زغف

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

The root زغف primarily relates to the concepts of falsehood, exaggeration in speech, and excessive desire or greed. It also extends to descriptions of armor and specific types of dry wood or plant matter.

Derived headwords

زَغَفَverb

1.
to lie and exaggerateclassical
To speak falsely and add to the truth, embellishing the narrative.

زَغْفًاnoun

1.
lying and exaggerationclassical
The act of lying and adding to the truth in speech.

مُزَغِّفadjective

1.
greedy and desirousclassical
Describing someone who is excessively eager and covetous, wanting much.
2.
taking and gatheringclassical
Describing someone who takes and gathers everything, implying greed.

الزَّغْفnoun

1.
well-made armorclassical
A tightly constructed or well-made coat of mail.
2.
loose armorclassical
A coat of mail that is wide and long, or soft and flexible.
3.
small-linked armorclassical
Armor with small rings or fine chains.
4.
dry wood scrapsclassical
Small pieces of dry wood, especially from the upper parts of plants like 'urfuj.
5.
inferior woodclassical
The inferior or weak ends of trees and plants.

الزَّغْفَةnoun

1.
well-made armorclassical
A tightly constructed coat of mail.
2.
loose armorclassical
A coat of mail that is wide and long, or soft and flexible.
3.
small-linked armorclassical
Armor with small rings or fine chains.

زَغَفَverb

1.
to speak muchclassical
To talk a lot, often implying exaggeration or falsehood.

زَغَّفَverb

1.
to give abundantlyclassical
To grant or give a lot of something, like wealth.

زُغَافadjective

1.
talkativeclassical
Describing someone who speaks a lot, potentially with exaggeration.

ازْدَغَفَverb

1.
to take and gatherclassical
To seize and collect something, often implying greed.

Parallel reading

زغف في حديثه يزغف زغفا: كذب وزاد.

He lied and exaggerated in his speech, adding to the truth.

ورجل مزغف: نهم رغيب.

And a man who is mazghaf: greedy and desirous.

والزغف والزغفة: الدرع المحكمة

And al-zaghf and al-zaghfah: the well-made armor

وقيل: الواسعة الطويلة، تسكن وتحرك

And it was said: the wide and long one, with a quiescent and a mobile (letter).

وقيل: الدرع اللينة، والجمع زغف على لفظ الواحد

And it was said: the soft armor, and the plural is zaghf on the form of the singular.

تحتي الأغر، وفوق جلدي نثرة ... زغف ترد السيف، وهو مثلم

Beneath me the noble one, and upon my skin a scattering... of armor that repels the sword, though it is dented.

وأنكر ابن الأعرابي تفسير الزغفة بالواسعة من الدروع وقال: هي الصغيرة الحلق

And Ibn al-A'rabi rejected the interpretation of al-zaghfah as the wide one of armors and said: it is the small-ringed one.

وقال ابن شميل: هي الدقيقة الحسنة السلاسل

And Ibn Shumayl said: it is the fine one with good chains.

ومن قوله في الدرع الزغف

And from his saying about the armor al-zaghf

وقال ابن السكيت في الزغف: الدرع الواسعة الطويلة

And Ibn al-Sikkit said about al-zaghf: the wide and long armor

أظنه من قولهم زغف لنا فلان، وذلك إذا حدث فزاد في الحديث وكذب فيه.

I think it is from their saying 'so-and-so zaghf-ed to us', which is when he narrated and added to the speech and lied in it.

رجل زغاف وقد زغف كلاما كثيرا إذا كان كثير الكلام.

A man is zaghaf and he has zaghf-ed much speech if he is a much-talker.

زغف لنا مالا كثيرا أي غرف لنا مالا كثيرا.

He zaghf-ed to us much wealth, meaning he scooped out for us much wealth.

والزغف: دقاق الحطب

And al-zaghf: small pieces of firewood

وقال أبو حنيفة: الزغف حطب العرفج من أعاليه وهو أخبثه، وكذلك هو من غير العرفج

And Abu Hanifa said: al-zaghf is the firewood of the 'urfuj from its upper parts, and it is the worst of it, and likewise it is from other than 'urfuj.

وقال مرة: الزغف الرديء من أطراف الشجر والنبات، وقيل أطرافه

And Murra said: al-zaghf is the inferior part of the ends of trees and plants, and it was said its extremities.

من زغف الغذام، والحطيما

From the zaghf of al-ghidham and al-hutayma

وقال مرة: الزغف أطراف الشجر الضعيفة

And Murra said: al-zaghf are the weak ends of trees

وقال لي بعض بني أسد الزغف أعلى الرمث.

And some of Banu Asad said to me: al-zaghf is the top of the Rammth plant.

وازدغف الشيء: أخذه واجترفه.

And he azdaghif-ed the thing: he took it and scooped it up.

ورجل مزغف: جواب منهوم رغيب يزدغف كل شيء.

And a man who is mazghaf: a greedy, desirous respondent who azdaghif-s everything.