شاحب

See also: ساحت

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ش ح ب (š ḥ b)
2 terms

Derived from the active participle of شَحَبَ (šaḥaba, “to be pale”), شَحُبَ (šaḥuba, “(same)”), and passive verb شُحِبَ (šuḥiba, “(same)”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃaː.ħib/

Adjective

شَاحِب • (šāḥib) (feminine شَاحِبَة (šāḥiba), masculine plural شَوَاحِب (šawāḥib), elative أَشْحَب (ʔašḥab))

pale
Synonym: بَاهِت (bāhit)
emaciated, haggard
dim
dull (color)

Declension

Declension of adjective **شَاحِب** (šāḥib)
singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	شَاحِب šāḥib	الشَّاحِب aš-šāḥib	شَاحِبَة šāḥiba	الشَّاحِبَة aš-šāḥiba
nominative	شَاحِبٌ šāḥibun	الشَّاحِبُ aš-šāḥibu	شَاحِبَةٌ šāḥibatun	الشَّاحِبَةُ aš-šāḥibatu
accusative	شَاحِبًا šāḥiban	الشَّاحِبَ aš-šāḥiba	شَاحِبَةً šāḥibatan	الشَّاحِبَةَ aš-šāḥibata
genitive	شَاحِبٍ šāḥibin	الشَّاحِبِ aš-šāḥibi	شَاحِبَةٍ šāḥibatin	الشَّاحِبَةِ aš-šāḥibati
dual	masculine		feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	شَاحِبَيْن šāḥibayn	الشَّاحِبَيْن aš-šāḥibayn	شَاحِبَتَيْن šāḥibatayn	الشَّاحِبَتَيْن aš-šāḥibatayn
nominative	شَاحِبَانِ šāḥibāni	الشَّاحِبَانِ aš-šāḥibāni	شَاحِبَتَانِ šāḥibatāni	الشَّاحِبَتَانِ aš-šāḥibatāni
accusative	شَاحِبَيْنِ šāḥibayni	الشَّاحِبَيْنِ aš-šāḥibayni	شَاحِبَتَيْنِ šāḥibatayni	الشَّاحِبَتَيْنِ aš-šāḥibatayni
genitive	شَاحِبَيْنِ šāḥibayni	الشَّاحِبَيْنِ aš-šāḥibayni	شَاحِبَتَيْنِ šāḥibatayni	الشَّاحِبَتَيْنِ aš-šāḥibatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	basic broken plural diptote		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	شَوَاحِب šawāḥib	الشَّوَاحِب aš-šawāḥib	شَاحِبَات šāḥibāt	الشَّاحِبَات aš-šāḥibāt
nominative	شَوَاحِبُ šawāḥibu	الشَّوَاحِبُ aš-šawāḥibu	شَاحِبَاتٌ šāḥibātun	الشَّاحِبَاتُ aš-šāḥibātu
accusative	شَوَاحِبَ šawāḥiba	الشَّوَاحِبَ aš-šawāḥiba	شَاحِبَاتٍ šāḥibātin	الشَّاحِبَاتِ aš-šāḥibāti
genitive	شَوَاحِبَ šawāḥiba	الشَّوَاحِبِ aš-šawāḥibi	شَاحِبَاتٍ šāḥibātin	الشَّاحِبَاتِ aš-šāḥibāti

References

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