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الزبد

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to froth, foam, and effervescence, particularly from liquids like water or milk. It also extends to meanings of richness, choice parts, and by extension, refers to specific places, people, and even a type of perfume.

Derived headwords

الزَّبَدُnoun
  1. 1.
    froth, foamboth

    The froth or foam that rises on water, milk, or other liquids.

  2. 2.
    richness, best partclassical

    The finest or choicest part of something, often referring to the best of wealth or food.

أَزْبَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to foam, to frothboth

    The sea or other liquid becoming foamy or frothy.

وقد أزبد البحر — And the sea foamed.
زَبَدُ السِّدْرِnoun
  1. 1.
    blossom of the lote treeclassical

    The blossom or flowers of the lote tree (Sidr).

والزبد، السدر: نور — And the froth of the Sidr: its blossom.
زَبَدُ اللَّبَنِnoun
  1. 1.
    cream, butterboth

    The creamy part of milk, which can be churned into butter.

وكرمان: زبد اللبن — And in Kerman: cream of milk.
زَبَّدَverb
  1. 1.
    to churnboth

    To churn milk or a liquid to extract its froth or cream.

  2. 2.
    to foam at the mouthboth

    To exhibit foam at the mouth, often due to anger or exertion.

وزبد السقاء: مخضه ليخرج زبده — And he churned the waterskin: he agitated it to bring out its froth.
وزبد شدقه تزبيدا: تزبد — And his cheek foamed with foaming: he foamed.
المُزْبَدُّadjective
  1. 1.
    foamingclassical

    One who is foaming at the mouth.

والمزدبد: صاحبه — And the foaming one: its companion.
زَبَدَ لَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to give a portion of wealthclassical

    To give someone a portion of one's wealth, especially as a gift or bribe.

وزبد له يزبده: رضخ له من ماله — And he gave him a portion of wealth: he gave him a bribe from his money.
زَبَادُ اللَّبَنِnoun
  1. 1.
    worthless part of milkclassical

    The part of milk that is considered worthless or of poor quality.

وزباد اللبن: ما لا خير فيه — And the worthless part of milk: that which has no good in it.
زَبَادnoun
  1. 1.
    civet (perfume)classical

    A perfume derived from the civet animal, specifically its secretion.

  2. 2.
    civet catclassical

    The animal (civet cat) from which the perfume is obtained.

والزباد: الطيب، وهو رشح يجتمع تحت ذنبها على المخرج — And the civet: the perfume, which is a secretion that gathers under its tail at the exit.
زَبَدَةnoun
  1. 1.
    butterboth

    Butter, the dairy product made from churning cream.

  2. 2.
    best part, essenceclassical

    The best or choicest part of something; the essence.

زُبَيْدَةname
  1. 1.
    name of a womanclassical

    A female given name, notably borne by the wife of Caliph Harun al-Rashid.

وزبيدة: امرأة الرشيد بنت جعفر بن المنصور — And Zubaydah: the wife of al-Rashid, daughter of Ja'far ibn al-Mansur.
الزُّبَيْدِيَّةname
  1. 1.
    name of a placeclassical

    A name given to several locations, including a pool near Mecca and places in al-Jibal, Wasit, and Baghdad.

والزبيدية: بركة بطريق مكة قرب المغيثة — And al-Zubaydiyyah: a pool on the road to Mecca near al-Mughithah.
تَزَبَّدَverb
  1. 1.
    to foam at the mouthboth

    To foam at the mouth, as a result of anger, illness, or exertion.

تزبد — he foamed at the mouth.
تَزَبَّدَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to swallowclassical

    To swallow something whole.

  2. 2.
    to take the best partclassical

    To take the best or choicest part of something.

  3. 3.
    to hasten to an oathclassical

    To quickly or eagerly take an oath.

وتزبده: ابتلعه، أو أخذ صفوته — And he swallowed it: he ingested it, or took its best part.
وتزبده اليمين: أسرع إليها — And he hastened to the oath: he rushed towards it.

