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أَشْبَه
more like (more resembling, most similar) /ˈʔaʃ.bah/
adjectiveB1#1782 most common
Also: more similar to, closer to, most resembling
Example sentences
هُوَ أَشْبَهُ بِأَبِيهِ.
He is more like his father.
هٰذِهِ المَدِينَةُ أَشْبَهُ بِقَرْيَةٍ كَبِيرَةٍ.
This city is more like a big village.
كَلامُهُ أَشْبَهُ بِالحُلْمِ مِنْهُ بِالحَقِيقَةِ.
His words are more like a dream than reality.
يَبْدُو البَيْتُ القَدِيمُ أَشْبَهَ بِمَتْحَفٍ صَغِيرٍ.
The old house looks more like a small museum.
كانَتِ الرِّحْلَةُ أَشْبَهَ بِمُغامَرَةٍ لَمْ نَكُنْ نَتَوَقَّعُها.
The trip was more like an adventure we had not expected.
في نَظَرِهِ، صارَتِ السِّياسَةُ أَشْبَهَ بِلُعْبَةٍ لا قَواعِدَ لَها.
In his view, politics had become more like a game with no rules.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | أَشْبَهُ | |
| Genitive | أَشْبَهَ | |
| Accusative | أَشْبَهَ | |
| Vocative | يا أَشْبَهُ |
Word family
شَبِيهsimilar, resemblingشِبْهlikeness, semi-/quasi-
تَشابُهresemblance, similarity
أَشْبَهَto resemble
مُشابِهsimilar, correspondingEtymology
أَشْبَه is the elative (comparative and superlative) form built on the Semitic root ش-ب-ه, which carries the sense of likeness and resemblance. It follows the أَفْعَل pattern used across Arabic to form comparatives. From the same root come words for similarity, doubt, and ambiguity, since one thing resembling another can also confuse it.
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