Quranic root
شوب
sh · w · b
The root centers on mixing: bringing one substance into another so that they are blended.
The basic idea of physical blending extends to names for admixtures and blended substances, and figuratively to adulteration, confusion, dishonesty, and mixed multitudes.
- Maqāyīs · row 2719
- Mufradāt · row 796
- Lane · entry 39499
- Lane · entry 39503
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Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
شَوْبٌ
shawbun
- Part of speech
- Noun
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
A mixture or admixture.
In the Quranic expression لَشَوْبًا مِنْ حَمِيمٍ, it denotes a mixture or admixture of boiling water. The supplied Quran occurrence is 37:67:5.
- Lane · entry 39503
- Mufradāt · row 796
Selected Quran examples
Quran 37:67word 5
“(is) a mixture”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 37:67لَشَوْبًۭا(is) a mixture
Broader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 18 Classical meanings
شَابَهُ
To mix one thing with another, especially liquids such as milk or honey with water.
A transitive Form I verb describing physical mingling.
- Lane · entry 39499
شَابَهُ
To adulterate, vitiate, or sophisticate something by mixing another substance into it.
A figurative or evaluative extension of physical mixing.
- Lane · entry 39499
شَابَهُ
To mix up or confound speech or actions; idiomatically, to act inconsistently or defend without energy.
Used of disordered or inconsistent conduct and speech.
- Lane · entry 39499
شَابَهُ
To act treacherously or unfaithfully; to lie, deceive in buying or selling, or deal insincerely.
A figurative ethical and commercial use of the verb.
- Lane · entry 39499
إِشْتَوَبَ
To become mixed.
Intransitive Form VIII usage describing a state of mixture.
- Lane · entry 39502
شَوْبٌ
A mixture of water or milk with another substance.
A concrete food or drink mixture, especially something blended with water or milk.
- Lane · entry 39503
شَوْبٌ
Honey used as an admixture in beverages; also honey regarded as mixed with wax.
The noun may designate honey because it is used to blend drinks or is associated with admixture.
- Lane · entry 39503
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شَوْبٌ
Broth.
A specialized concrete noun use.
- Lane · entry 39503
شَوْبٌ
A piece of dough.
A specialized concrete noun use.
- Lane · entry 39503
شَوْبٌ
In the expression لَا شَوْبَ وَلَا رَوْبَ, mixing or dishonesty in a sale, and hence a disclaimer of responsibility for defects.
A conventional expression concerning the absence of adulteration, insincerity, or liability for a faulty commodity.
- Lane · entry 39503
أَشْوَابٌ
A medley or mixed multitude of sundry sorts.
Plural usage for a heterogeneous group.
- Lane · entry 39503
شَوْبَةٌ
Deceit, delusion, guile, or circumvention.
A noun for an element or instance of deceptive conduct.
- Lane · entry 39505
شَيْبَاءُ
A virgin bride on the night of consummation, or that night itself.
Used in the expression بِلَيْلَةِ شَيْبَاءَ or related expressions for the night of a bride’s first consummation.
- Lane · entry 39506
شَائِبَةٌ
A streak or admixture of whiteness against the darkness of night.
A specialized descriptive noun, treated in the evidence as the singular of شَوَائِبُ in this sense.
- Lane · entry 39508
شَائِبَةٌ
A trace or element of ownership or right mixed into a matter.
A legal or figurative use for even a small claim, interest, or qualifying element.
- Lane · entry 39508
شَائِبَةٌ
An impurity, contaminant, pollution, or foul thing.
Also used as the singular of شَوَائِبُ in the sense of polluting or unclean elements.
- Lane · entry 39508
مَشُوبٌ
Mixed or blended.
A passive participial adjective, including mixtures of food or liquid with additional ingredients.
- Lane · entry 39509
مُشَاوَبٌ
A variegated case or cover for a flask or bottle; in the plural, palm-leaf receptacles.
The object is associated with mixing because of its red, yellow, and green coloration; the plural may have the receptacle sense.
- Lane · entry 39510
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The attribution of شَيْبَاءُ to شوب is disputed in the evidence; it may instead be connected with شِيبٌ. The item is retained with that qualification.
The Quran example uses the independently supplied QAC location 37:67:5; historical citation notation elsewhere is not converted into a modern verse location.
Unassigned or ambiguous evidence
The derivation of شَيْبَاءُ from شوب versus شيب remains unresolved, although its lexical definition and usage are represented under the cautious Classical entry.