Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

شيّبهُ

Root: شيب

Form: 2

Full Definition

شيّبهُII , and شيّب الحُزْنُ رَأْسَهُ, and بِرَأْسِهِ, which last is a strange phrase, as it exhibits together two means by which a verb is rendered trans., [namely, the doubling of the medial radical letter of the verb and the introduction of the prep. بِ,] Grief rendered him white-headed, or hoary-headed; as also , and اشاب رَأْسَهُ and بِرَأْسِهِ.


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