شاب

See also: سات and ساب

Algerian Arabic

Root
ش ب ب
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic شَابّ (šābb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaːbb/

Adjective

شاب (šābb) (feminine شابة (šābba), masculine plural شبان (šubbān) or شباب (šbāb))

1. beautiful

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ش ب ب (š b b)
11 terms

Derived from the active participle of شَبَّ (šabba, “to become a young man, to grow up”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaːbb/

• Audio:

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Noun

شَابّ • (šābb) m (plural شُبَّان (šubbān) or شَبَاب (šabāb), feminine شَابَّة (šābba))

1. young man, youth, adolescent

Declension

Declension of noun شَابّ (šābb)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	شَابّ šābb	الشَّابّ aš-šābb	شَابّ šābb
nominative	شَابٌّ šābbun	الشَّابُّ aš-šābbu	شَابُّ šābbu
accusative	شَابًّا šābban	الشَّابَّ aš-šābba	شَابَّ šābba
genitive	شَابٍّ šābbin	الشَّابِّ aš-šābbi	شَابِّ šābbi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	شَابَّيْن šābbayn	الشَّابَّيْن aš-šābbayn	شَابَّيْ šābbay
nominative	شَابَّانِ šābbāni	الشَّابَّانِ aš-šābbāni	شَابَّا šābbā
accusative	شَابَّيْنِ šābbayni	الشَّابَّيْنِ aš-šābbayni	شَابَّيْ šābbay
genitive	شَابَّيْنِ šābbayni	الشَّابَّيْنِ aš-šābbayni	شَابَّيْ šābbay
plural	basic broken plural triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	شُبَّان‎; شَبَاب šubbān‎; šabāb	الشُّبَّان‎; الشَّبَاب aš-šubbān‎; aš-šabāb	شُبَّان‎; شَبَاب šubbān‎; šabāb
nominative	شُبَّانٌ‎; شَبَابٌ šubbānun‎; šabābun	الشُّبَّانُ‎; الشَّبَابُ aš-šubbānu‎; aš-šabābu	شُبَّانُ‎; شَبَابُ šubbānu‎; šabābu
accusative	شُبَّانًا‎; شَبَابًا šubbānan‎; šabāban	الشُّبَّانَ‎; الشَّبَابَ aš-šubbāna‎; aš-šabāba	شُبَّانَ‎; شَبَابَ šubbāna‎; šabāba
genitive	شُبَّانٍ‎; شَبَابٍ šubbānin‎; šabābin	الشُّبَّانِ‎; الشَّبَابِ aš-šubbāni‎; aš-šabābi	شُبَّانِ‎; شَبَابِ šubbāni‎; šabābi

Etymology 2

Root
ش ي ب (š y b)
3 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaː.ba/

Verb

شَابَ • (šāba) I (non-past يَشِيبُ (yašību), verbal noun شَيْب (šayb) or شَيْبَة (šayba) or مَشِيب (mašīb))

