خصيب

See also: خصيت

Arabic

Root
خ ص ب (ḵ-ṣ-b)

Etymology

فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb derived from the active participle from the verb خَصِبَ (ḵaṣiba, “to be full of grass (of land)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xa.sˤiːb/
• Rhymes: -iːb

Adjective

خَصِيب • (ḵaṣīb) (masculine plural خِصَاب (ḵiṣāb), elative أَخْصَب (ʔaḵṣab))

1. fertile
2. prolific

Declension

Declension of adjective خَصِيب (ḵaṣīb)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	خَصِيب ḵaṣīb	الْخَصِيب al-ḵaṣīb	خَصِيبَة ḵaṣība	الْخَصِيبَة al-ḵaṣība
Nominative	خَصِيبٌ ḵaṣībun	الْخَصِيبُ al-ḵaṣību	خَصِيبَةٌ ḵaṣībatun	الْخَصِيبَةُ al-ḵaṣībatu
Accusative	خَصِيبًا ḵaṣīban	الْخَصِيبَ al-ḵaṣība	خَصِيبَةً ḵaṣībatan	الْخَصِيبَةَ al-ḵaṣībata
Genitive	خَصِيبٍ ḵaṣībin	الْخَصِيبِ al-ḵaṣībi	خَصِيبَةٍ ḵaṣībatin	الْخَصِيبَةِ al-ḵaṣībati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	خَصِيبَيْن ḵaṣībayn	الْخَصِيبَيْن al-ḵaṣībayn	خَصِيبَتَيْن ḵaṣībatayn	الْخَصِيبَتَيْن al-ḵaṣībatayn
Nominative	خَصِيبَانِ ḵaṣībāni	الْخَصِيبَانِ al-ḵaṣībāni	خَصِيبَتَانِ ḵaṣībatāni	الْخَصِيبَتَانِ al-ḵaṣībatāni
Accusative	خَصِيبَيْنِ ḵaṣībayni	الْخَصِيبَيْنِ al-ḵaṣībayni	خَصِيبَتَيْنِ ḵaṣībatayni	الْخَصِيبَتَيْنِ al-ḵaṣībatayni
Genitive	خَصِيبَيْنِ ḵaṣībayni	الْخَصِيبَيْنِ al-ḵaṣībayni	خَصِيبَتَيْنِ ḵaṣībatayni	الْخَصِيبَتَيْنِ al-ḵaṣībatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural triptote		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	خِصَاب ḵiṣāb	الْخِصَاب al-ḵiṣāb	خَصِيبَات ḵaṣībāt	الْخَصِيبَات al-ḵaṣībāt
Nominative	خِصَابٌ ḵiṣābun	الْخِصَابُ al-ḵiṣābu	خَصِيبَاتٌ ḵaṣībātun	الْخَصِيبَاتُ al-ḵaṣībātu
Accusative	خِصَابًا ḵiṣāban	الْخِصَابَ al-ḵiṣāba	خَصِيبَاتٍ ḵaṣībātin	الْخَصِيبَاتِ al-ḵaṣībāti
Genitive	خِصَابٍ ḵiṣābin	الْخِصَابِ al-ḵiṣābi	خَصِيبَاتٍ ḵaṣībātin	الْخَصِيبَاتِ al-ḵaṣībāti

Derived terms

• الهلال الخصيب (“Fertile Crescent”)