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زعع

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of shaking, moving, or causing instability. It describes the act of shaking something, the resulting movement, and attributes qualities of being shaky or intensely moving to things like wind or a journey.

Derived headwords

زَعْزَعَverb
  1. 1.
    A wind.both

    A wind.

تَزَعْزَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to be shakenboth

    To be moved back and forth or to and fro; to become unstable or agitated.

الزَّعْزَعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    The shaking of something.both

    The shaking of something.

زَعْزَعَانadjective
  1. 1.
    shaking (wind)classical

    Describing a wind that causes things to shake or move intensely due to its strength.

زَعْزَعadjective
  1. 1.
    A wind.both

    A wind.

زَعْزَاعadjective
  1. 1.
    A wind.both

    A wind.

زَعَازِعnoun
  1. 1.
    It shakes things (plural).both

    It shakes things (plural).

زَعْزَعadjective
  1. 1.
    A wind.both

    A wind.

Parallel reading

الزَّعْزَعَةُ: تَحْرِيكُ الشَّئِ
Al-za'za'ah: shaking something.
يُقَالُ: زَعْزَعْتُهُ فَتَزَعْزَعَ
It is said: I shook it, and it became shaken.
وَرِيحٌ زَعْزَعَانٌ وَزَعْزَعٌ وَزَعْزَاعٌ، أَيْ تُزَعْزِعُ الأَشْيَاءَ، لِشِدَّتِهَا
And a wind is za'za'an, za'za', and za'zaa', meaning it shakes things, due to its intensity.
وَالجَمْعُ زَعَازِعُ
And the plural is za'zaa'i'.
وَسَيْرٌ زَعْزَعٌ: شَدِيدٌ
And a journey (sayr) za'za' is: severe.
وَتَرْمَدُ هَمْلَجَةً زَعْزَعَا
And she travels a steady, intense pace.
كَمَا انْخَرَطَ الحَبْلُ فَوْقَ المَحَالِ
Like a rope slides over the pulleys.