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وغب

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of low value, weakness, and baseness, often applied to possessions, people, or animals. It can also denote largeness, particularly in animals, which is presented as a contrast.

Derived headwords

الوغبnoun
  1. 1.
    worthless belongingsboth

    Refers to miscellaneous, often low-value, possessions or belongings.

  2. 2.
    foolclassical

    An adjective describing someone as foolish or stupid.

  3. 3.
    weaklingboth

    Describes someone who is physically weak.

  4. 4.
    base personboth

    Denotes a person of low character, ignoble or base.

  5. 5.
    large camelclassical

    Refers to a large, bulky camel.

الغرارةnoun
  1. 1.
    sackboth

    A type of sack or bag, often used for storing goods.

أوغاب البيتnoun
  1. 1.
    poor household goodsclassical

    Refers to the low-quality or miscellaneous possessions of a household.

الوَغْبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    battleclassical

    A term for a battle or conflict.

  2. 2.
    foolishnessclassical

    The state or quality of being foolish.

الوَغْدnoun
  1. 1.
    weaklingboth

    Someone who is physically weak.

  2. 2.
    foolboth

    Someone who is foolish or unintelligent.

  3. 3.
    base personboth

    A person of low character, ignoble or base.

أوغابnoun
  1. 1.
    low-quality goodsclassical

    Plural of 'waghb', referring to miscellaneous or poor-quality belongings.

  2. 2.
    base peopleboth

    Plural of 'waghb', referring to ignoble or base individuals.

وغابnoun
  1. 1.
    low-quality goodsclassical

    Plural of 'waghb', referring to miscellaneous or poor-quality belongings.

وغبةnoun
  1. 1.
    female camelclassical

    The female counterpart to a large camel.

وغبverb
  1. 1.
    to be largeclassical

    Used to describe a camel as being large or bulky.

غوبةnoun
  1. 1.
    largenessclassical

    The state or quality of being large, specifically referring to a camel.

وُغَابَةnoun
  1. 1.
    largenessclassical

    The state or quality of being large, specifically referring to a camel.

Parallel reading

وأوغاب البيت: رديء متاعه، كالقصعة والبرمة والغرارة، ونحوها، فيكون قوله: الغرارة، مستدركا؛ لأنه داخل تحت سقط المتاع
And the household's low-quality goods: its poor possessions, like the large bowl, the cooking pot, and the sack, and the like, so his saying 'the sack' is an addition; because it falls under the category of miscellaneous belongings.
الوغب: الأحمق، كالوَغْبَة
Al-waghb: the fool, like al-waghbah.
الوغب، والوغد: الضعيف في بدنه
Al-waghb, and al-waghd: the weak in body.
الوغب، والوغد: اللئيم الرذل
Al-waghb, and al-waghd: the base, the ignoble.
ولا ببرشاع الوخام وغب
Nor by the roughness of the ill-tempered and the ignoble.
الوغب، أيضا: الجمل الضخم
Al-waghb, also: the large camel.
أجزت حضنيه هبلا وغبا
I passed between its two flanks, the large and the bulky.
أوغاب في القلة، ووغاب بالكسر في الكثرة
Awghab in scarcity, and waghāb with kasr in abundance.
إياكم وحمية الأوغاب
Beware of the zeal of the ignoble.
هم اللئام والأوغاد
They are the ignoble and the base.
وغب الجمل، ككرم، وغوبة بالضم، ووغابة بالفتح: ضخم
The camel was large, like karuma, and waghūbah with damma, and waghābah with fatha: large.