ذعذع

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concepts of scattering, dispersing, and spreading. It extends to actions like spreading news, shaking things vigorously, and describes a person who is a spreader of secrets or gossip. It also touches upon the idea of things being scattered or spread out.

Derived headwords

ذَعْذَعَverb

1.
to scatter, disperseboth
To scatter or disperse wealth or other things.
2.
to spread (news, secrets)both
To spread news or secrets widely.
3.
to shake vigorouslyboth
Used for wind shaking trees intensely.

تَذَعْذَعَverb

1.
to be scattered, dispersedboth
To be scattered or dispersed, often referring to wealth or things.

الذَّعَاعnoun

1.
scattering, dispersalclassical
The act or state of scattering or dispersal.

ذَعْذَاعnoun

1.
scattered palm treesclassical
Refers to inferior date palms.

ذَعَاذِعnoun

1.
scattered palm treesclassical
Refers to inferior date palms, similar to ذعذاع.

ذَعْذَاعadjective

1.
gossipy, talebearerboth
A person who spreads secrets and is a talebearer; one who does not keep secrets.

مُذْعَذِعadjective

1.
bastard, illegitimateclassical
An illegitimate person, a bastard. The entry notes a possible correction to 'baza'in' (بَزَّاءَيْن).

Parallel reading

ذعذع المال وغيره: بدده وفرقه

He scattered wealth and other things: he dispersed and spread them.

فتذعذع

And it became scattered.

و السر، أو الخبر: أذاعه

And a secret, or news: he spread it.

و الريح الشجر: حركته تحريكا شديدا

And the wind shook the trees: it moved them with intense shaking.

والذعاع: الفرق

And al-dha'a': the scattering.

والذعاع: من النخل: رديئه

And al-dha'a': from the date palms: its inferior ones.

وما بين النخلة إلى النخلة، ويضم

And what is between one palm tree and another, and it is contracted.

ورجل ذعذاع: مذياع نمام، لا يكتم السر

And a man is dha'dha': a spreader of gossip, a talebearer, who does not keep secrets.

وتفرقوا ذعاذع، أي هاهنا وهاهنا

And they scattered, dha'dha', meaning here and there.