Shabīb
شبيب
Say it sha-BEEB
Growing into youth
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- sh-b-b
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Shabib, Shabeeb, Şebib
Meaning & source
Coming of age: al-Aṣmaʿī (in Lisān) gives shabīb as a verbal noun of shabba, “the boy grew into a young man”.
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الأَصمعي: شَبَّ الغلامُ يَشِبُّ شَباباً وشُبوباً وشَبِيباً، وأَشَبَّه اللهُ وأَشَبَّ اللَّهُ قَرْنَه، بِمَعْنَى؛