زبع

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to a powerful, dust-stirring whirlwind or storm, often personified as a leader of jinn. It also extends to meanings of anger, insolence, and a short, insignificant person.

Derived headwords

الزوبعةnoun

1.
a chief among the jinnboth
a chief among the jinn
2.
a wind that stirs up dust, so it rises to the sky like a columnboth
a wind that stirs up dust, so it rises to the sky like a column

زوبعةname

1.
Name of a personboth
A proper name for a person.

تزبعverb

1.
To become angryclassical
To become enraged or furious.

المتزبعadjective

1.
Insolent, defiantclassical
One who is insolent, defiant, or quarrelsome, especially when drunk.

زنباعname

1.
Proper nameboth
A proper name, specifically mentioned as Ruh ibn Zanba' al-Judhami.

زوبعadjective

1.
Short and insignificantclassical
A term used to describe a person who is short and of little importance.

Parallel reading

الزوبعة: رئيس من رؤساء الجن.

Al-zawba'ah: a chief among the chiefs of the jinn.

وهي ريح تثير الغبار وترتفع إلى السماء، كأنه عمود.

It is a wind that stirs up dust and rises to the sky, like a column.

وتزبع الرجل، أي تغيظ.

And tazabba'a the man, meaning he became enraged.

والمتزبع: المعربد.

And al-mutazabbi': the insolent one.

متى تلقه في السرب لا تلق فاحشا * على الكأس ذا قاذورة متزبعا

Whenever you meet him in the flock, you will not find him lewd * at the cup, a filthy one, insolent.

وزنباع بكسر الزاى: اسم رجل، وهو روح بن زنباع الجذامي.

And Zanba' (with a kasra on the zayn): the name of a man, and he is Ruh ibn Zanba' al-Judhami.

ويقال للقصير الحقير: زوبع

And for the short, insignificant person, it is said: Zawba'.

ومن همزنا عزه تبركعا * على استه زوبعة وزوبعا

And whoever we touched his pride, he would prostrate himself * on his backside, a zawba'ah and a zawba'ah.