أشهب

Arabic

Etymology 1

Color or defect adjective from the root ش ه ب (š-h-b).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaʃ.hab/

Adjective

أَشْهَب • (ʔašhab) (feminine شَهْبَاء (šahbāʔ), common plural شُهْب (šuhb))

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Declension

Declension of adjective أَشْهَب (ʔašhab)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular diptote		basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَشْهَب ʔašhab	الْأَشْهَب al-ʔašhab	شَهْبَاء šahbāʔ	الشَّهْبَاء aš-šahbāʔ
Nominative	أَشْهَبُ ʔašhabu	الْأَشْهَبُ al-ʔašhabu	شَهْبَاءُ šahbāʔu	الشَّهْبَاءُ aš-šahbāʔu
Accusative	أَشْهَبَ ʔašhaba	الْأَشْهَبَ al-ʔašhaba	شَهْبَاءَ šahbāʔa	الشَّهْبَاءَ aš-šahbāʔa
Genitive	أَشْهَبَ ʔašhaba	الْأَشْهَبِ al-ʔašhabi	شَهْبَاءَ šahbāʔa	الشَّهْبَاءِ aš-šahbāʔi
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَشْهَبَيْن ʔašhabayn	الْأَشْهَبَيْن al-ʔašhabayn	شَهْبَاوَيْن šahbāwayn	الشَّهْبَاوَيْن aš-šahbāwayn
Nominative	أَشْهَبَانِ ʔašhabāni	الْأَشْهَبَانِ al-ʔašhabāni	شَهْبَاوَانِ šahbāwāni	الشَّهْبَاوَانِ aš-šahbāwāni
Accusative	أَشْهَبَيْنِ ʔašhabayni	الْأَشْهَبَيْنِ al-ʔašhabayni	شَهْبَاوَيْنِ šahbāwayni	الشَّهْبَاوَيْنِ aš-šahbāwayni
Genitive	أَشْهَبَيْنِ ʔašhabayni	الْأَشْهَبَيْنِ al-ʔašhabayni	شَهْبَاوَيْنِ šahbāwayni	الشَّهْبَاوَيْنِ aš-šahbāwayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural triptote		basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	شُهْب šuhb	الشُّهْب aš-šuhb	شُهْب šuhb	الشُّهْب aš-šuhb
Nominative	شُهْبٌ šuhbun	الشُّهْبُ aš-šuhbu	شُهْبٌ šuhbun	الشُّهْبُ aš-šuhbu
Accusative	شُهْبًا šuhban	الشُّهْبَ aš-šuhba	شُهْبًا šuhban	الشُّهْبَ aš-šuhba
Genitive	شُهْبٍ šuhbin	الشُّهْبِ aš-šuhbi	شُهْبٍ šuhbin	الشُّهْبِ aš-šuhbi

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “أشهب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Noun

أَشْهُب • (ʔašhub) pl

1. plural of شِهَاب (šihāb)