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د ب ش

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of eating or consuming, particularly by insects like locusts, and by extension, the destruction or consumption of vegetation. It also extends to encompass household goods and large floods.

Derived headwords

دَبْشnoun
  1. 1.
    peeling, eatingclassical

    The act of peeling or eating, as stated by Al-Layth. It can refer to the consumption of vegetation.

دَبَشَverb
  1. 1.
    to eat, consumeclassical

    To eat or consume, particularly used for locusts consuming vegetation.

دَبْشًاnoun
  1. 1.
    eating, consumptionclassical

    The masdar (verbal noun) for the act of eating or consuming, especially by locusts.

دَبَشَ الجَرَادُverb
  1. 1.
    locusts ateclassical

    Locusts consumed their vegetation.

مُدَبَّشadjective
  1. 1.
    eaten, consumedclassical

    Describing vegetation that has been eaten or consumed, typically by locusts.

الدَّبَشnoun
  1. 1.
    household goodsboth

    Household furnishings, belongings, and movable property.

  2. 2.
    miscellanyboth

    Sundry items, odds and ends, or clutter.

أَدْبَاشnoun
  1. 1.
    household goodsboth

    The plural of 'adabash', referring to household furnishings and belongings.

أَرْضٌ مَدْبُوشَةٌadjective
  1. 1.
    vegetation eatenclassical

    Land whose vegetation has been consumed, usually by locusts.

سَيْلٌ دَبَّاشnoun
  1. 1.
    great floodclassical

    A large, powerful flood that sweeps away everything in its path.

Parallel reading

الدبش، بالفتح: القشر، والأكل، قاله الليث
Al-dabsh, with fatha: peeling, and eating, so said Al-Layth.
يقال: دبش الجراد في الأرض دبشا: أكل كلأها
It is said: The locusts ate (dabasha) in the land, consuming (dabshan): they ate its herbage.
قال رؤبة: (جاءوا بأخراهم على خنشوش ... من مهوئن بالدبي مدبوش)
Ru'bah said: (They came with their last ones on a ridge ... from a wide land with eaten vegetation).
المهوئن: ما اتسع من الأرض
Al-muhawi'in: what is wide of the land.
والمدبوش: المأكول نبته
And al-madbush: its vegetation is eaten.
والدبش، بالتحريك: أثاث البيت، وسقط المتاع،
And al-dabash, with harakah: the furnishings of the house, and its movable property.
جمعه أدباش.
Its plural is adbash.
وأرض مدبوشة: أكل الجراد نبتها.
And land madbushah: the locusts ate its vegetation.
سيل دباش، بالضم: عظيم، يجرف كل شئ.
A sayl dabbash, with damma: great, it sweeps away everything.