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زعبق

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of scattering, dispersing, and breaking things apart. It describes the act of dividing something into pieces or spreading it out widely.

Derived headwords

زَعْبَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to scatterboth

    To disperse something, to break it up into pieces and spread it out.

  2. 2.
    to disperseboth

    To cause a group or collection of things to separate and spread out.

بَعْزَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to scatterclassical

    To disperse and scatter something, similar to the verb زَعْبَقَ.

  2. 2.
    to squanderclassical

    To waste or spend money or resources carelessly.

Parallel reading

زعبق القوم
The people scattered.
زعبق الشيء
The thing was scattered.
فرقه وبدده، كبعزقه
He dispersed it and scattered it, like he squandered it.