شبح

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Arabic

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Root
ش ب ح (š b ḥ)
1 term

Etymology 1.1

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Pronunciation 1

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  • IPA(key): /ʃa.baħ/, /ʃabħ/

Noun

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شَبَح or شَبْح (šabaḥ or šabḥm (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

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  • IPA(key): /ʃa.baħ/, /ʃabħ/

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شَبَح or شَبْح (šabaḥ or šabḥm (plural أَشْبَاح (ʔašbāḥ))

  1. outward appearance, shape, form, figure (of a person)
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شَبَحَ (šabaḥa) I (non-past يَشْبَحُ (yašbaḥu), verbal noun شَبْح (šabḥ))

  1. to appear [with لِ (li) ‘to someone’]
  2. to stand erect (of a person)
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شَبْح (šabḥm

  1. verbal noun of شَبَحَ (šabaḥa, to appear; to stand erect) (form I)
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شَبَحَ (šabaḥa) I (non-past يَشْبَحُ (yašbaḥu), verbal noun شَبْح (šabḥ))

  1. (transitive) to extend, to stretch out
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شَبْح (šabḥm

  1. verbal noun of شَبَحَ (šabaḥa, to extend, to stretch out) (form I)
  2. extension, width
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شَبُحَ (šabuḥa) I (non-past يَشْبُحُ (yašbuḥu), verbal noun شَبَاحَة (šabāḥa))

  1. to be broad or long in the forearms
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شَبَحَ (šabaḥa) I (non-past يَشْبَحُ (yašbaḥu), verbal noun شَبْح (šabḥ))

  1. to cut, to hew, to pare
  2. to cleave, to split
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شَبْح (šabḥm

  1. verbal noun of شَبَحَ (šabaḥa, to cut, to hew; to split) (form I)
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شُبِحَ (šubiḥa) I (passive-only, non-past يُشْبَحُ (yušbaḥu), verbal noun ?) (passive voice)

  1. to be attached to, addicted to, fond of (an affair)
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شبح (transliteration needed) I

  1. to see
  2. to watch

Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic شَبَح (šabaḥ).

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

Noun

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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