أشيب

Arabic

Etymology

Color or defect adjective from the root ش ي ب‎ (š-y-b).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaʃ.jab/

Adjective

أَشْيَب • (ʾašyab) (feminine شَيْبَاء‎ (šaybāʾ), common plural شِيب‎ (šīb), feminine plural شَيْبَاوَات‎ (šaybāwāt))

  1. white-haired (especially from old age.)
    Synonym: أَشْمَط‎ (ʾašmaṭ)
    ‏جَبَل أَشْيَب‎ ― jabal ʾašyab ― Snowed mountain
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 73:17:
      ‏فَكَيْفَ تَتَّقُونَ إِنْ كَفَرْتُمْ يَوْمًا يَجْعَلُ الْوِلْدَانَ شِيبًا‎‎
      fakayfa tattaqūna ʾin kafartum yawman yajʿalu l-wildāna šīban
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Declension

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