غ ب ط

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns feelings of contentment, envy, or admiration towards someone else's fortune or state. It also extends to meanings related to continuous, arduous travel or a specific physical characteristic of a horse.

Derived headwords

اغتبطverb

1.
to be contentboth
To feel pleased and satisfied with one's situation, often in comparison to others.
2.
to envyboth
To desire to have a state or possession that another person has.

مغتبطadjective

1.
contentboth
One who is pleased and satisfied with their state.
2.
enviousboth
One who desires what another has.

هو مغتبط — he is content/envious

اغتبطتهverb

1.
to envy him/itclassical
To feel envy towards a person or thing.

مغبوطadjective

1.
enviedboth
One who is the object of envy.
2.
contentboth
One who is pleased with their state.

رجل مغبوط — an envied man

غبطةnoun

1.
contentmentboth
A state of satisfaction and pleasure with one's situation.
2.
envyboth
The feeling of discontented or resentful longing aroused by someone else's possessions, qualities, or luck.

الإغباطnoun

1.
continuous ridingclassical
The act of maintaining a constant pace while riding, without dismounting.

مغبطadjective

1.
continuous (travel)classical
Describing a journey that is constant and without rest.
2.
high-shouldered (horse)classical
Describing a horse with a raised wither, suggesting strength and good build.

سير مغبط — continuous travel

أغبطواverb

1.
they traveled continuouslyclassical
They engaged in continuous travel without resting.

مغبطهnoun

1.
continuous journeyclassical
A journey characterized by constant movement and lack of rest.

في ظل أجاج المقيظ مغبطه — in the shade of the scorching heat of midsummer, a continuous journey

مغبط الكاثبةadjective

1.
high-witheredclassical
A horse whose wither is elevated, indicating a strong and well-formed build.

فرس مغبط الكاثبة — a horse with a high wither

غبيطnoun

1.
low-lying landclassical
A tract of land that is low and possibly marshy.

مغبط الحاركadjective

1.
high-backedclassical
Describing an animal, particularly a horse, with a prominent or elevated back.

مغبط الحارك محبوك الكفل — high-backed and well-coupled in the hindquarters

حمى مغبطةnoun

1.
persistent feverclassical
A fever that is continuous and does not abate, metaphorically linked to the idea of continuous travel.

أصابته حمى مغبطة — he was afflicted with a persistent fever

اغتباطnoun

1.
contentmentboth
The state of being pleased and satisfied.
2.
envyboth
The feeling of desiring what another possesses.
3.
lack of restclassical
The state of not settling or resting, often in the context of travel.

لم يركن إلى غبيط من الأرض واسع، وإنما خوى على مكان ذي عدواء غير مطمئن — he did not settle on a wide tract of land, but rather stayed in a place of continuous, unsettled movement.

غبطverb

1.
to lieclassical
To utter falsehoods or tell lies.

غبطةname

1.
Ghibtahclassical
A female given name, mentioned in the context of a narrator.

غبطة بنت عمر — Ghibtah daughter of Umar

Parallel reading

يجوز هو مغتبط، بفتح الباء

He is content/envious, with a fatha on the baa.

وقد اغتبطته

And I envied him/it.

وقد اغتبط فهو مغتبط

And he became content/envious, so he is content/envious.

رجل مغبوط ومغتبط: في غبطة

A man who is envied and content: in a state of غبطة (contentment/envy).

والإغباط: ملازمة الركوب

And al-ighbāṭ: continuous riding.

حتى ترى البجباجة الضياطا يمسح لما حالف الإغباطا بالحرف من ساعده المخاطا

Until you see the swift, strong camel, wiping with its foreleg because it was accompanied by continuous travel.

سير مغبط ومغمط، أي دائم لا يستريح

Continuous and arduous travel, meaning constant and without rest.

وقد أغبطوا على ركبانهم في السير، وهو أن لا يضعوا الرحال عنها ليلا ولا نهارا

And they traveled continuously on their mounts, which means they did not dismount day or night.

في ظل أجاج المقيظ مغبطه

In the shade of the scorching heat of midsummer, a continuous journey.

فرس مغبط الكاثبة، كمكرم، إذا كان مرتفع المنسج

A horse with a high wither, like makram, if its build is elevated.

كأن عليه غبيطا

As if it had a low-lying area upon it.

ساهم الوجه شديد أسره ... مغبط الحارك محبوك الكفل

Sable-faced, strong of build... high-withered and well-coupled in the hindquarters.

طلب العرف من الطلاب، كغبط أذناب الكلاب

Seeking favor from supplicants is like envying the tails of dogs.

أكرمت فاغتبط

I honored him, so he became content/pleased.

واستكرمت فارتبط

And I sought honor, so he became honored.

أصابته حمى مغبطة، كما يقال: مطبقة

He was afflicted with a persistent fever, as one says: an encompassing fever.

خوى قليلا غير ما اغتباط

He stayed briefly without settling or resting.

لم يركن إلى غبيط من الأرض واسع، وإنما خوى على مكان ذي عدواء غير مطمئن

He did not settle on a wide tract of land, but rather stayed in a place of continuous, unsettled movement.

غبط، إذا كذب

Ghabata, if it means to lie.

غبطة بنت عمر والمجاشعية، بالكسر، روت عن عمتها أم الحسن عن جدتها عن عائشة

Ghibtah bint Umar al-Mujashia'iyyah, with a kasra, narrated from her aunt Umm al-Hasan from her grandmother from Aisha.