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اللزوب

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns concepts of sticking, adhering, and becoming fixed or firm. It extends to meanings of scarcity, hardship, and narrowness, as well as stinginess and pursuit.

Derived headwords

لَزَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to stick togetherboth

    To enter into each other, to become intertwined or mixed.

  2. 2.
    to stick and hardenclassical

    Specifically referring to mud, to stick and become solid.

لُزُوبnoun
  1. 1.
    stickingclassical

    The act of adhering or sticking to something.

  2. 2.
    firmnessclassical

    The state of being fixed, stable, or permanent.

  3. 3.
    droughtclassical

    A period of severe scarcity or lack of rain.

لازبadjective
  1. 1.
    stickingclassical

    Adhering firmly to something.

  2. 2.
    fixedclassical

    Permanent, unchangeable, or inevitable.

ضربة لازبphrase
  1. 1.
    inevitable blowclassical

    A blow or strike that is certain to happen and cannot be avoided.

لَزِبnoun
  1. 1.
    narrow pathclassical

    A path or road that is narrow and constricted.

لَزِبadjective
  1. 1.
    littleclassical

    A small amount or quantity.

لِزَابnoun
  1. 1.
    fewclassical

    The plural of 'little', referring to a small number of things.

لُزْبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    hardshipclassical

    A severe difficulty, trial, or affliction.

لُزَبnoun
  1. 1.
    hardshipsclassical

    The plural of 'hardship', referring to multiple severe difficulties.

لَزَبَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    hardshipsclassical

    The plural of 'hardship', referring to multiple severe difficulties.

مِلْزَابadjective
  1. 1.
    extremely stingyclassical

    A person who is exceedingly miserly and unwilling to spend money.

لَسَبَتْهُ العقربverb phrase
  1. 1.
    the scorpion stung itclassical

    A phrase indicating that a scorpion has inflicted its sting.

عَزَبَ لَزَبَphrase
  1. 1.
    pursuitclassical

    Following closely or persistently; pursuit.

Parallel reading

وصار ضربة لازب
And it became an inevitable strike.
واللزب، بالكسر: الطريق الضيق.
And al-lazab, with kasra: the narrow path.
وكالكتف: القليل، ج: لزاب.
And like al-katif: the little, plural: lazab.
واللزبة: الشدة، ج: لزب ولزبات، بالتسكين.
And al-lazbah: hardship, plural: luzub and luzabaat, with sukoon.
ولزب، ككرم، لزبا ولزوبا: دخل بعضه في بعض
And lazaba, like karuma, luzuban and luzuban: it entered into itself (became intertwined).
والطين: لزق وصلب، كلزب.
And the mud: it stuck and hardened, like lazaba.
والملزاب: البخيل جدا.
And al-milzab: the extremely stingy one.
ولزبته العقرب: لسبته.
And the scorpion stung it: it stung it.
وعزب لزب: إتباع.
And 'azaba lazaba: pursuit.