عشب

See also: عشت

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ع ش ب (ʕ-š-b). Cognate with Hebrew עשב (ʿēśeḇ). Compare also عَشِبَ (ʕašiba, “to dry up, get stale”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕuʃb/

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Noun

عُشْب • (ʕušb) m (collective, singulative عُشْبَة f (ʕušba), plural أَعْشَاب (ʔaʕšāb))

1. fresh, green, juicy, soft or tender herbs or herbage
2. green grass
3. pasture

Declension

Declension of noun عُشْب (ʕušb)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عُشْب ʕušb	الْعُشْب al-ʕušb	عُشْب ʕušb
Nominative	عُشْبٌ ʕušbun	الْعُشْبُ al-ʕušbu	عُشْبُ ʕušbu
Accusative	عُشْبًا ʕušban	الْعُشْبَ al-ʕušba	عُشْبَ ʕušba
Genitive	عُشْبٍ ʕušbin	الْعُشْبِ al-ʕušbi	عُشْبِ ʕušbi
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عُشْبَة ʕušba	الْعُشْبَة al-ʕušba	عُشْبَة ʕušbat
Nominative	عُشْبَةٌ ʕušbatun	الْعُشْبَةُ al-ʕušbatu	عُشْبَةُ ʕušbatu
Accusative	عُشْبَةً ʕušbatan	الْعُشْبَةَ al-ʕušbata	عُشْبَةَ ʕušbata
Genitive	عُشْبَةٍ ʕušbatin	الْعُشْبَةِ al-ʕušbati	عُشْبَةِ ʕušbati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عُشْبَتَيْن ʕušbatayn	الْعُشْبَتَيْن al-ʕušbatayn	عُشْبَتَيْ ʕušbatay
Nominative	عُشْبَتَانِ ʕušbatāni	الْعُشْبَتَانِ al-ʕušbatāni	عُشْبَتَا ʕušbatā
Accusative	عُشْبَتَيْنِ ʕušbatayni	الْعُشْبَتَيْنِ al-ʕušbatayni	عُشْبَتَيْ ʕušbatay
Genitive	عُشْبَتَيْنِ ʕušbatayni	الْعُشْبَتَيْنِ al-ʕušbatayni	عُشْبَتَيْ ʕušbatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عُشْبَات ʕušbāt	الْعُشْبَات al-ʕušbāt	عُشْبَات ʕušbāt
Nominative	عُشْبَاتٌ ʕušbātun	الْعُشْبَاتُ al-ʕušbātu	عُشْبَاتُ ʕušbātu
Accusative	عُشْبَاتٍ ʕušbātin	الْعُشْبَاتِ al-ʕušbāti	عُشْبَاتِ ʕušbāti
Genitive	عُشْبَاتٍ ʕušbātin	الْعُشْبَاتِ al-ʕušbāti	عُشْبَاتِ ʕušbāti
Plural of variety	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَعْشَاب ʔaʕšāb	الْأَعْشَاب al-ʔaʕšāb	أَعْشَاب ʔaʕšāb
Nominative	أَعْشَابٌ ʔaʕšābun	الْأَعْشَابُ al-ʔaʕšābu	أَعْشَابُ ʔaʕšābu
Accusative	أَعْشَابًا ʔaʕšāban	الْأَعْشَابَ al-ʔaʕšāba	أَعْشَابَ ʔaʕšāba
Genitive	أَعْشَابٍ ʔaʕšābin	الْأَعْشَابِ al-ʔaʕšābi	أَعْشَابِ ʔaʕšābi

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “عشب”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 129
• Freytag, Georg (1835) “عشب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 159–160
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “عشب”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[3], London: Williams & Norgate, pages 2049–2050
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “عشب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[4], London: W.H. Allen, page 697
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “عشب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN