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ظرب

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to small hills or mounds, and by extension, to things that are low or short. It also extends to a specific animal known for its foul odor and a term for a short, stocky person.

Derived headwords

الظَّرَبnoun
  1. 1.
    small hillsboth

    Refers to small, low hills or mounds, often found in clusters.

الظِّرَابnoun
  1. 1.
    small hillsboth

    The plural of الظرب (al-ẓarab), referring to small hills or mounds.

الظِّرَابnoun
  1. 1.
    roots of teethclassical

    The base or roots of teeth, where they anchor in the gums or jaw.

الظِّرْبَانnoun
  1. 1.
    skunkboth

    A small, cat-like animal known for its strong, unpleasant odor, often associated with flatulence.

الظِّرْبَىnoun
  1. 1.
    short onesclassical

    A collective noun, possibly referring to short individuals or things, derived from the root's association with shortness.

ظَرِبadjective
  1. 1.
    short and stockyclassical

    Describes a person who is short and fleshy or stocky in build.

Parallel reading

الظرب، بكسر الراء: واحد الظراب، وهى الروابي الصغار.
Al-ẓarab, with a kasra on the ra: is the singular of al-ẓirāb, which are small hills.
ومننه سمى عامر بن الظرب العدواني، أحد فرسان العرب.
And from it was named 'Āmir ibn al-Ẓarab al-'Adwānī, one of the knights of the Arabs.
إن جنبى عن الفراش لناب * كتجافي الاسر فوق الظراب
Indeed, my side away from the mattress is like a camel's hump * like the settling of a herd upon the small hills.
والاظراب: أسناخ الأسنان.
And al-āẓrāb: are the roots of the teeth.
ومقطع حلق الرحالة سابح * باد نواجذه عن الأظراب
And cutting the throat of the traveler, a swift one * whose front teeth protrude from the roots of the teeth.
والظربان، مثال القطران: دويبة كالهرة منتنة الريح
And al-ẓirbān, like al-qiṭrān: a small animal like a cat, foul-smelling.
تزعم الاعراب أنها تفسو في ثوب أحدهم إذا صادها، فلا تذهب رائحته حتى يبلى الثوب.
The Bedouins claim that it farts in one's garment if they catch it, and its smell does not leave until the garment wears out.
وفى المثل: " فسا بيننا الظربان "، وذلك إذا تقاطع القوم.
And in the proverb: 'The skunk farted between us,' and that is when people become estranged.
ألا أبلغا قيسا وخندف أنني * ضربت كثيرا مضرب الظربان
Indeed, convey to Qays and Khindif that I have greatly struck the place where the skunk is struck.
يعني كثير بن شهاب.
Meaning Kaṯīr ibn Shihāb.
وكذلك الظربى على وزن فعلى، وهو جمع مثل حجلى جمع حجل.
And likewise al-ẓirbā, on the pattern of fu'lā, and it is a plural like ḥijlá, the plural of ḥijl.
وما جعل الظربى القصار أنوفها * إلى الطم من موج البحار الخضارم
And the short ones did not make their noses * reach the depths of the waves of the vast seas.
وربما جمع على ظرابى، مثل حرباء وحرابي، كأنه جمع ظرباء.
And it is sometimes pluralized as ẓarābī, like ḥirbā' and ḥirābī, as if it were the plural of ẓirbā'.
وهل أنتم إلا ظرابي مذحج * تفاسى وتستنشي بآنفها الطخم
Are you not but the ẓarābī of Madhhij * farting and sniffing the strong scent with their noses?
ورجل ظرب مثال عتل: القصير اللحم.
And a ẓarib man, like 'atal: is short and fleshy.
يا أحسن الناس مناط عقد * لا تعدلينى بظرب جعد
O most beautiful of people in the place of a knot * do not compare me to a short, curly-haired one.