al-ghashm with the letter Meem.

وأكثر أئمة اللغة والتصريف أنها ليست بلغة وإنما هي إبدال

And most imams of lexicography and morphology consider it not a dialectal variant but rather an assimilation.

وهي مطردة في لغة مازن وصوبوه

And it is a consistent assimilation in the dialect of the Banu Mazin, and they corrected it.

وأحسب أن الغشب (ع) أي موضع

And I reckon that Ghashab (with a 'ayn) is a place.

وقد سموا غشبيا، كأنه منسوب إليه

And they named [someone] Ghashabi, as if it were attributed to it.

فيجوز أن يكون منسوبا إليه

So it is permissible that it is attributed to it.