ذهب

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ذهب^¹

/ða.ha.ba/

verb ذَهَبَ · ḏahaba · يَذْهَبُ · ذَهَاب · مَذْهَب

to go, to travel إِلَى أَيْنَ أَنْتَ ذَاهِبٌ؟
to go away, to leave, to depart
to disappear, to vanish
to decline, to dwindle
to perish, to die, to be destroyed
to abduct, to steal, to sweep away, to annihilate
Similar: أَفْنَى, أَرْدَى, أَزْهَقَ, أَعْدَمَ, بَدَّدَ, لَاشَى, أَبَادَ, أَتَى عَلَى, أَزَالَ, أَهْلَكَ, أَوْدَى بِـ, أَبْلَى
to lead someone, to conduct someone, to take someone along
to think, to believe, to hold the view, to be of the opinion فأمّا الْبَرِيد ففيه خلاف وذهب قوم إلى أنه بالبادية اثنا عشر ميلا وبالشام وخراسان ستة أميال
to escape, to slip, to lose sight of, to be forgotten
to ignore, to skip, to omit
to prepare to, to be about to

ذهب^²

/ðah.ha.ba/

verb ذَهَّبَ · ḏahhaba · يُذَهِّبُ · تَذْهِيب · مُذَهِّب

to gild

ذهب^³

/ða.hab/

Where it comes from

A Central Semitic innovation. Cognate with Hebrew זָהָב (zāhāḇ), Classical Syriac ܕܗܒܐ (dahbā), Old South Arabian 𐩹𐩠𐩨 (ḏhb).

noun ذَهَب · ḏahab · الذَّهَب · ذَهَبٌ

uncountable gold
Similar: عَسْجَد, تِبْر, إِبْرِيز, عِقْيَان
uncountable gold coin

In English

gold element Au
go to move through space (especially from one place to another)
gild to cover with a thin layer of gold
Dahab town in South Sinai

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {ذهب},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B0%D9%87%D8%A8},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}

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