شيب

Arabic

Noun

شَيْب • (šayb) m

1. (uncountable) grey hair
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 19:4:

     قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي وَهَنَ ٱلْعَظْمُ مِنِّي وَٱشْتَعَلَ ٱلرَّأْسُ شَيْبًا

     qāla rabbi ʔinnī wahana l-ʕaẓmu minnī waštaʕala r-raʔsu šayban

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

Root
ش ي ب
2 terms

From Arabic شَيْب (šayb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃiːb/

Noun

شيب • (šīb) m (collective, singulative شيبة f (šība), paucal شيبات (šībāt))

1. grey hair