شبه

See also: ستة and شبھ

Arabic

Etymology

From the 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.

Conjugation

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

Noun

شِبْه • (šibh) m (plural أَشْبَاه (ʾašbāh) or مَشَابِه (mašābih))

(with following genitive or pronominal clitic)
  1. a thing or person similar, alike, almost the same as, of the same kind as
    أَشْبَاهُهُ
    ʾašbāhu-hu
    the likes of him, his kind, his ilk
    وَشِبْهُهُم
    wa-šibhu-hum
    and the likes of them, and their sort of people
  2. as good as
  3. -like
  4. quasi-
  5. semi-
  6. anything uncertain, doubtful

Declension

Synonyms

  • (similar): شَبِيه (šabīh, adjective)

Derived terms

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

Noun

شَبَه (šabah) m (plural أَشْبَاه (ʾašbāh) or مَشَابِه (mašābih))

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

Declension

Derived terms

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

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
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