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وبن

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to be related to concepts of harm, affliction, and scarcity. It is also used idiomatically to denote the absence of anyone or anything.

Derived headwords

الوبنةnoun
  1. 1.
    harmclassical

    Harm or affliction.

  2. 2.
    hungerclassical

    Hunger or intense thirst.

  3. 3.
    sipclassical

    A sip or a gulp, referring to a small amount of liquid.

وابنnoun
  1. 1.
    nobodyclassical

    Used in a negative construction to mean 'no one' or 'nothing'.

Parallel reading

أهمله الجوهري
Al-Jawhari neglected it.
الوبنة (الأذى
Al-wabanah (harm).
الجوعة
Hunger.
وفي بعض الأصول: الجرعة
And in some manuscripts: a gulp.
يقال ما في الدار وابن، كصاحب
It is said, 'Ma fi al-dar wabin, ka-sahib' (There is no one in the house, like 'sahib').
أي أحد
Meaning anyone.
وكذلك ما في الدار وابر
And similarly, 'Ma fi al-dar wabar' (There is no one in the house).