The Arabic root و-ء-ب (w-a-b)

Form I verb وَأَبَ: to contract

4 words in the dictionary are built from و-ء-ب, including verbs in Forms I, VIII. 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

وَأَبَ

to contract

Verbs and the nouns that come from them

وَأَبَ · present يَئِبُ

Form I · The plain action

to contract, draw oneself together, shrink, be ashamed

وَأْب

Verbal noun

إِبَة

Verbal noun

وَائِب

Active participle

مَوْؤُوب

Passive participle

وَئِبَ · present يَوْأَبُ

Form I · The plain action

to get angry, to anger

وَأَب

Verbal noun

مَوْؤُوب

Passive participle

اِتَّأَبَ · present يَتَّئِبُ

Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic

to feel shame from; to turn/drive back with ignominy

اِتِّئَاب

Verbal noun

مُتَّئِب

Active participle

مُتَّأَب

Passive participle

أَوْأَبَ · present يُوئِبُ

Form

to anger; to make shameful action toward

إِيئَاب

Verbal noun

مُوئِب

Active participle

مُوءَب

Passive participle

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