زغر

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

The root 'زغر' primarily relates to the concept of abundance, excess, and overflowing. It also appears in place names and personal names, with some debate about their etymological origins.

Derived headwords

زغرverb

1.
to be abundantboth
The verb signifies that something is abundant or in excess.

يزغرهverb

1.
to make abundantboth
This is the transitive form of the verb, meaning to cause something to be abundant or to overflow.

زغراnoun

1.
abundanceboth
The verbal noun (masdar) of the verb 'زغر', signifying abundance or excess.

الزغرnoun

1.
abundanceboth
The noun 'al-zughr' refers to abundance or a large quantity of something.
2.
excessboth
It can also denote excess or an overwhelming amount.

زغرname

1.
Zughrboth
A proper name of a man.

زغرother

1.
Zughrboth
A village located in the vicinity of Sham (Syria).

عين زغرother

1.
Ain Zughrboth
A place in Sham (Syria), specifically in the land of Balqa.

الزغريadjective

1.
related to Zughrboth
An adjective derived from Zughr, likely referring to something or someone associated with the place or person named Zughr.

زغرتverb

1.
to overflowclassical
The verb 'zagharat' is used to describe the Tigris River overflowing or extending its banks, similar to 'zakharat'.

أقاولnoun

1.
sayingsclassical
This is a plural form, likely of 'aqawil' (sayings or words), used here with the 'ya' elided for metrical necessity.

زعرother

1.
Zughrboth
A place in the Hijaz region, distinguished by having a sukun (silent vowel) on the 'ain'.

Parallel reading

زغر الشيء يزغره زغرا: اقتضبه «1».

Something 'zagharahu' (made it abundant) 'zughran': it was abundant.

والزغر: الكثرة؛

And 'al-zughr' means abundance;

بل قد أتاني ناصح عن كاشح، ... بعداوة ظهرت، وزغر أقاول

But a sincere advisor has come to me from an enemy, ... with enmity that has appeared, and abundant sayings.

وزغر كل شيء: كثرته والإفراط فيه.

And 'zughr' of everything means its abundance and excess in it.

وزغرت دجلة: مدت كزخرت؛ عن اللحياني.

And the Tigris 'zagharat' (overflowed): it extended like 'zakharat' (overflowed); according to Al-Lihyani.

وزغر: اسم رجل.

And Zughr: is the name of a man.

وزغر: قرية بمشارف الشام.

And Zughr: is a village in the vicinity of Sham.

وأما قول أبي دواد: ككتابة الزغري، غشاها ... من الذهب الدلامص

As for the saying of Abu Dawud: Like the inscription of Al-Zughri, covered it ... with shining gold

وإياها عنى أبو دواد يعني القرية بمشارف الشام؛

And Abu Dawud meant by it the village in the vicinity of Sham;

وقيل زغر اسم بنت لوط نزلت بهذه القرية فسميت باسمها.

And it is said Zughr is the name of a daughter of Lot who settled in this village and it was named after her.

أخبروني عن عين زغر هل فيها ماء؟

Inform me about Ain Zughr, does it have water?

زغر بوزن صرد عين بالشام من أرض البلقاء،

Zughr, on the pattern of 'sard', is a spring in Sham from the land of Balqa,

وقيل: هو اسم لها، وقيل: اسم امرأة نسبت إليها.

And it is said: it is its name, and it is said: the name of a woman to whom it was attributed.

ثم يكون بعد هذا غرق من زغر ؛

Then after this there will be a flood from Zughr;

ولعلها غير الأولى، فأما زعر، بسكون العين المهملة، فموضع بالحجاز.

And perhaps it is different from the first one. As for 'za'r', with a sukun on the unpointed 'ain', it is a place in the Hijaz.