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Also written شرب: شُرْب (Noun)
Highlights
Most common words from the same root
شَرِبَ in English
Verb · Form I
- to drink
اِشْرَبْ هَٰذَا ٱلشَّايَ.Drink this tea.
- to smoke transitive
شَرِبَ الدُخانto smoke a cigarette
Word origin
Compare Akkadian sarāpum (“to suck”) and Ge'ez ሠረበ (śäräbä).
Words from the root ش-ر-ب
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
شَرِبَ
· present يَشْرَبُ
Form I · The plain action
to drink; to smoke
شَرَّبَ
· present يُشَرِّبُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to make drink, to drench
تَشْرِيب
مُشَرِّب
مُشَرَّب
اِشْرَأَبَّ
· present يَشْرَئِبُّ
Form IVq
to raise one's head (as when trying to reach or look at something)
اِشْرِئْبَاب
مُشْرَئِبّ
شَرَاب
drink
شَرَّاب
drunkard
شَرْبَة
dose
شُرَبَة
heavy drinker
شُرْبَة
soup
مَاء شُرْب
drinking water
شَرَّابَة
tassel
شَرَّابَة
pipette
مَشْرَبِيَّة
meshrabiyeh
شَرِبَ conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | شَرِبْتُ | أَشْرَبُ | أَشْرَبَ | أَشْرَبْ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | شَرِبْتَ | تَشْرَبُ | تَشْرَبَ | تَشْرَبْ | اِشْرَبْ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | شَرِبْتِ | تَشْرَبِينَ | تَشْرَبِي | تَشْرَبِي | اِشْرَبِي |
| هُوَ he | شَرِبَ | يَشْرَبُ | يَشْرَبَ | يَشْرَبْ | — |
| هِيَ she | شَرِبَتْ | تَشْرَبُ | تَشْرَبَ | تَشْرَبْ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | شَرِبْتُمَا | تَشْرَبَانِ | تَشْرَبَا | تَشْرَبَا | اِشْرَبَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | شَرِبَا | يَشْرَبَانِ | يَشْرَبَا | يَشْرَبَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | شَرِبَتَا | تَشْرَبَانِ | تَشْرَبَا | تَشْرَبَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | شَرِبْنَا | نَشْرَبُ | نَشْرَبَ | نَشْرَبْ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | شَرِبْتُمْ | تَشْرَبُونَ | تَشْرَبُوا | تَشْرَبُوا | اِشْرَبُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | شَرِبْتُنَّ | تَشْرَبْنَ | تَشْرَبْنَ | تَشْرَبْنَ | اِشْرَبْنَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | شَرِبُوا | يَشْرَبُونَ | يَشْرَبُوا | يَشْرَبُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | شَرِبْنَ | يَشْرَبْنَ | يَشْرَبْنَ | يَشْرَبْنَ | — |
| Verbal noun | شُرْب، مَشْرَب |
|---|---|
| Active participle | شَارِب |
| Passive participle | مَشْرُوب |
شَرِبَ in a sentence
Dictionary examples
to drink
اِشْرَبْ هَٰذَا ٱلشَّايَ.Drink this tea.
to smoke
شَرِبَ الدُخانto smoke a cigarette
From a fully vowelled text
فَأَيُّ إِنْسَانٍ كَأَيُّوبَ يَشْرَبُ الْهُزْءَ كَالْمَاءِ،What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?Job 34:7, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
يَشْرَبُ وَيَنْسَى فَقْرَهُ، وَلاَ يَذْكُرُ تَعَبَهُ بَعْدُ.Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.Proverbs 31:7, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
فَرَجَعَ مَعَهُ وَأَكَلَ خُبْزًا فِي بَيْتِهِ وَشَرِبَ مَاءً.So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water.1 Kings 13:19, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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