The Arabic root س-ح-ب (s-h-b)

Form I verb سَحَبَ: to pull

7 words in the dictionary are built from س-ح-ب, including verbs in Forms I, VII. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.

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Verb · Form I

سَحَبَ

to pull

Noun

سَحَاب

clouds

Verb · Form VII

اِنْسَحَبَ

to retreat

Noun

اِنْسِحَاب

retreat

Verbs and the nouns that come from them

سَحَبَ · present يَسْحَبُ

Form I · The plain action

to pull, to drag; to draw; to widen, to parlay

سَحْب

Verbal noun

سَاحِب

Active participle

مَسْحُوب

Passive participle

pulled

اِنْسَحَبَ · present يَنْسَحِبُ

Form VII · Passive or resultative

to retreat, to withdraw, to pull back; to be dragged along (e.g. of a garment); to drag oneself along, to struggle

اِنْسِحَاب

Verbal noun

retreat

مُنْسَحِب

Active participle

مُنْسَحَب

Passive participle

Other nouns and adjectives

سَحَاب

Noun

clouds

سَحَّاب

Noun

zip fastener

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