Parallel reading

الزَّبَدُ، مُحَرَّكَةً: لِلْمَاءِ وَغَيْرِهِ
The froth, when vocalized with harakah: of water and other things.
وَجَبَلٌ بِالْيَمَنِ
And a mountain in Yemen.
وَاسْمُ حِمْصٍ، أَوْ قَرْيَةٌ بِهَا
And the name of Homs, or a village therein.
وَقَدْ أَزْبَدَ الْبَحْرُ
And the sea foamed.
وَزَبَدُ اللَّبَنِ
And the cream of milk.
وَزَبَّدَ السِّقَاءَ: مَخَضَهُ لِيَخْرُجَ زَبَدُهُ
And he churned the waterskin: he agitated it to bring out its froth.
وَالْمُزْبَدُّ: صَاحِبُهُ
And the foaming one: its companion.
وَزَبَدَ لَهُ مِنْ مَالِهِ
And he gave him a portion from his wealth.
وَزَبَدَ شِدْقَهُ تَزْبِيدًا: تَزَبَّدَ
And his cheek foamed with foaming: he foamed.
وَكُرْمَانَ وَحُوَارَى: نَبْتٌ
And in Kerman and Huwara: a plant.
وَزَبَادُ اللَّبَنِ: مَا لَا خَيْرَ فِيهِ
And the worthless part of milk: that which has no good in it.
وَكَمُحَدَّثٍ: اسْمٌ
And like muhaddath: a name.
وَكَزُبَيْرٍ: ابْنُ الْحَارِثِ
And like Zubayr: Ibn al-Harith.
وَكَأَمِيرٍ: دَ بِالْيَمَنِ
And like Amir: a place in Yemen.
وَزَيْبَدَانَ، كَفَيْعَلَانٍ بِضَمِّ الْعَيْنِ: ع
And Zaybadan, like Fay'alan with damma on the 'ayn: a place.
وَكَسَحَابٍ: طِيبٌ
And like Sahab: a perfume.
وَغَلَطَ الْفُقَهَاءُ وَاللُّغَوِيُّونَ فِي قَوْلِهِمْ: الزَّبَادُ: دَابَّةٌ يُجْلَبُ مِنْهَا الطِّيبُ، وَإِنَّمَا الدَّابَّةُ السِّنَّوْرُ، وَالزَّبَادُ: الطِّيبُ
And the jurists and linguists erred in their saying: Civet is an animal from which perfume is brought, but the animal is the civet cat, and civet is the perfume.
وَهُوَ رَشْحٌ يَجْتَمِعُ تَحْتَ ذَنَبِهَا عَلَى الْمَخْرَجِ
It is a secretion that gathers under its tail at the exit.
وَزَبَادٌ: دَ بِالْمَغْرِبِ
And Zabad: a place in the Maghreb.
وَأَبُو الزَّبَدِ، بِالضَّمِّ، مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ الْعَامِرِيُّ
And Abu al-Zabd, with damma, Muhammad ibn al-Mubarak al-Amiri.
وَتَزَبَّدَهُ: ابْتَلَعَهُ، أَوْ أَخَذَ صَفْوَتَهُ
And he swallowed it: he ingested it, or took its best part.
وَتَزَبَّدَ الْيَمِينَ: أَسْرَعَ إِلَيْهَا
And he hastened to the oath: he rushed towards it.
وَكَكَتِفٍ: فَرَسُ الْحَوْفَزَانِ
And like Katif: the horse of al-Hufzan.
وَزُبَيْدَةُ بِنْتُ الْحَارِثِ، بِالضَّمِّ
And Zubaydah bint al-Harith, with damma.
وَالْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زُبْدَةَ: مُحَدِّثٌ
And al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn Zubdah: a traditionist.
وَزُبْدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ، بِالْفَتْحِ، وَبِالتَّحْرِيكِ: أُمُّ وَلَدٍ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ
And Zabd ibn Sinan, with fatha, and with harakah: the mother of the children of Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas.
وَزُبَيْدَةُ: امْرَأَةُ الرَّشِيدِ بِنْتُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ الْمَنْصُورِ
And Zubaydah: the wife of al-Rashid, daughter of Ja'far ibn al-Mansur.
وَالزُّبَيْدِيَّةُ: بَرَكَةٌ بِطَرِيقِ مَكَّةَ قُرْبَ الْمُغِيثَةِ
And al-Zubaydiyyah: a pool on the road to Mecca near al-Mughithah.
وَةٌ بِالْجِبَالِ، وَبِوَاسِطَ، وَمَحَلَّةٌ بِبَغْدَادَ، وَأُخْرَى أَسْفَلَ مِنْهَا
And a place in al-Jibal, and in Wasit, and a quarter in Baghdad, and another below it.