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عظب

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily discusses a specific type of locust, the male locust, and its various names and forms. It also touches upon a place name derived from this term.

Derived headwords

العُنْظُبnoun
  1. 1.
    male locustboth

    The male of the locust species.

العُنْظَبnoun
  1. 1.
    male locust (variant)both

    A variant pronunciation or spelling for the male locust.

العُنْظَابnoun
  1. 1.
    male locust (variant)both

    Another variant name for the male locust.

العُنْظُوبnoun
  1. 1.
    male locust (variant)both

    Yet another variant name for the male locust.

عُنْظُوبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    female locustboth

    The female of the locust species.

عَنَاظِبnoun
  1. 1.
    locusts (plural)both

    The plural form for locusts, referring to a group.

العُنْظَبَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    locust (variant)classical

    A variant form, with specific vowelization and length, referring to the locust.

عُنْظَبَةname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A proper noun referring to a specific location.

Parallel reading

العنظب: الذكر من الجراد
Al-'unẓub: the male of the locust.
وفتح الظاء لغة
And opening the ẓāʼ is a variant pronunciation.
هو العنظب والعنظاب، والعنظوب
It is al-'unẓub, al-'unẓāb, and al-'unẓūb.
والأنثى عنظوبة
And the female is 'unẓūbah.
والجمع عناظب
And the plural is 'anāẓib.
رءوس العناظب كالعنجد
The heads of the locusts are like 'al-'anjad.
العنظباء بالضم والمد
Al-'unẓabā' with dammah and madd (elongation).
وعنظبة: موضع
And 'Unẓabah: a place.
من قلل الشحر فذات العنظبة
From the peaks of al-Shiḥr to Dhāt al-'Unẓabah.