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ش-ب-ب

The Arabic root ش-ب-ب (sh-b-b)

Form I verb شَبَّ: to become a young adult

15 words in the dictionary are built from ش-ب-ب, including verbs in Forms I, II, IV, V, X. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.

Most common

Noun
young man

Verbs and the nouns that come from them

شَبَّ · present يَشِبُّ
Form I · The plain action

to become a young adult, to grow up

شَبَاب
Verbal noun
youth
شَبِيب
Verbal noun
Active participle
young man
شَبَّابَة
Derived noun
a kind of flute
شَبَّ · present يَشِبُّ
Form I · The plain action

to be brisk, to be lively, to be sprightly; to raise one's head (as when trying to reach or look at something), to stand on the tiptoes, to stretch up; to raise the forelegs, to prance

شِبَاب
Verbal noun
شُبُوب
Verbal noun
شَبِيب
Verbal noun
شَابّ
Active participle
شَبَّ · present يَشُبُّ
Form I · The plain action

to kindle, to inflame, to ignite (also figuratively, such as of war kindled); to raise, to lift; to heighten; to highlight, to intensify (also figuratively, and particularly if done with colours or when referring to physical qualities and attributes, such as beauty and attractiveness)

شَبّ
Verbal noun
شَابّ
Active participle
مَشْبُوب
Passive participle
شَبَّبَ · present يُشَبِّبُ
Form II · Causative or intensive

to heighten by words, to ornate, to speak of in an amatory manner, to embellish; to kindle, to ignite

تَشْبِيب
Verbal noun
مُشَبِّب
Active participle
مُشَبَّب
Passive participle
أَشَبَّ · present يُشِبُّ
Form IV · Causative

to have young men as children; to make a young man, to cause to be adolescent; to excite, to make brisk, to make sprightly

إِشْبَاب
Verbal noun
مُشِبّ
Active participle
مُشَبّ
Passive participle
تَشَبَّبَ · present يَتَشَبَّبُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II

to become ablaze, to become kindled; to be in a relation to wherein one employs amatory language; to experience rejuvenation

تَشَبُّب
Verbal noun
مُتَشَبِّب
Active participle
اِسْتَشَبَّ · present يَسْتَشِبُّ
Form X · Seeking or considering

to deem (someone) as having reached early adulthood; to wait until (someone) reaches early adulthood; to ask a young man (to do something)

اِسْتِشْبَاب
Verbal noun
مُسْتَشِبّ
Active participle
مُسْتَشَبّ
Passive participle

Other nouns and adjectives

شَبَّة
Noun
piece of alum
شَبّة
Noun
lass
شَبّة
Noun
prance
شَبَب
Adjective
grown up
شَبِيبَة
Noun
youth

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