الزغف

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of abundance, excess, and covering, often in a negative or overwhelming sense. It extends to descriptions of clouds, water levels, speech, and even physical objects like armor and wood.

Derived headwords

زَغَفَverb

1.
to be abundantboth
To have an excessive amount of water, specifically referring to a well.
2.
to lie excessivelyclassical
To increase or embellish a story with falsehoods and lies.

الزَّغَفnoun

1.
cloudsclassical
Clouds that have already shed their rain and now cover the sky.
2.
spear thrustclassical
A thrust or strike with a spear.
3.
abundance of waterclassical
An increase in the amount of water in a well.
4.
lyingclassical
The act of increasing speech with falsehoods.

الزَّغَفَةnoun

1.
flexible armorclassical
A soft, wide, and well-made coat of mail, or one that is thin with good rings.

زَغَفadjective

1.
flexible armorclassical
Describing a coat of mail as soft, wide, and well-made, or thin with good rings.

درع زغف — a flexible coat of mail

زُغُوفnoun

1.
armorclassical
Plural of 'zughfah', referring to coats of mail.

أَزْغَافnoun

1.
armorclassical
Plural of 'zughfah', referring to coats of mail.

زُغُفnoun

1.
armorclassical
Plural of 'zughfah', referring to coats of mail.

الزَّغَفnoun

1.
small wood piecesclassical
Small pieces of wood, weak ends of trees, and the upper parts of desert plants like 'ramth' and 'urfuj'.

زَغِفadjective

1.
greedyclassical
A person who is excessively hungry and eager for food.

ازْدَغَفَverb

1.
to take muchclassical
To take a large quantity of something.

Parallel reading

الزغف: السحاب الذي قد هراق ماءه وهو مجلل السماء

Al-zughuf: The clouds that have already shed their water and are covering the sky.

والطعن

And the spear thrust.

وأن يكثر ماء البئر

And for the water of a well to become abundant.

والزيادة في الحديث بالكذب

And the increase in speech with falsehood.

فعلهن: كمنع

Its verb pattern is like 'mana'a' (to prevent).

والزغفة، وقد يحرك: الدرع اللينة الواسعة المحكمة

And al-zughfah, and it may be vocalized with a vowel, is the soft, wide, and well-made coat of mail.

أو الرقيقة الحسنة السلاسل

Or the thin one with good rings.

درع زغف

A flexible coat of mail.

ودروع زغف أيضا

And also flexible coats of mail.

وأزغاف وزغوف وزغف، محركة

And azghaf, zughuf, and zughuf (all vocalized), are plurals.

والزغف، محركة: دقاق الحطب

And al-zughuf, vocalized, refers to small pieces of wood.

وأطراف الشجر الضعيفة

And the weak ends of trees.

وأعالي الرمث والعرفج

And the upper parts of the ramth and 'urfuj plants.

وكمنبر: النهم الرغيب

And like 'manbar', it means the greedy, eager one.

وازدغف: أخذ كثيرا

And 'izdaghafa' means to take a lot.