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(ف) شَعَبَ يَشْعَبُ شَعْبًاshaʿaba yashʿabu shaʿban: it is one of the words of opposite senses (aḍdād) — both to gather and to separate.
شَعْبٌshaʿb pl. شُعُوْبٌshuʿūb: a great national branch, the largest human group from which tribes branch off. ﴿وَجَعَلْنٰكُمْ شُعُوْبًا وَّقَبَآئِلَ لِتَعَارَفُوْا﴾ (Al-Ḥujurāt 49:13)
شُعْبَةٌshuʿbah pl. شُعَبٌshuʿab: branch, portion. ﴿اِنْطَلِقُوْٓا اِلٰى ظِلٍّ ذِيْ ثَلٰثِ شُعَبٍ﴾ (Al-Mursalāt 77:30)
شِعْبٌshiʿb: a درّهdrrh between mountains.This root occurs twice in the Quran.