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زب

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 زَبَّ ذ , (K,) aor. يَزِبُّ accord. to the K, but correctly يَزَبُّ, the verb being like فَرِحَ, [so that the sec. pers. is زَبِبْتَ,] and the inf. n. being زَبَبٌ, (MF, TA,) [ He, or it, was, or became, downy: and he (a man) had abundant and long hair; was hairy: or had abundance of hair in the ears and eyebrows: or had abundance of hair on the fore arms and the eyebrows and eyes: and he (a camel) had abundance of hair on the face and under the lower jaw: or in the ears and on the eyes: ] the verb of زَبَبٌ expl. below. (K, TA.) ― -b2- Hence, (TA,) زَبَّتِ الشَّمْسُ, (K,) inf. n. زَبٌّ [perhaps a mistranscription for زَبَبٌ], (TA,) (tropical:) The sun was near to setting; (K, TA;) because it becomes concealed as the colour of a limb does by the hair upon it; (TA;) as also ↓ ازبّت, (S, K,) and ↓ زبّبت. (K.) -A2- زَبَّ, aor. يَزُبُّ, (K,) inf. n. زَبٌّ, (TA,) He filled a water-skin (K, TA) to its head. (TA.) ― -b2- Also, and ↓ ازدبّ, like زَأَبَ [and ازدأب], He carried, or took up and carried, a load, or burden. (TA.)

Derived headwords

زَبَّverb
  1. 1.
زَبَّتِ الشَّمْسُ