هبو
Root entry · 34 derived lemmasThis root primarily concerns fine dust, powder, or particles, often airborne or scattered. It extends to concepts of obscuring, fading, or becoming insignificant, and metaphorically to people of little intellect or weak eyesight. It also includes verbs for movement, dying, and raising dust.
Derived headwords
- 1.dustiness, dustboth
Dustiness or dust, referring to a state of being covered in fine particles.
- 1.dustsboth
Plural of هبوة, referring to multiple instances or types of dust.
- 1.fine dustclassical
The fine particles of dust, the smallest grains.
- 1.obscuration, hazeclassical
Something that obscures vision, like a haze or dust cloud, preventing clear sight of the moon or horizon.
- 1.dust, powderboth
Dust or powder in general, especially fine particles suspended in the air.
- 2.smoke-like dustboth
Dust that resembles smoke, rising and spreading in the air.
- 3.scattered particlesboth
Fine dust scattered on the ground, or particles seen in sunbeams within a house.
- 4.insignificanceclassical
Metaphorically, something insignificant or worthless, like scattered dust.
- 5.people of little intellectclassical
Metaphorically, people who are foolish or lack intelligence.
- 1.dust cloudsboth
Plural of هباء, often referring to dust raised by wind or storms.
- 1.to rise, to ascendboth
To rise or ascend, typically referring to dust or particles.
- 2.to fleeclassical
To flee or run away.
- 3.to dieclassical
To die or pass away.
- 1.to rise, to ascendboth
Present tense of هبا, meaning to rise or ascend, referring to dust or particles.
- 2.to fade, to die downboth
To fade or die down, referring to embers or fire.
- 3.to walk slowlyclassical
To walk with a slow or measured pace.
- 1.they rose, they ascendedboth
Past tense plural of هبا, meaning they rose or ascended, referring to dust or particles.
- 1.to raise dustboth
To cause dust to rise or be stirred up.
- 1.raising dustboth
The act of raising or stirring up dust.
- 1.grave dustclassical
Dust from a grave.
- 1.to walk with a swaggerclassical
To walk in a proud, strutting, or imposing manner, like a tall camel.
- 1.obscured starsclassical
Stars that are obscured or hidden by dust or haze.
- 1.obscured, dustyclassical
Describing something that is obscured by dust or haze, or that raises dust.
- 1.obscured starclassical
A single star that is obscured or hidden by dust or haze.
- 1.weak-sightedclassical
A person with weak eyesight, as if their vision is covered by dust.
- 1.a tribe nameclassical
A name of an Arab tribe.
- 1.a place nameclassical
A place name, associated with a battle or a water source.
- 1.go wide, move apartclassical
An exclamation used to urge a horse to move wider or further apart.
- 1.young boyclassical
A young boy.
- 1.young girlclassical
A young girl.
- 1.tree barkclassical
The bark or outer layer of a tree.
- 1.to stir up dustboth
To stir up dust.
- 1.raising dustclassical
The act of raising dust.
- 1.fine dustclassical
Fine dust or particles.
- 1.to mix with dust, to die downboth
To mix with dust or become covered in it; to die down, referring to embers.
- 1.dusty, fadedclassical
Dusty or faded, not important.
- 1.dying embersboth
The state of dying embers of a fire, where the heat is still present but the flames have subsided.
- 1.fine dusty groundclassical
A place where the dust is very fine and easily raised.
- 1.dusty, fineboth
Describing dust that is fine and easily raised.
- 1.ostrichclassical
A male ostrich (ظليم).
- 1.leveling, smoothingclassical
The act of leveling or smoothing, specifically applied to tharid (a dish of bread and broth).
- 1.a place nameclassical
A place name.