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زبع

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns negative character traits, specifically bad temper, ill-mannered behavior, and causing harm or offense to others. It also extends to descriptions of turbulent winds and demonic entities.

Derived headwords

الزبعnoun
  1. 1.
    bad temperclassical

    Refers to a state of ill-temper and bad disposition.

التزبعnoun
  1. 1.
    bad temperclassical

    The state of being ill-tempered and having bad manners.

  2. 2.
    angerclassical

    The act of becoming angry or enraged.

  3. 3.
    turbulenceclassical

    The quality of being turbulent, like a storm.

تزبعverb
  1. 1.
    to be ill-temperedclassical

    To exhibit bad manners and a foul disposition.

  2. 2.
    to become angryclassical

    To become enraged or filled with anger.

المتزبعadjective
  1. 1.
    ill-manneredclassical

    One who is ill-mannered and causes harm or offense to people.

  2. 2.
    drunkardclassical

    One who is drunk and behaves disruptively.

  3. 3.
    angryclassical

    One who is enraged or filled with anger.

الزبيعnoun
  1. 1.
    enraged personclassical

    A person who is suppressed in anger, simmering with rage.

الزوبعةnoun
  1. 1.
    whirlwindboth

    A rotating wind that lifts dust and rises like a column, moving erratically.

  2. 2.
    calamityclassical

    A great disaster or misfortune.

  3. 3.
    demonclassical

    A name for a fierce demon or a chief of the jinn.

الزوبعnoun
  1. 1.
    whirlwindclassical

    A rotating wind that lifts dust and rises like a column, moving erratically.

  2. 2.
    demonclassical

    A name for a fierce demon or a chief of the jinn.

أبو زوبعةname
  1. 1.
    whirlwindclassical

    A nickname given by Bedouin children to a whirlwind or cyclone.

  2. 2.
    demonclassical

    A name for a fierce demon or a chief of the jinn.

زوبعةname
  1. 1.
    demonclassical

    The name of a fierce demon or a chief of the jinn.

أم زوبعةname
  1. 1.
    jinnclassical

    One of the nine (or seven) jinn mentioned in the Quran.

زنباعname
  1. 1.
    male nameclassical

    The name of a man, Abu Ruh ibn Zanba' al-Judhami.

زوبعadjective
  1. 1.
    short and insignificantclassical

    Used to describe a short, insignificant person.

Parallel reading

التزبع: سوء الخلق.
Al-tazabbu': bad character.
والمتزبع: الذي يؤذي الناس ويشارهم
And al-mutazabbi': is one who harms and offends people.
وإن مسيء بالخنى تزبعا
Indeed, one who offends with obscenity has become ill-mannered.
والمتزبع: المعربد
And al-mutazabbi': is the drunkard.
على الكأس، ذا قازوزة متزبعا
At the cup, a drunkard behaving disruptively.
والتزبع: التغيظ كالتزعب.
And al-tazabbu': is becoming enraged, like al-taza'ub.
تزبع الرجل أي تغيظ.
A man tazabba'a means he became enraged.
وجعل يتزبع لمعاوية
And he began to show anger towards Mu'awiyah.
التزبع هو التغيظ، وكل فاحش سيء الخلق متزبع.
Al-tazabbu' is becoming enraged, and every lewd, ill-mannered person is mutazabbi'.
الزبيع المدمدم في غضب، وهو المتزبع.
Al-zubay' is the one suppressed in anger, and he is al-mutazabbi'.
التزبع التغير وسوء الخلق وقلة الاستقامة
Al-tazabbu' is the change in disposition, bad character, and lack of uprightness.
والزوابع: الدواهي.
And al-zawabi': are calamities.
والزوبع والزوبعة: ريح تدور في الأرض لا تقصد وجها واحدا تحمل الغبار وترتفع إلى السماء كأنه عمود
And al-zawba' and al-zawba'ah are winds that spin on the ground without a fixed direction, carrying dust and rising to the sky like a column.
وصبيان الأعراب يكنون الإعصار أبا زوبعة
And the children of the Bedouins call the cyclone Abu Zawba'ah.
وزوبعة: اسم شيطان مارد أو رئيس من رؤساء الجن
And Zawba'ah: is the name of a fierce demon or a chief of the jinn.
ويقال أم زوبعة، وهو أحد النفر التسعة أو السبعة الذين قال الله عز وجل فيهم: وإذ صرفنا إليك نفرا من الجن يستمعون القرآن.
And it is said Umm Zawba'ah, and he is one of the nine or seven individuals whom Allah Almighty said about them: 'And when We turned to you a company of the jinn listening to the Quran.'
الزوبعة مشية الأجرد
Al-zawba'ah is the gait of the bald one.
وزنباع، بكسر الزاي: اسم رجل وهو أبو روح ابن زنباع الجذامي.
And Zanba', with a kasra on the Zay: is the name of a man, and he is Abu Ruh ibn Zanba' al-Judhami.
ويقال للقصير الحقير: زوبع
And the short, insignificant person is called Zawba'.
على استه، زوبعة أو زوبعا
On his backside, a Zawba' or a Zawba'an.