khaḍaba

dye, colorize

خَضَبَ

Word

Verb · Form I

Root

خ ض ب

Forms

Present
يَخْضِبُ
Conjugation
Person PastPresentCommand
he هُوَ خَضَبَيَخْضِبُ—
she هِيَ خَضَبَتتَخْضِبُ—
they two (m.) هُما خَضَبايَخْضِبانِ—
they two (f.) هُما خَضَبَتاتَخْضِبانِ—
they (m.) هُمْ خَضَبُوايَخْضِبُونَ—
they (f.) هُنَّ خَضَبْنَيَخْضِبْنَ—
you (m.) أَنْتَ خَضَبْتَتَخْضِبُاِخْضِبْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ خَضَبْتِتَخْضِبِينَاِخْضِبِي
you two أَنْتُما خَضَبْتُماتَخْضِبانِاِخْضِبَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ خَضَبْتُمتَخْضِبُونَاِخْضِبُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ خَضَبْتُنَّتَخْضِبْنَاِخْضِبْنَ
I أَنا خَضَبْتُأَخْضِبُ—
we نَحْنُ خَضَبْنانَخْضِبُ—

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All words from خ ض ب →

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 12 entries
  • خَضَبَ Form I He coloured, or tinged
    , (S, A, Msb, K,) aor. , (Msb, K,) inf. n. خَضْبٌ (S, Msb) [and accord. to MF خِضَابٌ and خُضُوبٌ, but respecting these two inf. ns. (the latter of which seems to be peculiar to the intrans. verb خَضَبَ) see what follows], He coloured, or tinged, (A, K,) a thing; (S, A, * K; *) or changed it in colour to red, or yellow, &c.; (TA;) and ↓ خضّب signifies the same, [but app. in an intensive sense, or as applying to a number of objects, (see its pass. part. n. voce خَضِيبٌ,)] (K,) inf. n. تَخْضِيبٌ: (TA:) and the former, particularly, he tinged, or dyed, his white hair, (TA,) or the hand, &c., (Msb,) with hinnà: (Msb, TA:) but when a man has dyed his hair with any other dye than hinnà, you say, صَبَغَ شَعَرَهُ: (Msb, TA:) or you say also, خَضَبَ بِالسَّوَادِ [He dyed his hair with black]. (Suh, TA.) When one does not mention the hair (Msb, TA) or the white hair [&c.], (Msb,) he says خَضَبَ, inf. n. خِضَابٌ; (IKtt, Msb;) and ↓ اختضب, (S, IKtt, Msb, TA,) and ↓ تخضّب; (A, TA;) [meaning He dyed his hair, &c.,] with hinnà, (S, IKtt, Msb, TA,) and the like: (S, TA:) and in like manner one says of a woman, خَضَبَتْ, aor. ; and ↓ اختضب: (TA:) which last also signifies [particularly] She dyed her hands with hinnà. (T, TS, TA, in art. غمس.) ― -b2- Hence, in a trad., بَكَى حَتَّى خَضَبَ دَمْعُهُ الحَصَى (tropical:) He wept so that his tears wetted the pebbles: or, more probably, so that his tears became red, and dyed the pebbles: (IAth, TA:) [or most probably, so that his tears caused the pebbles to appear of a reddish colour; for such is commonly the case when pebbles are wetted.] -A2- خَضَبَ, aor. ; and خَضِبَ, aor. ; and خُضِبَ; inf. n. of each خُضُوبٌ; and ↓ اخضوضب; (tropical:) It (a tree) became green. (K, TA.) And خَضَبَ, inf. n. خُضُوبٌ, (assumed tropical:) Its small leaves came forth in the spring, and its twigs lengthened; said of the قَتَاد, at the commencement of its vegetation; and likewise of the عَرْفَج and عَوْسَج; but of no other tree of the kind called عِضَاه: or said also of the عُرْفُط and سَمُر; meaning (assumed tropical:) it dropped its leaves, and became red and yellow: (TA:) and you say also, خَضَبَتِ العِضَاهُ (tropical:) the