شبح

See also: سبح

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ش ب ح (š-b-ḥ).

Pronunciation

  • (specter) IPA(key): /ˈʃa.baħ/
  • (verb I) IPA(key): /ˈʃa.ba.ħa/
  • (verb I passive) IPA(key): /ˈʃu.bi.ħa/
  • (to be broad in the forearms) IPA(key): /ˈʃa.bu.ħa/
  • (verb I verbal noun) IPA(key): /ʃabħ/

Noun

شَبَح (šabaḥ) m (plural شُبُوح (šubūḥ) or أَشْبَاح (ʾašbāḥ))

  1. specter, ghost, apparition, phantom, spirit
  2. (dated) blurred, indistinct shape
    رَأَيْتُ شَبَحًا مِنْ بَعِيدٍraʾaytu šabaḥan min baʿīdinI saw a shape from afar
    Synonyms: شَخْص (šaḵṣ), خَيَال (ḵayāl)
  3. nightmare

Declension

Verb

شَبَحَ (šabaḥa) I, non-past يَشْبَحُ‎ (yašbaḥu)

  1. (transitive) to extend, to stretch out
  2. to cut, to hew, to pare
  3. to cleave, to split
  4. to stand erect
  5. to appear

Conjugation

Verb

شُبِحَ (šubiḥa) I, non-past يُشْبَحُ‎ (yušbaḥu)

  1. to be attached to, addicted to, fond of (an affair)

Conjugation

Verb

شَبُحَ (šabuḥa) I, non-past يَشْبُحُ‎ (yašbuḥu)

  1. to be broad or long in the forearms

Conjugation

Noun

شَبْح (šabḥ) m

  1. verbal noun of شَبَحَ (šabaḥa) (form I)
  2. extension, width

Declension


Libyan Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃbaħ/

Verb

شبح (transliteration needed)

  1. to see
  2. to watch

Persian

Noun

شبح (šabah) (plural اشباح (ašbâh))

  1. specter
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