1. to be grey-haired, to grow grey hair
2. to become older

Conjugation

Conjugation of شَابَ (I, hollow, a ~ i, no passive, verbal nouns شَيْب, شَيْبَة, مَشِيب)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						شَيْب, شَيْبَة, مَشِيب šayb, šayba, mašīb
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						شَائِب šāʔib
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	شِبْتُ šibtu	شِبْتَ šibta	شَابَ šāba		شِبْتُمَا šibtumā	شَابَا šābā		شِبْنَا šibnā	شِبْتُمْ šibtum	شَابُوا šābū
	f		شِبْتِ šibti	شَابَتْ šābat			شَابَتَا šābatā			شِبْتُنَّ šibtunna	شِبْنَ šibna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَشِيبُ ʔašību	تَشِيبُ tašību	يَشِيبُ yašību		تَشِيبَانِ tašībāni	يَشِيبَانِ yašībāni		نَشِيبُ našību	تَشِيبُونَ tašībūna	يَشِيبُونَ yašībūna
	f		تَشِيبِينَ tašībīna	تَشِيبُ tašību			تَشِيبَانِ tašībāni			تَشِبْنَ tašibna	يَشِبْنَ yašibna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَشِيبَ ʔašība	تَشِيبَ tašība	يَشِيبَ yašība		تَشِيبَا tašībā	يَشِيبَا yašībā		نَشِيبَ našība	تَشِيبُوا tašībū	يَشِيبُوا yašībū
	f		تَشِيبِي tašībī	تَشِيبَ tašība			تَشِيبَا tašībā			تَشِبْنَ tašibna	يَشِبْنَ yašibna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَشِبْ ʔašib	تَشِبْ tašib	يَشِبْ yašib		تَشِيبَا tašībā	يَشِيبَا yašībā		نَشِبْ našib	تَشِيبُوا tašībū	يَشِيبُوا yašībū
	f		تَشِيبِي tašībī	تَشِبْ tašib			تَشِيبَا tašībā			تَشِبْنَ tašibna	يَشِبْنَ yašibna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		شِبْ šib			شِيبَا šībā				شِيبُوا šībū
	f		شِيبِي šībī							شِبْنَ šibna

Etymology 3

Root
ش و ب (š w b)
4 terms

See the root.

Verb

شَابَ • (šāba) I (non-past يَشُوبُ (yašūbu), verbal noun شَوْب (šawb))

1. to mix (بِـ (bi-) with)

   Synonyms: خَلَطَ (ḵalaṭa), خَالَطَ (ḵālaṭa)

   شَابَ اللَبَنَ بِالْمَاءِ

   šāba al-labana bi-l-māʔi

   He mixed the milk with the water.

   • c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام [yaḥyā ibn muḥammad ibn ʔaḥmad ibn al-ʕawwām], edited by José Antonio Banqueri, كتاب الفلاحة [Book on Agriculture], volume 1, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802^IA, Cap. 7, Art. 54, pages 403–404:

     أما العليق فمعروف وأما الورد الجبلي وورد الكلب وهو المعروف عند أهل الطب بالنسرين قال أبو حنيفة الورد الجبلي يشبه الورد ويشبه ذلك بعض سنة العليق وثمره شبيه العنب الدليك وهو أحمر يشبه البسر إلا أن طرفه محدود وفي داخله شبه الصوف ونواره نوار الورد أبيض يشوبه حمرة

     In what concerns the bramble, it is well known, and in what concerns the mountain-rose and the dog-rose, it is well-known with the physicians as nisrīn; Abū Ḥanīfa said the mountain-rose resembles the rose and this resembles a bit the image of the bramble, and the fruit is similar to the dust-vine, it is red and resembles the unripe date, except that its tip is pointed, and in its inner there is a kind of wool, and its blossom is a white rose blossom with an admixture of red.

2. (figurative) to be dishonest, to be untrustworthy (فِي (fī))

   شَابَ فِي قَوْلِهِ ― šāba fī qawlihi ― He was dishonest in his speech

   شَابَ فِي البَيْعِ ― šāba fī l-bayʕi ― He was untrustworthy in the sale (i.e. cheated, defrauded)

