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الزغب

Root entry · 22 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of fine, soft, or nascent growth, particularly in the context of young feathers, hair, or plants. It also extends to descriptions of smallness, brevity, and specific entities or places.

Derived headwords

الزغبnoun
  1. 1.
    fine down/feathersboth

    The fine, soft, young feathers or hair, or the first appearance of them.

  2. 2.
    thinning hairclassical

    What remains on the head of an old man when his hair becomes sparse.

زغبverb
  1. 1.
    to be young/tenderclassical

    To be young, tender, or in the early stages of growth, referring to feathers or hair.

ازغبverb
  1. 1.
    to grow down/feathersclassical

    To grow fine, soft feathers or hair.

ازغبverb
  1. 1.
    to be sparseclassical

    To have sparse or thinning hair.

زغبnoun
  1. 1.
    early stageclassical

    The early stage or nascent phase of something.

بزغبهphrase
  1. 1.
    in its early stageclassical

    Referring to something in its nascent or early phase.

الزغابةnoun
  1. 1.
    smallest downclassical

    The smallest or youngest part of the fine down or feathers.

الزغابىnoun
  1. 1.
    smallest downclassical

    The smallest or youngest part of the fine down or feathers.

زغابةnoun
  1. 1.
    a tiny bitclassical

    A very small amount or a tiny piece of something.

الزغبةnoun
  1. 1.
    small rodentclassical

    A small creature resembling a mouse.

زغبةname
  1. 1.
    poet's donkeyclassical

    A name for a donkey belonging to the poet Jarir.

زغبةname
  1. 1.
    titleclassical

    A title or nickname given to Isa bin Hammad, a scholar.

الأزغبnoun
  1. 1.
    large figclassical

    A type of large fig.

الأزغبadjective
  1. 1.
    piebald horseclassical

    A horse that is piebald or has mixed white and black coloration.

الزغببadjective
  1. 1.
    short and stingyclassical

    A person who is short in stature and stingy.

الأزغبadjective
  1. 1.
    mixed color ropesclassical

    Ropes whose white and black colors are mixed together.

الزغباءname
  1. 1.
    mountain nameclassical

    A name of a mountain located in the Qabaliyya region.

الزغباءname
  1. 1.
    man's nameclassical

    A name of a man.

زغباءname
  1. 1.
    water sourceclassical

    A water source located east of Samarra.

زغبname
  1. 1.
    companion's nameclassical

    Abdullah bin Zughb, a companion of the Prophet.

زغابةname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A place name near Medina.

أزغبverb
  1. 1.
    vine to budclassical

    When water flows into a grapevine and it begins to leaf out.

Parallel reading

الزغب، محركة: صغار الشعر والريش، ولينه، أو أول ما يبدو منهما، وما يبقى في رأس الشيخ عند رقة شعره.
Al-zughb, with harakah: the small hairs and feathers, their softness, or the first that appears of them, and what remains on an old man's head when his hair thins.
وأخذه بزغبه، محركة: بحدثانه.
And taking it in its early stage: meaning in its nascent phase.
والزغابة والزغابى، بضمهما: أصغر الزغب.
And al-zughabah and al-zughaba, with dammah on both: the smallest of the down.
وما أصبت منه زغابة: شيئا.
And what you obtained of it, a zughabah: meaning a little something.
والزغبة، بالضم: دويبة كالفأر، وبلا لام: حمار لجرير الشاعر، وع، ويفتح، ولقب عيسى بن حماد شيخ مسلم، وجد والد المحدث أحمد بن عيسى بن أحمد بن خلف.
And al-zughbah, with dammah: a small creature like a mouse, and without 'al': a donkey belonging to the poet Jarir, and 'a', and with fatha, and a title for Isa bin Hammad, a scholar, and the grandfather of the traditionist Ahmad bin Isa bin Ahmad bin Khalaf.
والأزغب: تين كبير، والفرس الأبلق.
And al-azghab: a large fig, and a piebald horse.
والزغبب، كقنفذ: القصير البخيل.
And al-zughbib, like qunfudh: the short, stingy person.
وكصرد: ما اختلط بياضه بسواده من الحبال، كالأزغب.
And like surad: what has its whiteness mixed with its blackness from ropes, like al-azghab.
والزغباء: جبل بالقبلية، ورجل.
And al-zughbaa': a mountain in Qabaliyya, and a man.
وكجهينة: ماء شرقي سميراء.
And like juhaynah: a water source east of Samarra.
وعبد الله بن زغب، بالضم: صحابي.
And Abdullah bin Zughb, with dammah: a companion.
وزغابة، بالضم: ع قرب المدينة.
And Zughabah, with dammah: a place near Medina.
وأزغب الكرم: جرى فيه الماء وبدأ يورق.
And the vine azghab: water flowed into it and it began to leaf out.