Core sense — a mixture, an admixture; mixed honey; brothgenerated
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Maṣdar of Form 1 [q. v.].
1.1there is no dishonesty or pretence, and no mixing, in the selling or buying—لَا شَوْبَ وَلَا رَوْبَ
Occurring in a tradition; so says IAar.
Or it means: I am not responsible with respect to this commodity; or, as he is also related to have said, you are not responsible for its being faulty or defective. [See also شَوْبَةٌ.]
1.2a mixture; a thing mixed with another thing—شَوْبٌ
a mixture; a thing mixed with another thing—شِيَابٌ
Each of the first two is a maṣdar used as a proper noun; or the word is شِيَابَةٌ.
a mixture—شَوْبًا
So in the Qur'ān 37:65; but by one reading the word there is شُوبًا, meaning a thing with which another thing is mixed.
what is mixed [with something else], of water or of milk—الشَّوْبُ
he gave him to drink honey with water, or milk, mixed with it—سَقَاهُ الذَّوْبَ بِالشَّوْبِ
he gave him to drink milk [mixed] with honey—سَقَاهُ الشَّوْبَ بِالذَّوْبِ
I have no mixed honey, nor milk—مَا عِنْدِى شَوْبٌ وَلَا رَوْبٌ
The milk meant is that termed رَائِب [q. v.]. This shows the meaning: mixed honey.
he gave him to drink honey with clarified butter, or with milk—سَقَاهُ الشَّوْبَ بِالرَّوْبِ
he has no broth, nor milk—مَا عِنْدَهُ شَوْبٌ وَلَا رَوْبٌ
Or the word means simply honey and the like, so called because they mix it with drinks.
It also means broth. In the K the phrase is given as مَا لَهُ.
a piece of dough—شَوْبٌ
Qur’ān 37:65 approximate — somewhere between 37:12 and 37:107 Lane cites “Kur xxxvii. 65”
Qur’ān 37:67 located by this root inside the range Lane’s citation allows
ثُمَّ إِنَّ لَهُمْ عَلَيْهَا لَشَوْبًا مِّنْ حَمِيمٍThen on top of that they will be given a mixture made of boiling water.Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)
1.3figurative · مجاز — inferreda medley, or mixed multitude, of various sorts—أَشْوَابٌ
This is the plural. It is a less specific term than أَوْبَاشٌ, which means a medley, or mixed multitude, of the low, or lowest, sort. According to El-Jawáleekee it is an arabicized word, from the Persian آشُوبٌ.
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inf. n. of 1 [q. v.]. (S, A, &c.) [Hence,] لَا شَوْبَ وَلَا رَوْبَ , occurring in a trad., means There is, or shall be, no dishonesty, insincerity, or dissimulation, nor mixing, in the selling, or buying: so says IAar: or I am irresponsible with respect to this commodity: or, as he is related to have said, thou art irresponsible for its being faulty, or defective. (TA. [See also شَوْبَةٌ .]) And شَوْبٌ (TA) and شِيَابٌ , (S, TA,) [each an inf. n. used as a subst. properly so termed,] or شِيَابَةٌ , (so in one copy of the S,) signify A mixture; an admixture; or a thing mixed with another thing. (S, TA.) Thus شَوْبًا signifies in the Kur xxxvii. 65: (TA:) or, accord. to one reading, the word there is شُوبًا , meaning a thing with which another thing is mixed. (Bd.) الشَّوْبُ also signifies [particularly] What is mixed [with something else], of water or of milk: (K:) one says, سَقَاهُ الذَّوْبَ بِالشَّوْبِ He gave him to drink honey with water, or milk, mixed [therewith]: (TA:) or سَقَاهُ الشَّوْبَ بِالذَّوْبِ He gave him to drink milk [mixed] with honey. (IDrd, TA.) And Mixed honey; as in the saying, مَا عِنْدِى شَوْبٌ وَلَا رَوْبٌ I have not mixed honey nor milk such as is termed رَائِب [q. v.]: (IAar, TA:) or [simply] honey &c.; (A, Msb, TA;) so called because they mix it with beverages; (Msb;) as in the saying, سَقَاهُ الشَّوْبَ بِالرَّوْبِ He gave him to drink honey with clarified butter, or with milk. (A.) And Broth; as in the saying, مَا عِنْدَهُ شَوْبٌ وَلَا رَوْبٌ He has not broth nor milk. (S, K: but in the latter, مَا لَهُ .) And شَوْبٌ signifies also A piece of dough. (K.) And [the pl.] أَشْوَابٌ signifies A medley, or mixed multitude, of sundry sorts: a less particular term than أَوْبَاشٌ , which signifies a medley, or mixed multitude, of the low, or lower, or lowest, sort: (TA, from a trad.:) accord. to El-Jawáleekee, it is an arabicized word, from the Pers. آشُوبٌ . (TA in art. وشب .)