Conjugation

Conjugation of شَابَ (I, hollow, a ~ u, full passive (?), verbal noun شَوْب)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						شَوْب šawb
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						شَائِب šāʔib
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مَشُوب mašūb
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	شُبْتُ šubtu	شُبْتَ šubta	شَابَ šāba		شُبْتُمَا šubtumā	شَابَا šābā		شُبْنَا šubnā	شُبْتُمْ šubtum	شَابُوا šābū
	f		شُبْتِ šubti	شَابَتْ šābat			شَابَتَا šābatā			شُبْتُنَّ šubtunna	شُبْنَ šubna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَشُوبُ ʔašūbu	تَشُوبُ tašūbu	يَشُوبُ yašūbu		تَشُوبَانِ tašūbāni	يَشُوبَانِ yašūbāni		نَشُوبُ našūbu	تَشُوبُونَ tašūbūna	يَشُوبُونَ yašūbūna
	f		تَشُوبِينَ tašūbīna	تَشُوبُ tašūbu			تَشُوبَانِ tašūbāni			تَشُبْنَ tašubna	يَشُبْنَ yašubna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَشُوبَ ʔašūba	تَشُوبَ tašūba	يَشُوبَ yašūba		تَشُوبَا tašūbā	يَشُوبَا yašūbā		نَشُوبَ našūba	تَشُوبُوا tašūbū	يَشُوبُوا yašūbū
	f		تَشُوبِي tašūbī	تَشُوبَ tašūba			تَشُوبَا tašūbā			تَشُبْنَ tašubna	يَشُبْنَ yašubna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَشُبْ ʔašub	تَشُبْ tašub	يَشُبْ yašub		تَشُوبَا tašūbā	يَشُوبَا yašūbā		نَشُبْ našub	تَشُوبُوا tašūbū	يَشُوبُوا yašūbū
	f		تَشُوبِي tašūbī	تَشُبْ tašub			تَشُوبَا tašūbā			تَشُبْنَ tašubna	يَشُبْنَ yašubna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		شُبْ šub			شُوبَا šūbā				شُوبُوا šūbū
	f		شُوبِي šūbī							شُبْنَ šubna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	شِبْتُ šibtu	شِبْتَ šibta	شِيبَ šība		شِبْتُمَا šibtumā	شِيبَا šībā		شِبْنَا šibnā	شِبْتُمْ šibtum	شِيبُوا šībū
	f		شِبْتِ šibti	شِيبَتْ šībat			شِيبَتَا šībatā			شِبْتُنَّ šibtunna	شِبْنَ šibna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُشَابُ ʔušābu	تُشَابُ tušābu	يُشَابُ yušābu		تُشَابَانِ tušābāni	يُشَابَانِ yušābāni		نُشَابُ nušābu	تُشَابُونَ tušābūna	يُشَابُونَ yušābūna
	f		تُشَابِينَ tušābīna	تُشَابُ tušābu			تُشَابَانِ tušābāni			تُشَبْنَ tušabna	يُشَبْنَ yušabna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُشَابَ ʔušāba	تُشَابَ tušāba	يُشَابَ yušāba		تُشَابَا tušābā	يُشَابَا yušābā		نُشَابَ nušāba	تُشَابُوا tušābū	يُشَابُوا yušābū
	f		تُشَابِي tušābī	تُشَابَ tušāba			تُشَابَا tušābā			تُشَبْنَ tušabna	يُشَبْنَ yušabna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُشَبْ ʔušab	تُشَبْ tušab	يُشَبْ yušab		تُشَابَا tušābā	يُشَابَا yušābā		نُشَبْ nušab	تُشَابُوا tušābū	يُشَابُوا yušābū
	f		تُشَابِي tušābī	تُشَبْ tušab			تُشَابَا tušābā			تُشَبْنَ tušabna	يُشَبْنَ yušabna

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ش ب ب
1 term

From Arabic شَابّ (šābb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaːbb/

• Audio:

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Noun

شاب • (šābb) m (plural شبان (šubbān) or شباب (šabāb), feminine شابة (šābba))

1. young man, youth, adolescent

Etymology 2

Root
ش ي ب
2 terms

From Arabic شَابَ (šāba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaːb/

Verb

شاب • (šāb) I (non-past يشيب (yšīb))

1. to be grey-haired, to grow grey hair
2. to become older

Conjugation

Conjugation of شاب

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	شبت (šabt)	شبتي (šabti)	شاب (šāb)		شبنا (šabna)	شبتوا (šabtu)	شابوا (šābu)
	f			شابت (šābet)
non-past	m	نشيب (nšīb)	تشيب (tšīb)	يشيب (yšīb)		نشيبوا (nšību)	تشيبوا (tšību)	يشيبوا (yšību)
	f		تشيبي (tšībi)	تشيب (tšīb)
imperative	m		شيب (šīb)				شيبوا (šību)
	f		شيبي (šībi)

Ottoman Turkish

شاب

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic شَبّ (šabb, “vitriol; alum”).

