شَرُوبٌ
Root: شرب
Full Definition
شَرُوبٌ
and
شَرِيبٌ are syn. with
شَرَابٌ, q. v.: or both signify Water inferior to the
عَذْب [or sweet]: or [brackish water; i. e.] water between the salt and the sweet: or water drinkable, or fit to be drunk, but in which is disagreeableness: or the former signifies water that has some degree of sweetness, and is sometimes drunk by men notwithstanding what is in it; and ↓ the latter, water inferior to what is sweet, and not drunk by men save in cases of necessity, but sometimes drunk by cattle: or ↓ the latter, the sweet: and the former is said to signify water that is drunk: or ↓ the latter, water that has no sweetness in it, but is sometimes drunk by men notwithstanding what is in it; and the former, water inferior to this in sweetness, and not drunk by men save in cases of necessity: or, accord. to Lth, شَرِيبٌ and
شِرِّيبٌ signify water in which are bitterness and saltness, but not abstained from as drink: and مَآءٌ شَرُوبٌ and طَعِيمٌ are syn.: and
مَآءٌ مِشْرَبٌ is syn. with شَرُوبٌ: this last word is used alike as masc. and fem. and sing. and pl. It is said in a prov., originally in a trad., جُرْعَةُ شَرُوبٍ أَنْفَعُ مِنْ عَذْبٍ مُوبٍ [expl. in art. وبأ].
def.2 Also, شَرُوبٌ, A man who drinks vehemently. See also شُرَبَةٌ: and شِرِّيبٌ.
2 And
def.2 Also, شَرُوبٌ, A man who drinks vehemently. See also شُرَبَةٌ: and شِرِّيبٌ.
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