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زوع

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

The root زوع primarily relates to the act of moving something forward, urging it on, or drawing it. This includes physically pulling or pushing an animal, gathering or scattering plants, and drawing food towards oneself. It also extends to abstract concepts like inciting or moving something, and specific objects like a piece of fruit or a bird.

Derived headwords

زاعهverb
  1. 1.
    to move forwardboth

    To move something forward, to push or urge it ahead. This can apply to animals, objects, or abstract concepts.

  2. 2.
    to drawboth

    To draw something towards oneself, particularly food with one's hand.

  3. 3.
    to inciteclassical

    To stir up or agitate something, like a camel with its reins.

  4. 4.
    to bendclassical

    To bend or curve something, such as the reins.

زوعاnoun
  1. 1.
    moving forwardboth

    The act of moving something forward or urging it ahead.

  2. 2.
    drawingboth

    The act of drawing something, especially food, with one's hand.

  3. 3.
    incitementclassical

    The act of inciting or agitating, particularly a camel.

وزعهverb
  1. 1.
    to stopclassical

    To stop or restrain something, similar to the meaning of 'waza'a'.

وزاعnoun
  1. 1.
    urgingclassical

    An act of urging or driving forward, particularly a camel.

زعverb
  1. 1.
    to urge forwardclassical

    An imperative verb meaning to urge forward or push ahead, specifically referring to an animal.

زع بالزمامverb phrase
  1. 1.
    to push with the reinsclassical

    To push an animal forward using the reins.

زاعةnoun
  1. 1.
    conditionclassical

    A condition or stipulation.

زوعت الريحverb phrase
  1. 1.
    wind gathered plantsclassical

    When the wind gathers plants together, either to scatter them or to bring them together.

صوعتهverb
  1. 1.
    gatheredclassical

    To gather or collect something, used here in reference to plants gathered by the wind.

زوعةnoun
  1. 1.
    gathering of plantsclassical

    A collection or gathering of plants, often implying they are brought together by wind.

  2. 2.
    piece of fruitboth

    A piece or slice of fruit, such as a watermelon.

  3. 3.
    group of peopleclassical

    A group or band of people.

لمعةnoun
  1. 1.
    patch of plantsclassical

    A patch or small area of plants.

أخذ الشيء بكفكverb phrase
  1. 1.
    to take with one's palmboth

    To take something, specifically food like tharid, using one's palm.

يزوع الثريدverb phrase
  1. 1.
    to draw tharidboth

    To draw or pull tharid (a type of bread soaked in broth) towards oneself with one's hand.

زاعهاverb
  1. 1.
    to cut itboth

    To cut a piece of something, such as fruit.

زوعnoun
  1. 1.
    groupclassical

    A group or band of people. Plural of 'zaw'ah'.

الزاعnoun
  1. 1.
    a birdclassical

    A type of bird, possibly the shrike ('sard').

المزوعانname
  1. 1.
    Al-Mazou'anclassical

    The two (tribes or individuals) named Al-Mazou'an, referring to Ka'b ibn Sa'd and Malik ibn Ka'b.

Parallel reading

زاعه يزوعه زوعا: كفه مثل وزعه
He stopped it, he stops it, a stopping: like 'waza'ahu' (he stopped him).
وقيل قدمه
And it was said: he moved it forward.
وزاع بالسوط علندى مرقصا
And urging with the whip, he made it dance.
وزع راحلتك أي استحثها
Urge your mount, meaning hasten it.
وزاع الناقة بالزمام يزوعها زوعا أي هيجها وحركها بزمامها إلى قدام لتزداد في سيرها
He urged the she-camel with the reins, he urged it forward, meaning he agitated it and moved it with its reins forward to increase its pace.
زع بالزمام، وجوز الليل مركوم
Push with the reins, and the middle of the night is piled up.
أي ادفعه إلى قدام وقدمه
Meaning push it forward and advance it.
الزوع جذبك الناقة بالزمام لتنقاد
Al-zou' is your pulling the she-camel by the reins so that it obeys.
زعته حركته وقدمته
I moved it, I advanced it.
زاعه يزوعه إذا عطفه
He moved it, he moves it, if he bent it.
ولا من زاعها بالخزائم
Nor from him who bends it with the head-reins.
زوعت الريح النبت تزوعه وصوعته، وذلك إذا جمعته لتفريقها بين ذراه
The wind gathered the plants, it gathered them and collected them, and that is when it gathers them to scatter them among their tops.
زوعة من نبت ولمعة من نبت
A gathering of plants and a patch of plants.
الزوع: أخذك الشيء بكفك نحو الثريد
Al-zou': your taking something with your palm towards the tharid.
أقبل يزوع الثريد إذا اجتذبه بكفه
He came drawing the tharid when he pulled it with his palm.
وزاع الثريد يزوعه زوعا: اجتذبه
And he drew the tharid, he draws it, a drawing: he pulled it.
زاعها: قطعها
He cut it: he cut it.
زعت له زوعة من البطيخ إذا قطعت له قطعة
I cut him a piece of watermelon if I cut him a piece.
والزوعة: الفرقة من الناس، وجمعها زوع
And Al-zaw'ah: a group of people, and its plural is zaw'.
قال ابن سيده: وقد سمعتها من بعض من رويت عنه بالغين المعجمة، وزعم أنها الصرد
Ibn Sidah said: And I heard it from some of those from whom I narrated it with the unpointed ghayn, and he claimed it was the shrike.
وإنما قضينا على أن ألف الزاع واو، لوجودنا تركيب زوع وعدمنا تركيب زيع
And we only concluded that the alif of Al-za' is a waw, because we found the root 'zaw' and did not find the root 'ziy'.
والمزوعان من بني كعب: كعب بن سعد ومالك بن كعب
And Al-Mazou'an from Banu Ka'b: Ka'b ibn Sa'd and Malik ibn Ka'b.
وصوابه المزروعان، كذلك أفادنيه شيخنا رضي الدين محمد بن علي بن يوسف الشاطبي الأنصاري اللغوي
And its correct form is Al-Mazrou'an, thus our teacher Radi al-Din Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Yusuf al-Shatibi al-Ansari the lexicographer informed me.