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زغب

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

The root 'زغب' primarily relates to the fine, soft down or fuzz found on young birds, young animals, or even the early hair of humans. It extends to describe a delicate, downy texture and can be applied metaphorically to young, tender plants or even certain types of fungi.

Derived headwords

اَلزَّغَبُnoun
  1. 1.
    down, fuzzboth

    The fine, soft, yellowish down or fuzz on the feathers of a young bird.

  2. 2.
    fine hair, soft downboth

    Small, soft hairs or down, particularly the delicate feathers on a young bird, or the first hair on a child or young animal.

  3. 3.
    delicate feathersclassical

    The fine, short feathers that are not yet long or well-developed.

  4. 4.
    downy growthclassical

    What remains on the head of an old man when his hair becomes thin.

زَغَبَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    a piece of downboth

    A single piece of down or fine fuzz.

  2. 2.
    small insectclassical

    A small creature resembling a mouse.

  3. 3.
    place nameclassical

    A proper noun referring to a place.

  4. 4.
    name of a mareclassical

    A proper noun, specifically the name of a mare belonging to Jarir ibn al-Khuṭfā.

زَغَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to be covered in downboth

    To have down or fine fuzz, used for birds, young animals, or people with fine hair.

  2. 2.
    to grow downboth

    To produce down or fine fuzz, as a young bird or plant.

زَغِبٌadjective
  1. 1.
    downy, fuzzyboth

    Covered with fine, soft down or fuzz.

  2. 2.
    fine-hairedboth

    Having fine or delicate hair.

زَغَّبَverb
  1. 1.
    to be downyboth

    To have the quality of being covered in down or fine fuzz.

اِزْغَابَverb
  1. 1.
    to sprout down-like shootsclassical

    Used for grapevines, meaning to produce shoots on the branches where clusters emerge, resembling down.

اَزْغَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to sprout down-like shootsclassical

    Similar to 'ازغاب', referring to the growth of down-like structures on plants.

مُزَغَّبَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    type of truffleclassical

    A type of truffle, described as 'daughters of 'وبر', which has a downy surface.

زَغَابَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    small amount of downboth

    Less than 'زغب', a very small quantity of down or fuzz.

  2. 2.
    very small amountboth

    A tiny quantity, used idiomatically to mean 'not even a little'.

اِزْدَغَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to scrape offclassical

    To scrape or sweep something off a surface, like a tablecloth.

زَغْبَاءُadjective
  1. 1.
    downy (neck)both

    Describing a neck that is covered in fine, soft down or hair.

اِزْدَغْفَهَverb
  1. 1.
    to scrape offclassical

    Synonymous with 'اِزْدَغَبَ', meaning to scrape or sweep something away.

زَغْبُnoun
  1. 1.
    downy part of cucumberclassical

    The down-like fuzz that covers young cucumbers (قثاء).

زَغْبِيٌّadjective
  1. 1.
    downyboth

    Having the quality of down or fine fuzz.

زَغْبَةٌname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A proper noun referring to a specific location.

زَغِيبٌname
  1. 1.
    proper nameclassical

    A proper name, mentioned alongside 'زغبة'.

زَغَابَةٌname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A proper noun referring to a place near Medina.

Parallel reading

الشعيرات الصفر على ريش الفرخ
The yellowish fine hairs on the chick's feathers.
هو صغار الشعر والريش ولينه
It is the smallness, softness, and tenderness of hair and feathers.
دقاق الريش الذي لا يطول ولا يجود
The fine feathers that are neither long nor of good quality.
ما يعلو ريش الفرخ
What covers the chick's feathers.
أول ما يبدو من شعر الصبي، والمهر، وريش الفرخ
The first thing that appears of a boy's hair, a foal's hair, and a chick's feathers.
كان لنا، وهو فلو نرببه، مجعثن الخلق، يطير زغبه
We had, when it was a foal we were raising, of clumsy creation, its down flying.
نظل، على الثمراء منها، جوارس مراضيع، صهب الريش، زغب رقابها
We spend the day, on the fruit of it, hunting, with reddish feathers, their necks downy.
والفراخ زغب، وقد زغب الفرخ تزغيبا
The chicks are downy, and the chick has become downy.
ورجل زغب الشعر
And a man with fine, soft hair.
ورقبة زغباء
And a downy neck.
ما يبقى في رأس الشيخ عند رقة شعره
What remains on an old man's head when his hair becomes thin.
فهو زغب، وزغب وازغاب
So he is downy, and has become downy and very downy.
أزغب الكرم وازغاب: صار في أبن الأغصان التي تخرج منها العناقيد مثل الزغب
The grapevine sprouted down-like shoots and became so: it produced on the shoots from which the clusters emerge something like down.
وهي المزغبة؛ فجعل الزغب لهذا النوع من الكمأة
And they are the 'muzghabah'; he used 'al-zaghab' for this type of truffle.
وهو أكبر من الوحشي، عليه زغب، فإذا جرد من زغبه، خرج أسود
It is larger than the wild one, it has down on it, and when it is stripped of its down, it becomes black.
وأجر زغب
And 'ajr zaghab' (cucumbers with down).
والزغب من القثاء: التي يعلوها مثل زغب الوبر
And the 'zaghab' of cucumbers: those that are covered with something like the down of fur.
ازدغب ما على الخوان: اجترفه، كازدغفه
He scraped off what was on the table: he swept it away, like 'azdaghfahu'.
الزغبة: دويبة تشبه الفأرة
Al-Zaghbah: a small creature resembling a mouse.
بزغبة، أسمرا
In Zaghabah, dark-skinned.
زغبة لا يسأل إلا عاجلا، يحسب شكوى الموجعات باطلا، قد قطع الأمراس والسلاسلا
Zaghabah, who asks only for immediate gain, thinking the complaints of the suffering are in vain, having broken the ropes and chains.
زغبة وزغيب: اسمان
Zaghabah and Zagheeb: two names.
زغابة: موضع بقرب المدينة
Zaghābah: a place near Medina.