شَهِبَ
Root: شهب
Form: 1
Full Definition
شَهِبَI
, Present.T
ـَ Verbal.Noun شَهَبٌ, It was, or became, of the colour termed
شُهْبَة, i. e. of a [gray] colour in which whiteness predominated over blackness, or in which whiteness was interrupted by blackness; as also شَهُبَ, Present.T
ـُ; and
; the last, Verbal.Noun اِشْهِبَابٌ, said in the former sense of a horse; as also
اشهابّ , Verbal.Noun اِشْهِيبَابٌ; and this last verb, said of the head, its whiteness predominated over its blackness; as also
.
def.2 شَهَبَهُ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun شَهْبٌ, said of heat and of cold, It altered his colour; as also شهّبهُ : or, accord. to A' Obeyd, شهّب الشَّجَرَ, Verbal.Noun تَشْهِيبٌ, said of cold, It altered the colour of the trees: and شهّب النَّاسَ is likewise said of cold [as meaning It altered the colour of the men or people].
2 And شَهَبَتِ السَّنَةُ القَوْمَ The year of drought destroyed the cattle (أَمْوَال) of the people or party: or the verb in this sense is .
3 [Freytag erroneously assigns to this verb, as from the K, another meaning, belonging to 4.]
def.2 شَهَبَهُ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun شَهْبٌ, said of heat and of cold, It altered his colour; as also شهّبهُ : or, accord. to A' Obeyd, شهّب الشَّجَرَ, Verbal.Noun تَشْهِيبٌ, said of cold, It altered the colour of the trees: and شهّب النَّاسَ is likewise said of cold [as meaning It altered the colour of the men or people].
2 And شَهَبَتِ السَّنَةُ القَوْمَ The year of drought destroyed the cattle (أَمْوَال) of the people or party: or the verb in this sense is .
3 [Freytag erroneously assigns to this verb, as from the K, another meaning, belonging to 4.]
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