شاحب

See also: ساحت

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ش ح ب (š-ḥ-b)

Derived from the active participle of شَحَبَ (šaḥaba, “to be pale”), شَحُبَ (šaḥuba, “(same)”), and passive verb شُحِبَ (šuḥiba, “(same)”).

Adjective

شَاحِب • (šāḥib) (feminine شَاحِبَة (šāḥiba), masculine plural شَوَاحِب (šawāḥib), elative أَشْحَب (ʔašḥab))

1. pale

   Synonym: بَاهِت (bāhit)

2. emaciated, haggard
3. dim
4. dull (color)

Declension

Declension of adjective شَاحِب (šāḥib)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	شَاحِب šāḥib	الشَّاحِب aš-šāḥib	شَاحِبَة šāḥiba	الشَّاحِبَة aš-šāḥiba
Nominative	شَاحِبٌ šāḥibun	الشَّاحِبُ aš-šāḥibu	شَاحِبَةٌ šāḥibatun	الشَّاحِبَةُ aš-šāḥibatu
Accusative	شَاحِبًا šāḥiban	الشَّاحِبَ aš-šāḥiba	شَاحِبَةً šāḥibatan	الشَّاحِبَةَ aš-šāḥibata
Genitive	شَاحِبٍ šāḥibin	الشَّاحِبِ aš-šāḥibi	شَاحِبَةٍ šāḥibatin	الشَّاحِبَةِ aš-šāḥibati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	شَاحِبَيْن šāḥibayn	الشَّاحِبَيْن aš-šāḥibayn	شَاحِبَتَيْن šāḥibatayn	الشَّاحِبَتَيْن aš-šāḥibatayn
Nominative	شَاحِبَانِ šāḥibāni	الشَّاحِبَانِ aš-šāḥibāni	شَاحِبَتَانِ šāḥibatāni	الشَّاحِبَتَانِ aš-šāḥibatāni
Accusative	شَاحِبَيْنِ šāḥibayni	الشَّاحِبَيْنِ aš-šāḥibayni	شَاحِبَتَيْنِ šāḥibatayni	الشَّاحِبَتَيْنِ aš-šāḥibatayni
Genitive	شَاحِبَيْنِ šāḥibayni	الشَّاحِبَيْنِ aš-šāḥibayni	شَاحِبَتَيْنِ šāḥibatayni	الشَّاحِبَتَيْنِ aš-šāḥibatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural diptote		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	شَوَاحِب šawāḥib	الشَّوَاحِب aš-šawāḥib	شَاحِبَات šāḥibāt	الشَّاحِبَات aš-šāḥibāt
Nominative	شَوَاحِبُ šawāḥibu	الشَّوَاحِبُ aš-šawāḥibu	شَاحِبَاتٌ šāḥibātun	الشَّاحِبَاتُ aš-šāḥibātu
Accusative	شَوَاحِبَ šawāḥiba	الشَّوَاحِبَ aš-šawāḥiba	شَاحِبَاتٍ šāḥibātin	الشَّاحِبَاتِ aš-šāḥibāti
Genitive	شَوَاحِبَ šawāḥiba	الشَّوَاحِبِ aš-šawāḥibi	شَاحِبَاتٍ šāḥibātin	الشَّاحِبَاتِ aš-šāḥibāti

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “شحب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN