أشهب

Arabic

Etymology 1

Color or defect adjective from the root ش ه ب (š h b).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔaʃ.hab/

Adjective

أَشْهَب • (ʔašhab) (feminine شَهْبَاء (šahbāʔ), common plural شُهْب (šuhb))

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Declension

Declension of adjective **أَشْهَب** (ʔašhab)
singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular diptote		basic singular diptote
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	أَشْهَب ʔašhab	الْأَشْهَب al-ʔašhab	شَهْبَاء šahbāʔ	الشَّهْبَاء aš-šahbāʔ
nominative	أَشْهَبُ ʔašhabu	الْأَشْهَبُ al-ʔašhabu	شَهْبَاءُ šahbāʔu	الشَّهْبَاءُ aš-šahbāʔu
accusative	أَشْهَبَ ʔašhaba	الْأَشْهَبَ al-ʔašhaba	شَهْبَاءَ šahbāʔa	الشَّهْبَاءَ aš-šahbāʔa
genitive	أَشْهَبَ ʔašhaba	الْأَشْهَبِ al-ʔašhabi	شَهْبَاءَ šahbāʔa	الشَّهْبَاءِ aš-šahbāʔi
dual	masculine		feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	أَشْهَبَيْن ʔašhabayn	الْأَشْهَبَيْن al-ʔašhabayn	شَهْبَاوَيْن šahbāwayn	الشَّهْبَاوَيْن aš-šahbāwayn
nominative	أَشْهَبَانِ ʔašhabāni	الْأَشْهَبَانِ al-ʔašhabāni	شَهْبَاوَانِ šahbāwāni	الشَّهْبَاوَانِ aš-šahbāwāni
accusative	أَشْهَبَيْنِ ʔašhabayni	الْأَشْهَبَيْنِ al-ʔašhabayni	شَهْبَاوَيْنِ šahbāwayni	الشَّهْبَاوَيْنِ aš-šahbāwayni
genitive	أَشْهَبَيْنِ ʔašhabayni	الْأَشْهَبَيْنِ al-ʔašhabayni	شَهْبَاوَيْنِ šahbāwayni	الشَّهْبَاوَيْنِ aš-šahbāwayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	basic broken plural triptote		basic broken plural triptote
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	شُهْب šuhb	الشُّهْب aš-šuhb	شُهْب šuhb	الشُّهْب aš-šuhb
nominative	شُهْبٌ šuhbun	الشُّهْبُ aš-šuhbu	شُهْبٌ šuhbun	الشُّهْبُ aš-šuhbu
accusative	شُهْبًا šuhban	الشُّهْبَ aš-šuhba	شُهْبًا šuhban	الشُّهْبَ aš-šuhba
genitive	شُهْبٍ šuhbin	الشُّهْبِ aš-šuhbi	شُهْبٍ šuhbin	الشُّهْبِ aš-šuhbi

References

Wehr, Hans (1979) “أشهب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Noun

أَشْهُب • (ʔašhub) pl

plural of شِهَاب (šihāb)