شبح

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Arabic[edit]

Root
ش ب ح (š-b-ḥ)

Pronunciation 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

شَبَح (šabaḥm (plural شُبُوح (šubūḥ) or أَشْبَاح (ʔašbāḥ))

  1. specter, ghost, apparition, phantom, spirit
  2. (dated) blurred, indistinct shape
    Synonyms: شَخْص (šaḵṣ), خَيَال (ḵayāl)
    رَأَيْتُ شَبَحًا مِنْ بَعِيدٍraʔaytu šabaḥan min baʕīdinI saw a shape from afar
  3. nightmare
  4. (slang, Egypt) one of the 1991–1998 models of a Mercedes-Benz
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Pronunciation 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

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
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Pronunciation 3[edit]

Verb[edit]

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

  1. to be attached to, addicted to, fond of (an affair)
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Pronunciation 4[edit]

Verb[edit]

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

  1. to be broad or long in the forearms
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Pronunciation 5[edit]

Noun[edit]

شَبْح (šabḥm

  1. verbal noun of شَبَحَ (šabaḥa) (form I)
  2. extension, width
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Libyan Arabic[edit]

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Verb[edit]

شبح (transliteration needed)

  1. to see
  2. to watch

Persian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic شَبَح (šabaḥ).

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Readings
Classical reading? šaḇah
Dari reading? šabah
Iranian reading? šabah
Tajik reading? šabah

Noun[edit]

Dari شبح
Iranian Persian
Tajik шабаҳ

شبح (šabah) (plural اشباح (ašbâh))

  1. figure seen from a distance; silhouette
  2. specter; phantom
    شبح اپراšabah-e operâphantom of the opera