وزب

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of flowing or pouring, particularly water. It also extends to meanings of stealthy movement and a skilled thief.

Derived headwords

وَزَبَ المَاءُ يَزِبُ وَزْباًverb

1.
to flow, to pourboth
Water flowed or poured out.

مِيزَابnoun

1.
gutter, spoutboth
A channel or pipe for conveying water, typically from a roof.
2.
water channelclassical
A conduit for water, possibly of Persian origin and Arabized.

مَآزِيبnoun

1.
gutters, spoutsboth
The plural of 'mizab', referring to multiple water channels or spouts.

وَزَّابnoun

1.
skilled thiefclassical
A thief who is particularly adept and cunning.

أَوْزَبَ في الأَرْضِverb

1.
to go into, to penetrateclassical
To go deep into the land or to move within it.

Parallel reading

وزب الماء وزوبا: سال

Water flowed or poured, meaning it streamed.

ومنه: الميزاب

And from this is derived: the gutter/spout.

أو هو فارسي، ومعناه: بل الماء، فعربوه بالهمز

Or it is Persian, and its meaning is to wet the water, so they Arabized it with hamza.

ولهذا جمعوه مآزيب

And for this reason, they made its plural 'ma'azib'.

والوزاب، ككتان: اللص الحاذق

And 'wazzab', like 'kattan', means: the skilled thief.

وأوزب في الأرض: ذهب فيها

And 'awzab' in the land means: he went into it.