خلب

Arabic

Root
خ ل ب (ḵ-l-b)

Verb

خَلَبَ • (ḵalaba) I, non-past يَخْلِبُ or يَخْلُبُ‎ (yaḵlibu or yaḵlubu)

  1. to scratch, to wound by cutting with the nail or the reaping-hook or in another fashion; to sting, to bite
  2. to snatch, to seize, to clutch, to rend
  3. (chemistry) to chelate

Conjugation

Verb

خَلَبَ • (ḵalaba) I, non-past يَخْلُبُ‎ (yaḵlubu)

  1. to allure, to charm, to fascinate, to coax, to captivate with blandishment, to deceive, to hoax

Conjugation

Verb

خَلَّبَ • (ḵallaba) II, non-past يُخَلِّبُ‎ (yuḵallibu)

  1. (chemistry) to chelate

Conjugation

Noun

خِلْب • (ḵilb) m (plural أَخْلَاب (ʔaḵlāb))

  1. claw, nail, talon

Declension

Noun

خَلْب • (ḵalb) m

  1. verbal noun of خَلَبَ (ḵalaba) (form I)
  2. (chemistry) chelation

Declension

Noun

خُلَّب • (ḵullab) m (collective) (being the plural of خَالِب (ḵālib, deceiving))

  1. case, hull, shell, something which provides less than it suggests, sheet lightning, cloud bearing no rain

Declension

Derived terms

Noun

خُلْب or خُلُب • (ḵulb or ḵulub) m (collective, singulative حُلْبَة f (ḥulba) or حُلُبَة (ḥuluba))

  1. ligneous fibers from which the trunk of a palm is made; the medulla of a palm
  2. mud that agglutinates easily

Declension

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