شبه

See also: ستة, شبة, شبھ, and سبة

Arabic

Root
ش ب ه (š-b-h)

Verb

شَبِهَ • (šabiha) I, non-past يَشْبَهُ‎ (yašbahu)

  1. to resemble, to bear a resemblance, to be similar.
    يَشْبَهُ أَبَاهُ إِلَى حَدٍ بَعِيدٍ
    yašbahu ʔabāhu ʔilā ḥadin baʕīdin
    He resembles his father closely.

Conjugation

Verb

شَبَّهَ • (šabbaha) II, non-past يُشَبِّهُ‎ (yušabbihu)

  1. To compare or liken.
  2. To make equal or similar.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • مُشَبَّه (mušabbah)
  • مُشَبَّهٌ بِهِ (mušabbahun bihi)
  • صِفَةٌ مُشَبَّهَةٌ (ṣifatun mušabbahatun)

Noun

شِبْه • (šibh) m (plural أَشْبَاه (ʔašbāh) or مَشَابِه (mašābih)) (with following genitive or pronominal clitic)

  1. a thing or person similar, alike (with following genitive)
    Synonym: مِثْل (miṯl)
    أَشْبَاهُهُʾašbāhu-huthe likes of him, his kind, his ilk
    وَشِبْهُهُمwa-šibhu-humand the likes of them, and their sort of people
  2. anything almost the same as, as good as, of the same kind as something else, -like, quasi-, semi- (with following genitive)
  3. anything uncertain, doubtful

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • شِبْه جَزِيرَة (šibh jazīra)
  • شِبْه مُنْحَرِف (šibh munḥarif)
  • شِبْه قَارَة (šibh qāra)
  • شِبْه مُعَيَّن (šibh muʕayyan)

Noun

شَبَه • (šabah) m (plural أَشْبَاه (ʔašbāh) or مَشَابِه (mašābih))

  1. similarity
  2. likeness, figure
  3. (uncountable) brass

Declension

Derived terms

  • قَرِيب الشَّبَه (qarīb aš-šabah)
  • أَشْبَهَ تَمَامَ الشَّبَه (ʔašbaha tamāma š-šabah)

Descendants

  • Swahili: shaba

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “شبه”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “شبه”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شِبْه (šibh).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? šiḇh
Dari reading? šibh
Iranian reading? šebh
Tajik reading? šibh

Noun

شبه • (šebh)

  1. (with ezâfe) similar to, -like, quasi-, -oid, pseudo-
    شبه‌علمšebh-e-elmpseudoscience (literally, “quasi-science”)
    شبه‌نظامیšebh-e-nezâmimilitiaman (literally, “quasi-soldier”)
    شبه‌جزیرهšebh-e-jazirepeninsula (literally, “quasi-island”)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ش ب ه
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic شَبِهَ (šabiha).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃa.bah/, [ˈʃa.bah]
  • (file)

Verb

شبه • (šabah) I (present بشبه (bišbah))

  1. to resemble, to be similar
    Antonym: فرق (faraʔ)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of شبه (šabah)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m شبهت (šabaht) شبهت (šabaht) شبه (šabah) شبهنا (šabahna) شبهتو (šabahtu) شبهو (šabahu)
f شبهتي (šabahti) شبهت (šabhat)
present m بشبه (bašbah) بتشبه (btišbah) بشبه (bišbah) منشبه (mnišbah) بتشبهو (btišbahu) بشبهو (bišbahu)
f بتشبهي (btišbahi) بتشبه (btišbah)
subjunctive m أشبه (ʔašbah) تشبه (tišbah) يشبه (yišbah) نشبه (nišbah) تشبهو (tišbahu) يشبهو (yišbahu)
f تشبهي (tišbahi) تشبه (tišbah)
imperative m اشبه (išbah) اشبهو (išbahu)
f اشبهي (išbahi)
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