شَحَبَ
Root: شحب
Form: 1
Full Definition
شَحَبَI
, Present.T
ـُ and
ـَ but the former more commonly obtains, Verbal.Noun شُحُوبٌ; and شَحُبَ, Verbal.Noun شُحُوبَةٌ, but this form of the verb is disapproved by AZ and 'Iyád; said of one's body; or of one's colour, or complexion, and so شُحِبَ, Verbal.Noun شُحُوبٌ; [It was, or became, altered [for the worse, wan, or haggard], in consequence of emaciation, or hunger, or sleeplessness, and the like, or travel, or work, or disease, or impatience, or distress or fatigue: or, accord. to the author of the “ Wá'ee, ” شُحُوبٌ signifies emaciation itself: in this sense, it is of the dial. of Benoo-Kiláb.
def.2 شَحَبَ الأَرْضَ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun شَحْبٌ, He pared the ground, or scraped off its superficial part, with a shovel, or some other thing: of the dial. of El-Yemen.
def.2 شَحَبَ الأَرْضَ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun شَحْبٌ, He pared the ground, or scraped off its superficial part, with a shovel, or some other thing: of the dial. of El-Yemen.
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