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زغدب

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to intense rumbling or roaring sounds, often associated with animals. It also extends to descriptions of physical appearance, specifically a large face or body, and the act of being insistent in asking.

Derived headwords

الزُّغْدَبnoun
  1. 1.
    intense rumblingclassical

    A strong, deep rumbling or roaring sound, often associated with the vocalizations of animals.

  2. 2.
    frothclassical

    A name for froth or foam, particularly that which appears during intense vocalization.

  3. 3.
    clarified butterclassical

    A term for clarified butter or ghee.

الزَّغادِبnoun
  1. 1.
    intense rumblingclassical

    A strong, deep rumbling or roaring sound, often associated with the vocalizations of animals.

  2. 2.
    large-faced personclassical

    A description of a person with a large face, thick lips, or an unpleasant appearance.

  3. 3.
    large-bodied personclassical

    A description of a person who is large in body or stature.

زَغْدَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to rumble intenselyclassical

    To make a deep, intense rumbling or roaring sound, as a camel or other animal.

  2. 2.
    to be insistentclassical

    To be persistent or insistent in asking or begging.

Parallel reading

يرج زأرا وهديرا زغدبا
He bellows with a roar and a rumbling sound.
وزبدا، من هدره، زغادبا
And frothing, from his roaring, intensely rumbling.
والزغدب: من أسماء الزبد.
And al-zughdub: is one of the names for froth.
والزغدب: الإهالة؛
And al-zughdub: is clarified butter.
وأتته بزغدب وحتي، ... بعد طرم، وتامك، وثمال
And she brought him clarified butter and a certain dish... after a large hump, and a camel's hump, and a support.
والزغادب: الضخم الوجه، السمجه، العظيم الشفتين؛
And al-zughadib: is the large-faced, the unpleasant, the thick-lipped;
وقيل: هو العظيم الجسم.
And it was said: he is the large-bodied.
وزغدب على الناس: ألحف في المسألة.
And zaghadaaba upon people: he was insistent in asking.