شيب

Arabic

Noun

شَيْب • (šayb) m

  1. (uncountable) grey hair
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 19:4:
      قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي وَهَنَ ٱلْعَظْمُ مِنِّي وَٱشْتَعَلَ ٱلرَّأْسُ شَيْبًا
      qāla rabbi ʔinnī wahana l-ʕaẓmu minnī waštaʕala r-raʔsu šayban
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology
Root
ش ي ب
2 terms

From Arabic شَيْب (šayb).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃiːb/

Noun

شيب • (šīb) m (collective, singulative شيبة f (šība), paucal شيبات (šībāt))

  1. grey hair
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