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الزءبر

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the fine, fuzzy fibers or lint that appear on fabric, particularly along seams. It also extends to the act of extracting these fibers and the concept of taking something completely or in its entirety.

Derived headwords

الزِّئبرnoun
  1. 1.
    Lint, fuzzboth

    The fine, fuzzy fibers or down that appear on the surface of cloth, especially along the seams.

كالزُّوبرnoun
  1. 1.
    Lint, fuzzboth

    Similar to الزئبر, referring to the fuzzy fibers or lint on fabric.

الزُّؤبرnoun
  1. 1.
    Lint, fuzzboth

    Another variant for the fuzzy fibers or lint found on cloth.

زَأبَرَverb
  1. 1.
    To extract lintclassical

    To remove or draw out the lint or fuzzy fibers from something, such as fabric.

زَأبَرَهُverb
  1. 1.
    To extract its lintclassical

    To remove or draw out the lint or fuzzy fibers from something.

مُزَأْبِرparticiple
  1. 1.
    Lint-extractorclassical

    One who extracts lint or fuzzy fibers.

مُزَأْبَرparticiple
  1. 1.
    Having lint extractedclassical

    Describing something from which lint or fuzzy fibers have been removed.

بزَأْبَرِهphrase
  1. 1.
    Completely, entirelyclassical

    Used to indicate taking or grasping something in its entirety, with all its parts.

Parallel reading

ما يظهر من درز الثوب
What appears from the seam of the garment
وقد تضم الباء أو هو لحن
And the 'ba' might be assimilated, or it is an error
وقد زأبر وزأبره
And he extracted its lint, and he extracted it
فهو مزأبر ومزأبر
So he is one who extracts lint, and it is one from which lint is extracted
وأخذه بزأبره
And he took it with its entirety