Noun

شاب • (şab) (definite accusative شابی (şabı), plural شابلر (şablar))

1. alum, an astringent salt much used in dyeing and tanning
2. coral reef, a reef formed by compacted coral skeletons

   Synonym: مرجان قیا (mercan kaya)

Derived terms

• شاب اوجاغی (şab ocağı, “alum mine”)
• شاب دكزی (şab deñizi, “Red Sea”)
• شاب علتی (şab ʼilleti, “a disease of cattle”)
• شاب كسلمك (şab kesilmek, “to be paralyzed by astonishment”)
• شابجی (şabcı, “alum merchant”)
• شابخانه (şabhâne, “manufactory of alum”)
• شابلی (şablı, “aluminous”)
• شابه اوتورمق (şaba oturmak, “to be in great distress”, literally “to ground on a coral reef”)
• شابه صوقمق (şaba sokmak, “to adopt some heroic remedy”, literally “to plunge into alum water”)
• نه شاب نه شكر (ne şab ne şeker, “neither fish nor fowl”, literally “neither alum nor sugar”)

Descendants

• Turkish: şap
• → Armenian: շապ (šap)

Further reading

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• Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886), “شاب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 127
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “şap2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4428
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838), “شاب”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 282a
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “شاب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 712
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Alumen”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 53
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “شاب”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 2741
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “şap2”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “شاب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1106

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic شَابّ (šābb, “youth, young man”).

Adjective

شاب • (şab)

1. young, juvenile, in the early part of growth, at an early stage of life, born not long ago

   Synonyms: جوان (civan), كنج (genc)

Noun

شاب • (şab) (definite accusative شابی (şabı), plural شباب (şebâb) or شبان (şübbân))

1. youth, young boy, teen, adolescent, lad, a young man, a male youngster or young adult

   Synonyms: اوشاق (uşak), اوغلان (oğlan), پسر (pıser), غلام (ğulam)

Descendants

• Turkish: şab

Further reading

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• Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886), “شاب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 128
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “şab4”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4409
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “şâbb”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[6] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1166
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “شاب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[7] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 712
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Adolescens”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[8], Vienna, column 26
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “شاب”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[9], Vienna, column 2741
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “شاب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[10], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1106

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَابّ (šābb).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈʃaːb/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɑːb]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɑːb]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃɑːb]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃɔːb̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɒːb̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɔb]

Readings
Classical reading?	šāb
Dari reading?	šāb
Iranian reading?	šâb
Tajik reading?	šob

Noun

شاب • (šâb)

1. (archaic, literary) youth, young person

   Synonym: جوان (javân)

   • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 263”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎^[11]:

     بیا و کشتی ما در شط شراب انداز
     خروش و ولوله در جان شیخ و شاب انداز

     biyā u kaštī-yi mā dar šat-i šarāb andāz
     xurōš u walwala dar jān-i šayx u šāb andāz

     Come and hurl our ship into the river of wine;
     Hurl tumult and uproar into the souls of old and young.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ش ب ب
3 terms

Alternative forms

• شبّ

Etymology

From Arabic شَابّ (šābb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃab/, [ʃab]

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Noun

شابّ • (šabb, šābb) m (plural شباب (šabāb), feminine شابّة (šābbe))

1. boy, youth, young man

   Synonym: صبي (ṣabi)

Adjective

شابّ • (šabb, šābb) (feminine شابّة (šābbe), common plural شباب (šabāb))

1. young