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زرع

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of sowing seeds and cultivating crops. It extends to the concept of growth and germination, and metaphorically to nurturing or strengthening someone. It also includes a specific tribal designation.

Derived headwords

الزَّرْعnoun
  1. 1.
    one of the cropsboth

    one of the crops

  2. 2.
    sowing the seedsboth

    sowing the seeds

  3. 3.
    germination, growthboth

    germination, growth

زَرَعَverb
  1. 1.
    He made it grow.both

    He made it grow.

مَزْرَعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    place of cultivationboth

    place of cultivation

مَزْدَرَعnoun
  1. 1.
    place of cultivationboth

    place of cultivation

ازْدَرَعَverb
  1. 1.
    He cultivated.both

    He cultivated.

المُزَارَعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    It is well-known (agriculture/sharecropping).both

    It is well-known (agriculture/sharecropping).

المَزْرُوعَانname
  1. 1.
    Al-Mazru'anclassical

    A designation for two individuals from the tribe of Banu Ka'b ibn Sa'd ibn Zayd Manat ibn Tamim.

Parallel reading

واحد الزروع
one of the crops
موضعه مزرعة ومزدرع
its place is a farm and a place of sowing
طرح البذر في الارض
casting the seed in the earth
الإنبات
the germination
زرعه الله، أي أنبته
May God make it grow, meaning, may He cause it to sprout.
{أءنتم تزرعونه أم نحن الزارعون}
{Is it you who grow it, or are We the growers?}
زرعه الله، أي جبره
May God strengthen him, meaning, may He support him.
ازدرع فلان، أي احترث
So-and-so cultivated, meaning, he tilled the land.
والمزارعة معروفة
And sharecropping is well-known.
المزروعان من بنى كعب بن سعد بن زيد مناة بن تميم
Al-Mazru'an are from Banu Ka'b ibn Sa'd ibn Zayd Manat ibn Tamim.