شبح

See also: سبح

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ش ب ح (š-b-ḥ).

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /ʃa.baħ/

Noun

شَبَح (šabaḥ) m (plural شُبُوح (šubūḥ) or أَشْبَاح (ʔašbāḥ))

  1. specter, ghost, apparition, phantom, spirit
  2. (dated) blurred, indistinct shape
    رَأَيْتُ شَبَحًا مِنْ بَعِيدٍraʔaytu šabaḥan min baʕīdinI saw a shape from afar
    Synonyms: شَخْص (šaḵṣ), خَيَال (ḵayāl)
  3. nightmare
  4. (slang, Egypt) one of the 1991–1998 models of a Mercedes-Benz
Declension

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /ʃa.ba.ħa/

Verb

شَبَحَ (šabaḥa) I, non-past يَشْبَحُ‎ (yašbaḥu)

  1. (transitive) to extend, to stretch out
  2. to cut, to hew, to pare
  3. to cleave, to split
  4. to stand erect
  5. to appear
Conjugation

Pronunciation 3

  • IPA(key): /ʃu.bi.ħa/

Verb

شُبِحَ (šubiḥa) I, non-past يُشْبَحُ‎ (yušbaḥu) (passive)

  1. to be attached to, addicted to, fond of (an affair)
Conjugation

Pronunciation 4

  • IPA(key): /ʃa.bu.ħa/

Verb

شَبُحَ (šabuḥa) I, non-past يَشْبُحُ‎ (yašbuḥu)

  1. to be broad or long in the forearms
Conjugation

Pronunciation 5

  • IPA(key): /ʃabħ/

Noun

شَبْح (šabḥ) m

  1. verbal noun of شَبَحَ (šabaḥa) (form I)
  2. extension, width
Declension

Libyan Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃbaħ/

Verb

شبح (transliteration needed)

  1. to see
  2. to watch

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic شَبَح (šabaḥ).

Pronunciation

    • (Dari): IPA(key): /ʃabah/

    Noun

    Dari شبح
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik шабаҳ (šabah)

    شبح (šabah) (plural اشباح (ašbâh))

    1. specter
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