شبح

See also: سبح

Arabic

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
    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
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 voice)

  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) I

  1. to see
  2. to watch

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَبَح (šabaḥ).

Pronunciation

 

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

Noun

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
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