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زغرف

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to the concept of abundance, particularly in water, and possibly to a type of young animal. The primary usage found is in describing vast, abundant seas.

Derived headwords

زَغَارِفnoun
  1. 1.
    abundant seasclassical

    Referring to seas that are vast and full of water, often used poetically.

زَغَارِبnoun
  1. 1.
    abundant seasclassical

    An alternative form to 'زغارف', also referring to seas that are vast and full of water.

زَغْرَبnoun
  1. 1.
    seaclassical

    A term for a sea, used in conjunction with the idea of abundance.

زَغْرَفnoun
  1. 1.
    seaclassical

    A term for a sea, used in conjunction with the idea of abundance.

بُرِْعَلnoun
  1. 1.
    hyena cubclassical

    A young or cub of a hyena.

فُرْعَلnoun
  1. 1.
    hyena cubclassical

    A young or cub of a hyena, synonymous with 'برعل'.

Parallel reading

البحور الزغارف: الكثيرة المياه
The abundant seas: those with much water.
والمعروف إنما هو الزغارب، بالباء
And what is known is indeed 'al-zaghārib', with a 'bā'.
كصعدة مران جرى، تحت ظلها، ... خليج أمدته البحار الزغارف
Like a trunk of marran wood that flowed beneath its shade... a gulf supplied by the abundant seas.
ولو أبدلت أنسا لأعصم عاقل ... برأس الشرى، قد طردته المخاوف
And if you had substituted companionship for it, it would have protected a wise person... at the head of the Pleiades, whom fears have driven away.
لا أعرف الزغارف
I do not know 'al-zaghārif'.
بحر زغرب وزغرف، بالباء والفاء
A sea 'zaghrab' and 'zaghrif', with a 'bā' and a 'fā'.
ومثله في الكلام ضبر وضفر إذا وثب
And similarly in speech are 'ḍabr' and 'ḍafr' when one leaps.
والبرعل والفرعل: ولد الضبع
And 'al-barʿal' and 'al-furʿal': the cub of the hyena.