خلب

Arabic

Etymology

From the root خ ل ب‎ (ḵ-l-b).

Verb

خَلَبَ • (ḵalaba) I, non-past يَخْلِبُ‎ or يَخْلُبُ‎‎ (yaḵlibu or yaḵlubu)

  1. to scratch, to wound by cutting with the nail or the reaping-hook or in another fashion; to sting, to bite
  2. to snatch, to seize, to clutch, to rend
  3. (chemistry) to chelate

Conjugation

Verb

خَلَبَ • (ḵalaba) I, non-past يَخْلُبُ‎‎ (yaḵlubu)

  1. to allure, to charm, to fascinate, to coax, to captivate with blandishment, to deceive, to hoax

Conjugation

Verb

خَلَّبَ • (ḵallaba) II, non-past يُخَلِّبُ‎‎ (yuḵallibu)

  1. (chemistry) to chelate

Conjugation

Noun

خِلْب • (ḵilb) m (plural أَخْلَاب‎ (ʾaḵlāb))

  1. claw, nail, talon

Declension

Noun

خَلْب • (ḵalb) m

  1. verbal noun of خَلَبَ (ḵalaba) (form I)
  2. (chemistry) chelation

Declension

Noun

خُلَّب • (ḵullab) m (collective)

(being the plural of خَالِب‎ (ḵālib, “deceiving”))
  1. case, hull, shell, something which provides less than it suggests, sheet lightning, cloud bearing no rain

Declension

Derived terms

Noun

خُلْب or خُلُب • (ḵulb or ḵulub) m (collective, singulative حُلْبَة‎ (ḥulba) or حُلُبَة‎ (ḥuluba))

  1. ligneous fibers from which the trunk of a palm is made; the medulla of a palm
  2. mud that agglutinates easily

Declension

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