Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

شَائِبٌ

Root: شيب

Full Definition

شَائِبٌ [Being, or becoming, white-haired, or hoary]: see أَشْيَبُ.
2 شَيْبٌ شَائِبٌ is a phrase like لَيْلٌ لَائِلٌ, or like شِعْرٌ شَاعِرٌ: it means Intense whiteness of the hair.


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