شَبَه
similarity
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Highlights
Present tense
يُشَبِّهُ
Verbal noun
تَشْبِيه
Active participle
مُشَبِّه
Passive participle
مُشَبَّه
Most common words from the same root
Adjective
مُتَشَابِه
similar
Adjective
شَبِيه
similar
Verb · Form I
شَبِهَ
to resemble
Noun
شُبْهَة
uncertainty
Adjective
مَشْبُوه
doubtful
شَبَّهَ in English
Verb · Form II
- to compare, to liken
- to make equal or similar
Words from the root ش-ب-ه
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شَبِهَ
· present يَشْبَهُ
Form I · The plain action
to resemble, to bear a resemblance, to be similar
مَشْبُوه
doubtful
شَبَّهَ
· present يُشَبِّهُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to compare, to liken; to make equal or similar
تَشْبِيه
likening
مُشَبِّه
مُشَبَّه
شَابَهَ
· present يُشَابِهُ
Form III · Done to or with someone
to resemble
مُشَابَهَة
مُشَابِه
مُشَابَه
تَشَابَهَ
· present يَتَشَابَهُ
Form VI · Mutual action
to resemble one another; to be dubitable, to be unclear
تَشَابُه
مُتَشَابِه
similar
مُتَشَابَه
شَبِيه
similar
شُبْهَة
uncertainty
شِبْه
a thing or person similar
اِشْتِبَاه
being or becoming ambiguous
مُشْتَبَه بِهِ
suspect
شَبَّهَ conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | شَبَّهْتُ | أُشَبِّهُ | أُشَبِّهَ | أُشَبِّهْ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | شَبَّهْتَ | تُشَبِّهُ | تُشَبِّهَ | تُشَبِّهْ | شَبِّهْ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | شَبَّهْتِ | تُشَبِّهِينَ | تُشَبِّهِي | تُشَبِّهِي | شَبِّهِي |
| هُوَ he | شَبَّهَ | يُشَبِّهُ | يُشَبِّهَ | يُشَبِّهْ | — |
| هِيَ she | شَبَّهَتْ | تُشَبِّهُ | تُشَبِّهَ | تُشَبِّهْ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | شَبَّهْتُمَا | تُشَبِّهَانِ | تُشَبِّهَا | تُشَبِّهَا | شَبِّهَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | شَبَّهَا | يُشَبِّهَانِ | يُشَبِّهَا | يُشَبِّهَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | شَبَّهَتَا | تُشَبِّهَانِ | تُشَبِّهَا | تُشَبِّهَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | شَبَّهْنَا | نُشَبِّهُ | نُشَبِّهَ | نُشَبِّهْ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | شَبَّهْتُمْ | تُشَبِّهُونَ | تُشَبِّهُوا | تُشَبِّهُوا | شَبِّهُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | شَبَّهْتُنَّ | تُشَبِّهْنَ | تُشَبِّهْنَ | تُشَبِّهْنَ | شَبِّهْنَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | شَبَّهُوا | يُشَبِّهُونَ | يُشَبِّهُوا | يُشَبِّهُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | شَبَّهْنَ | يُشَبِّهْنَ | يُشَبِّهْنَ | يُشَبِّهْنَ | — |
| Verbal noun | تَشْبِيه |
|---|---|
| Active participle | مُشَبِّه |
| Passive participle | مُشَبَّه |
شَبَّهَ in a sentence
From a fully vowelled text
وَقَالَ أَيْضًا: «بِمَاذَا أُشَبِّهُ مَلَكُوتَ اللهِ؟And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?Luke 13:20, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
الإِنْسَانُ أَشْبَهَ نَفْخَةً. أَيَّامُهُ مِثْلُ ظِلّ عَابِرٍ.Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.Psalms 144:4, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
فَقَالَ: «مَاذَا يُشْبِهُ مَلَكُوتُ اللهِ؟ وَبِمَاذَا أُشَبِّهُهُ؟Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?Luke 13:18, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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