أشيب

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Arabic

Etymology

Color or defect adjective from the root ش ي ب (š-y-b).

Pronunciation

Adjective

أَشْيَب (ʔašyab) (feminine شَيْبَاء (šaybāʔ), common plural شِيب (šīb), feminine plural شَيْبَاوَات (šaybāwāt))

  1. white-haired (especially from old age.)
    Synonym: أَشْمَط (ʔašmaṭ)
    جَبَل أَشْيَبjabal ʔašyabSnowed mountain
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 73:17:
      فَكَيْفَ تَتَّقُونَ إِنْ كَفَرْتُمْ يَوْمًا يَجْعَلُ الْوِلْدَانَ شِيبًا
      fakayfa tattaqūna ʔin kafartum yawman yajʕalu l-wildāna šīban
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension