هدب

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ه د ب (h-d-b).

Verb

هَدَبَ (hadaba) I, non-past يَهْدِبُ‎ (yahdibu)

  1. to cull, to abscind, to pluck

Conjugation

Verb

هَدِبَ (hadiba) I, non-past يَهْدَبُ‎ (yahdabu)

  1. to have long lashes, to be endowed with prominent fringes, to have long cilia

Conjugation

Noun

هُدُب or هُدْب (hudub or hudb) m (plural أَهْدَاب (ʾahdāb))

  1. hem, frill, fringe, lash

Declension

Noun

هَدَب (hadab) m (collective, singulative هَدَبَة (hadaba), plural أَهْدَاب (ʾahdāb) or هِدَاب (hidāb))

  1. twisted leaves or sprigs
    Synonym: عَبَل (ʿabal)
    1. (botany) cilium
      Synonym: عَبَل (ʿabal)

Declension

Noun

هَدْب (hadb) m

  1. verbal noun of هَدَبَ (hadaba) (form I)

Declension

Noun

هَدَب (hadab) m

  1. verbal noun of هَدِبَ (hadiba) (form I)

Declension

Adjective

هَدِب (hadib)

  1. having long lashes, frilly

Declension

Adjective

هُدْب (hudb) c pl

  1. common plural of أَهْدَب (ʾahdab, having long lashes, frilly)

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1837), هدب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 374–375
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), هدب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 1168
  • Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), هدب”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1342
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