"shab" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ʃæb/ Forms: shabs [plural]
Rhymes: -æb Etymology: From Middle English shabbe, schabbe, from Old English sċeabb, from Proto-West Germanic *skabb, from Proto-Germanic *skabbaz. Doublet of scab. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|shabbe}} Middle English shabbe, {{m|enm|schabbe}} schabbe, {{inh|en|ang|sċeabb}} Old English sċeabb, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*skabb}} Proto-West Germanic *skabb, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*skabbaz}} Proto-Germanic *skabbaz, {{doublet|en|scab}} Doublet of scab Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} shab (countable and uncountable, plural shabs)
  1. (obsolete, UK, dialect) Scabies. Tags: UK, countable, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-shab-en-noun-CKyfegi4 Categories (other): British English
  2. (obsolete, UK, dialect) A scab. Tags: UK, countable, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-shab-en-noun-yN7Etzu1 Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ʃæb/ Forms: shabs [present, singular, third-person], shabbing [participle, present], shabbed [participle, past], shabbed [past]
Rhymes: -æb Etymology: From Middle English shabbe, schabbe, from Old English sċeabb, from Proto-West Germanic *skabb, from Proto-Germanic *skabbaz. Doublet of scab. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|shabbe}} Middle English shabbe, {{m|enm|schabbe}} schabbe, {{inh|en|ang|sċeabb}} Old English sċeabb, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*skabb}} Proto-West Germanic *skabb, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*skabbaz}} Proto-Germanic *skabbaz, {{doublet|en|scab}} Doublet of scab Head templates: {{en-verb}} shab (third-person singular simple present shabs, present participle shabbing, simple past and past participle shabbed)
  1. (obsolete) To scratch; to rub. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-shab-en-verb-UUqsLTfI
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ʃæb/ Forms: shabs [present, singular, third-person], shabbing [participle, present], shabbed [participle, past], shabbed [past]
Rhymes: -æb Etymology: See scab. Etymology templates: {{m|en|scab}} scab Head templates: {{en-verb}} shab (third-person singular simple present shabs, present participle shabbing, simple past and past participle shabbed)
  1. (obsolete, UK, dialect) To play mean tricks; to act shabbily. Tags: UK, dialectal, obsolete
    Sense id: en-shab-en-verb--c9rZSa7 Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for shab meaning in English (4.3kB)

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