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ش-ب-ه

The Arabic root ش-ب-ه (sh-b-h)

Form I verb شَبِهَ: to resemble

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

Most common

Verb · Form II
to compare
Verb · Form III
to resemble
Adjective
مُتَشَابِه
similar
Adjective
شَبِيه
similar
Verb · Form I
شَبِهَ
to resemble
Noun
شُبْهَة
uncertainty
Adjective
مَشْبُوه
doubtful
Noun
شَبَه
similarity

Verbs and the nouns that come from them

شَبِهَ · present يَشْبَهُ
Form I · The plain action

to resemble, to bear a resemblance, to be similar

شَبَه
Verbal noun
similarity
مَشْبُوه
Passive participle
doubtful
شَبَّهَ · present يُشَبِّهُ
Form II · Causative or intensive

to compare, to liken; to make equal or similar

تَشْبِيه
Verbal noun
likening
مُشَبِّه
Active participle
مُشَبَّه
Passive participle
شَابَهَ · present يُشَابِهُ
Form III · Done to or with someone

to resemble

مُشَابَهَة
Verbal noun
مُشَابِه
Active participle
مُشَابَه
Passive participle
تَشَابَهَ · present يَتَشَابَهُ
Form VI · Mutual action

to resemble one another; to be dubitable, to be unclear

تَشَابُه
Verbal noun
مُتَشَابِه
Active participle
similar
مُتَشَابَه
Passive participle

Other nouns and adjectives

شَبِيه
Adjective
similar
شُبْهَة
Noun
uncertainty
شِبْه
Noun
a thing or person similar
اِشْتِبَاه
Noun
being or becoming ambiguous
مُشْتَبَه بِهِ
Noun
suspect

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