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شغزب

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root describes a specific type of wrestling or grappling technique. It involves a maneuver where one person uses their leg to twist or entangle the leg of their opponent, often as a form of trickery or cunning in a struggle.

Derived headwords

الشَّغْزَبِيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    wrestling trickclassical

    A specific type of trickery or cunning employed in a struggle or fight, particularly a wrestling maneuver.

شَغَزَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to grapple cunninglyclassical

    To engage in a wrestling or grappling struggle using a cunning or tricky maneuver, specifically involving leg entanglement.

شَغْزَبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    wrestling trickclassical

    The act or instance of employing a wrestling trick or cunning maneuver, as described by the root.

الشَّغَازِبnoun
  1. 1.
    tricks, stratagemsclassical

    Plural form referring to various tricks, stratagems, or cunning maneuvers, particularly in the context of a struggle or conflict.

Parallel reading

الشغزبية: ضرب من الحيلة في الصراع، وهى أن تلوى رجله برجلك.
Al-Shaghzabiyyah: A type of trickery in a struggle, which is to twist his leg with your leg.
تقول: شغزبته شغزبة، وأخذته بالشغزبية.
You say: I grappled him with a trick, and I took him by the wrestling trick.
ولبس بين أقوامي فكل * أعد له الشغازب والمحالا
And he caused confusion among my people, so I prepared for him stratagems and tricks.