هبع

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a specific type of slow, deliberate gait, often associated with donkeys and young camels. It can also refer to the act of surprising someone by appearing from all directions, and a young camel born in the heat of summer.

Derived headwords

هَبَعَverb

1.
to walk with outstretched neckboth
To walk with the neck extended, often implying a slow or deliberate pace.
2.
to walk slowly and sluggishlyclassical
Describing the slow, dull gait of donkeys.

هَبَعَاناًnoun

1.
slow walkingboth
The act of walking slowly and with an outstretched neck.

الهُبُوعُnoun

1.
slow gait of donkeysclassical
The characteristic slow and dull gait of donkeys.
2.
surprising appearanceclassical
The act of people suddenly appearing from all directions.
3.
young camelclassical
A young camel born during the hottest part of summer or at the end of the birthing season.

الهَبَعُnoun

1.
donkeyclassical
A donkey, named for its characteristic slow gait.
2.
young camelclassical
A young camel born in the heat of summer or at the end of the birthing season.

هَبَعَةnoun

1.
a single instance of slow walkingclassical
A single occurrence of the slow, deliberate walk, particularly of a young camel.

هَبَعَاتnoun

1.
slow walksclassical
Plural of هبعة, referring to multiple instances of slow walking.

هِبَاعnoun

1.
slow walksclassical
A plural form for instances of slow walking, though its usage is debated.

المَهْبَعُnoun

1.
owner of a young camelclassical
The owner of a young camel, specifically one born in the summer season.

استَهْبَعَverb

1.
to be spurred on by strengthclassical
When a camel is spurred on by its own strength, leading it to walk with its neck outstretched.

الهَابِعُadjective

1.
hasty camelclassical
A camel that hastens its pace, using its neck for momentum.

الهُبُوعُnoun

1.
hasty camelclassical
A camel that is hasty or rushes its pace.

إبلٌ هَبَعٌnoun

1.
hasty camelsclassical
Camels that are hasty or rush their pace.

الهَوَابِعُnoun

1.
dull donkeysclassical
Donkeys characterized by their slow and dull gait.

Parallel reading

هبع الفصيل، كمنع، هبوعا، بالضم وهبعانا محركة: مشى ومد عنقه.

The young camel walked, like 'mana', with a slow gait (hubu'an, with damma) and hub'anan (vocalized), meaning it walked and stretched its neck.

أو الهبوع والهبع: مشي الحمر البليدة، وقد هبعت: مشت مشيا بليدا

Or, al-hubu' and al-huba': the walking of dull donkeys, and a donkey has walked (huba'at) meaning it walked a dull walk.

أو الهبوع: أن يفاجئك القوم من كل مكان

Or, al-hubu': that people suddenly surprise you from every place.

والهبع كصرد: الحمار، سمي به لهبوعه.

And al-huba' (like 'sarad'): the donkey, named so because of its slow gait.

وأيضا: الفصيل ينتج في حمارة القيظ، أو الذي نتج في آخر النتاج، يقال: ماله هبع ولا ربع

And also: the young camel born in the heat of summer, or one born at the end of the birthing season. It is said: 'He has no huba' nor ruba'' (referring to camels born at different times).

فإذا ماشى الرباع أبطرته ذرعه، لأنها أقوى منه، فهبع، أي: استعان بعنقه في مشيته

And when it walks alongside the 'rubā'' (camels born early), its strength makes it proud, because they are stronger than it, so it walks with a huba', meaning it used its neck in its walk.

والمهبع، كمحسن: صاحبه، أي الهبع

And al-mahba', like 'muhsin': its owner, meaning the owner of the huba' (young camel).

واستهبع البعير أي: أبطره ذرعه

And the camel 'istahba'a', meaning its strength made it proud.

يستهبع المواهق المحاذي

It walks with a proud gait, the one that bellows and is nearby.

والهابع، والهبوع، من الإبل: الذي يستعجل ويستعين بعنقه

And al-hābi', and al-hubū', from the camels: the one that hastens and uses its neck.

وأقطع بالخرق الهبوع المراجم

And I traverse the rough ground with the hasty gait.

وإبل هبع، كسكر، قال العجاج: كلفتها ذا هبة هجنعا غوجا تبذ الذاملات الهبعا

And camels huba', like 'sukkar', Al-'Ajjaj said: I tasked them with a strong, swift gait, surpassing the slow ones with their hasty gait.

والهوابع: الحمر البليدة

And al-hawābi': the dull donkeys.

فأقبلت حمرهم هوابعا في السكتين تحمل الألاكعا

So their donkeys approached, dull and slow, in the narrow paths, carrying filth.