Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃa.baħ/, /ʃabħ/

Noun

شَبَح or شَبْح • ‎(šabaḥ or šabḥ) m ‎(plural شُبُوح ‎(šubūḥ) or أَشْبَاح ‎(ʾašbāḥ))

1. specter, ghost, apparition, phantom, spirit
2. blurred, indistinct shape
3. nightmare

Declension

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃa.ba.ħa/

Verb

شَبَحَ • ‎(šabaḥa) I, non-past يَشْبَحُ‎ (yašbaḥu)

1. (transitive) to extend, to stretch out
2. to cut, to hew, to pare
3. to cleave, to split
4. to stand erect
5. to appear

Conjugation

References

• “شبح” in Edward William Lane (1863), Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃu.bi.ħa/

Verb

شُبِحَ • ‎(šubiḥa) I, non-past يُشْبَحُ‎ (yušbaḥu)

1. to be attached to, addicted to, fond of (an affair)

Conjugation

References

• “شبح” in Edward William Lane (1863), Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃa.bu.ħa/

Verb

شَبُحَ • ‎(šabuḥa) I, non-past يَشْبُحُ‎ (yašbuḥu)

1. to be broad or long in the forearms

Conjugation

References

• “شبح” in Edward William Lane (1863), Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃabħ/

Noun

شَبْح • ‎(šabḥ) m

1. verbal noun of شَبَحَ ‎(šabaḥa) (form I)
2. extension, width

Declension

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “شبح”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Libyan Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃbaħ/

Verb

شبح

1. to see
2. to watch