عضاه became green, and broke forth; (A;) or the sap of the عضاه flowed in their branches, and they became green; as also ↓ أَخْضَبَتْ, (TA,) for which اخصبت, with the unpointed ص, is said by Az to be a gross mistranscription; explained by Lth, on whose authority it is written with ص, [as also in the K in art. خصب,] as meaning the sap flowed in the branches of the عضاه so as to reach the roots. (T and TA in art. خصب.) And خَصَبَ النَّخْلُ, (S, K,) inf. n. خَضْبٌ, (K,) The palm-trees, (S,) or the spadices of the palm-trees, (K,) became green. (S, K.) And خَضَبَتِ الأَرْضُ, (A, K,) inf. n. خَضْبٌ; (TA;) and ↓ اخضبت, (K,) inf. n. إِخْضَابٌ; (TA;) or ↓ اختضبت; and ↓ تخضّبت; (A;) The earth, or land, exposed to view, (A,) or produced, (K,) its herbage, (A, K,) and it (the latter) became green. (TA.)
  • خَضَّبَ Form II Open entry
    see 1, first sentence.
  • أَخْضَبَ Form IV Open entry
    see 1, each in two places.
  • تَخَضَّبَ Form V Open entry
    see 1, each in two places.
  • إِخْتَضَبَ Form VIII Open entry
    see 1, in three places.
  • إِخْضَوْضَبَ Form XII Open entry
    see 1.
  • خَضْبٌ colour of a tree, or of the spadix of a palm-tree, when it becomes green
    The colour of a tree, or of the spadix of a palm-tree, when it becomes green: pl. خُضُوبٌ. (K.) ― -b2- A plant fresh, or new, and green in consequence of rain; as also ↓ خَضُوبٌ: (K:) or watered by rain, and imparting a colour to the ordure: (TA:) or the green colour that appears in trees when they begin to put forth their leaves: (K:) pl. خُضُوبٌ. (TA.)
  • خَضْبَةٌ A spadix of a palm-tree
    A spadix of a palm-tree: خَصْبَةٌ, [q. v.,] with the unpointed ص, is erroneously said to have this signification. (TA.)
  • خُضَبَةٌ who uses
    A woman who uses خِضَاب for herself [i. e. for dyeing her hair or hands &c.] much, or often. (S, A, K.)
  • خِضَابٌ Hinnà
    Hinnà (حِنَّآء), and the like: (Msb:) or the thing with which one dyes, or tinges, his, or her, hair &c.; (S, K, TA;) such as حِنَّآء and كَتَم and the like. (TA.)
  • خَضُوبٌ Open entry
    : see خَضْبٌ.
  • خَضِيبٌ dyed, tinged, or changed in colour
    Anything dyed, tinged, or changed in colour; [generally, with hinnà;] as also ↓ مَخْضُوبٌ: the former is both masc. and fem.: and its pl. is خُضُبٌ. (TA.) You say كَفٌّ خَضِيبٌ (S, A, K) and ↓ خَاضِبٌ (TA voce ضَارِبٌ) [A hand dyed with hinnà]: and بَنَانٌ خَضِيبٌ and ↓ مَخْضُوبٌ (K) and ↓ مُخَضَّبٌ (S, A, K) [fingers, or fingers' ends, dyed with hinnà]; but the last of these has an intensive signification. (S.) ― -b2- And hence, (TA,) الكَفُّ الخَضِيبُ (assumed tropical:) A certain star; (S, A, K;) the star β of Cassiopeia; (so in the Egyptian almanacs;) [i. e.] the bright star of the constel-lation called ذَاتُ الكُرْسِىِّ; which star is [termed] the extended right hand of الثُّرَيَّا [or the Pleiades; corresponding to the star called الكَفُّ الجَذْمَآءُ]. (Kzw. [See أَجْذَمُ.]) ― -b3- And اِمْرَأَةٌ خَضِيبٌ [A woman having her hands, or feet, or hair, &c., dyed with hinnà or the like]. (K.)

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