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Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns concepts of beauty, flourishing, and vibrant appearance, often extending to positive growth and ripeness. It also encompasses related abstract ideas like pride, arrogance, vanity, and falsehood, as well as specific actions like striking or illuminating.

Derived headwords

الزَّهْوُnoun

1.
Beauty, splendorboth
A pleasing appearance, the freshness of vegetation, the bloom of a plant, its flowering, and its radiance.
2.
Vanity, falsehoodboth
Meaning vanity, falsehood, or contempt.
3.
Swaying of plantsclassical
The swaying of plants by the wind after dew.
4.
Colored datesclassical
Refers to dates that have begun to change color.
5.
Pride, arroganceboth
Meaning pride, haughtiness, conceit, and boastfulness.

زَهِيَverb

1.
To be proud, arrogantboth
To be characterized by pride, arrogance, or conceit.
2.
To be beautiful, radiantboth
To appear beautiful, splendid, or radiant.

ازْدَهَىverb

1.
To be proud, arrogantboth
To exhibit pride, arrogance, or vanity.

ازْهَىverb

1.
To ripen, change colorclassical
Applied to dates, meaning to begin to ripen and change color.
2.
To grow tallclassical
Applied to palm trees, meaning to grow tall.

زَهَاverb

1.
To ripen, change colorclassical
Applied to dates, meaning to begin to ripen and change color.
2.
To grow tallclassical
Applied to palm trees, meaning to grow tall.
3.
To mature, grow upclassical
Applied to a boy, meaning to mature or grow up.
4.
To become pregnantclassical
Applied to a ewe, meaning to become pregnant or have milk.
5.
To travel after wateringclassical
Applied to camels, meaning to travel for a night or two after returning from watering.
6.
To illuminateclassical
Applied to a lamp, meaning to illuminate or shine brightly.
7.
To gleamclassical
Applied to a sword, meaning to gleam or shine.
8.
To strikeclassical
Applied to a stick or staff, meaning to strike with it.
9.
To estimateclassical
Applied to a weight, meaning to estimate it, e.g., a hundred pounds.
10.
To adorn, beautifyclassical
Applied to the world, meaning its adornment or embellishment.

زَهَاverb

1.
To adorn, beautifyclassical
The world's adornment or embellishment.

زَهَاهُverb

1.
To make proudclassical
Pride or arrogance made someone feel this way.

زَهَاءُnoun

1.
About, approximatelyboth
Used with numbers to indicate approximation, like 'about a hundred'.

زَهْوَةname

1.
A historical nameclassical
The name of a female companion (مولاة) of Ahmad bin Badr, about whom a tradition is narrated.

إنْزَهْوadjective

1.
Arrogant, conceitedclassical
A man characterized by arrogance, conceit, and pride.

زَهَاءُ مِئَةٍnoun

1.
About a hundredboth
An approximate number, meaning around one hundred.

Parallel reading

كالزهو والزهاء

like splendor and vanity

وهز الريح النبات غب الندى

and the wind swaying the plants after the dew

والبسر الملون كالزهو

and the colored dates, like the splendor

والكبر والتيه والفخر

and pride, haughtiness, and boastfulness

وقد زهي كعني

and he was proud, as in 'he was pleased'

وكدعا قليلة

and rarely as in 'he called'

وأزهى

and it ripened

وزهاه الكبر

and pride made him arrogant

وزهاء مئة، بالضم: قدره، وحزره

and 'zahaa' (with damma): its estimate, its approximation

وزها النخل: طال، كأزهى

and the palm trees grew tall, like 'azhaa'

والبسر: تلون، كأزهى وزهى

and the dates ripened, like 'azhaa' and 'zahaa'

والغلام: شب

and the boy matured

والشاة: أضرعت

and the ewe became pregnant

والإبل: سارت بعد الورد ليلة أو ليلتين

and the camels traveled after watering for a night or two

وزها السراج: أضاءه

and the lamp illuminated

وبالسيف: لمع به

and with the sword: it gleamed

وبالعصا: ضرب

and with the stick: he struck

وبمئة رطل: حزره

and with a hundred pounds: he estimated it

وزها الدنيا، كهدى: زينتها، وإيناقها

and the world: its adornment, its embellishment

ورجل إنزهو، كقندأو: متكبر

and a man 'inzahu', like 'qandahu': arrogant

وكهدى: ع بالحجاز

and like 'hada': a place in Hijaz

وزهوة: مولاة أحمد بن بدر، حدثت

and 'Zahwah': a companion of Ahmad bin Badr, a tradition occurred