كهب

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of aged animals, specifically buffaloes and camels, and also describes a color associated with them. The color is generally a dusky or grayish hue, sometimes with a reddish tint, and can apply to other things like clothing. The root also extends to describe a person whose complexion has changed or become dusky.

Derived headwords

الكهبnoun

1.
Aged buffaloclassical
An aged male buffalo. This meaning is attributed to Ibn al-A'rabi.
2.
Aged camelclassical
An aged male camel. This meaning is attributed to al-Zamakhshari.
3.
Color of a buffaloclassical
The color of a buffalo. This meaning is attributed to some scholars.

الكهبةnoun

1.
Dusky colorboth
A dusky color, or a grayish hue mixed with black. This can apply generally.
2.
Dusky color of camelsclassical
Specifically, a color pertaining to camels.
3.
Color not purely redclassical
A color that is not purely red, specifically in the context of redness. Attributed to Abu Amr.
4.
Grayish colorclassical
A color that tends towards grayness, not specific to any particular object. Attributed to Ya'qub.

القهبةnoun

1.
Dusky colorboth
A dusky color, or a grayish hue mixed with black. Mentioned as similar to 'al-kahbah'.

كهبverb

1.
To become duskyboth
The verb form indicating a change in color to a dusky or grayish hue. Used for complexion.
2.
To be agedclassical
To be aged, referring to animals like buffaloes or camels.

كهباnoun

1.
Duskinessboth
The state or quality of being dusky, referring to color. It is the masdar of 'kahaba'.

كهبةnoun

1.
Duskinessboth
The state or quality of being dusky, referring to color. It is another masdar form of 'kahaba'.

أكهبadjective

1.
Dusky-coloredboth
Having a dusky or grayish color. Used to describe animals and people.
2.
Agedclassical
Aged, referring to animals. Used as an adjective derived from the root's meaning of aged animals.

كاهبadjective

1.
Dusky-coloredclassical
Having a dusky or grayish color. An alternative adjective form to 'akahab'.

اكتهبverb

1.
To become duskyboth
The verb form indicating a change in color to a dusky or grayish hue. Used for complexion.

كهيبةnoun

1.
Lowly peopleclassical
A term used to refer to the base or lowly sort of people, possibly derived from a name for a mother of such people.

Parallel reading

وقال ابن الأعرابي: هو الجاموس المسن.

And Ibn al-A'rabi said: It is the aged buffalo.

وقال الزمخشري: هو البعير المسن.

And al-Zamakhshari said: It is the aged camel.

وقيل: الكهب لون الجاموس.

And it was said: Al-kahb is the color of the buffalo.

والكهبة، بالضم: الدهمة، أو غبرة مشربة سوادا مطلقا

And al-kahbah, with damma, is darkness, or a grayish hue mixed with black, absolutely.

أو هو خاص بالإبل، أي: في ألوانها

Or it is specific to camels, meaning, in their colors.

بعير أكهب بين الكهب، وناقة كهباء.

A dusky-colored camel among the dusky-colored ones, and a dusky-colored female camel.

الكهبة: لون ليس بخالص في الحمرة، وهو في الحمرة خاصة.

Al-kahbah: a color that is not purely red, and it is specific to redness.

الكهبة لون إلى الغبرة ما هو، فلم يخص شيئا دون شيء.

Al-kahbah is a color that tends towards grayness, not specific to anything over anything else.

والفعل من كل ذالك: كهب، وكهب، ككرم وفرح، كهبا، وكهبة.

And the verb from all of that is: kahaba, and kahiba, like karuma and faraha, kahban, and kahbatan.

وهو أكهب. وقد قيل: كاهب

And he is ak-hab. And it has been said: kahib.

جنوح على باق سحيق كأنه إهاب ابن آوى كاهب اللون أطحل

Drifting on a distant remnant as if it were the skin of a jackal, dusky in color, reddish-brown.

رجل أكهب اللون: متغيره.

A man dusky in color: his complexion changed.

وقد اكهاب لونه.

And his color has become dusky.

بني كهيبة إن الخيل قد لقحت

Sons of Kahibah, indeed the horses have become pregnant.