شَابَ
Root: شيب
Form: 1
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شَابَI
, Present.T يَشِيبُ, Verbal.Noun شَيْبٌ and شَيْبَةٌ and مَشِيبٌ, He became whitehaired, or hoary. And شاب
رَأْسُهُ and رَأْسُهَا, Verbal.Noun شَيْبٌ and شَيْبَةٌ, His head, and her head, became white, or hoary.
2 [Hence,] شَابَتْ رُؤُوسُ الآكَامِ
def.2 And شاب الرَّأْسَ It whitened the head: so expl. by ISk as used in the following saying, ascribed by J to 'Adee, but it is of 'Abeed Ibn-El-Abras:
2 [Hence,] شَابَتْ رُؤُوسُ الآكَامِ
def.2 And شاب الرَّأْسَ It whitened the head: so expl. by ISk as used in the following saying, ascribed by J to 'Adee, but it is of 'Abeed Ibn-El-Abras:
[Thou inclinest to silly and youthful conduct: but whence cometh to thee the inclining to such conduct when hoariness, or the entering upon the period of hoariness, hath whitened the head?]. [See also 2.]تَصْبُو وَأَنَّى لَكَ التَّصَابِى وَالرَّأْسُ قَدْ شَابَهُ
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