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زوع

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the action of moving or urging a camel forward, specifically by manipulating its reins. It implies a controlled, directed movement to increase speed or progress.

Derived headwords

زاعَverb
  1. 1.
    to urge forwardboth

    To move a camel forward by pulling its reins, encouraging it to increase its pace.

يزوعهverb
  1. 1.
    he urges it forwardboth

    The present tense conjugation of the verb 'to urge forward', referring to the action being done by a male subject.

زوعاnoun
  1. 1.
    urging forwardboth

    The verbal noun (masdar) of 'to urge forward', representing the act of moving a camel by its reins.

زعْverb
  1. 1.
    urge (imperative)both

    The imperative form of the verb, commanding someone to urge the camel forward.

Parallel reading

زاع بعيره يزوعه زوعا، أي حركه بزمام إلى قدام ليزداد في سيره.
He urged his camel forward, moving it with the reins to increase its pace.
وخافق الرأس فوق الرحل قلت له * زع بالزمام وجوز الليل مركوم *
And the head-shaker atop the saddle, I said to it: 'Urge with the reins, and the middle of the night is piled up (i.e., still to come).'
زع بالزمام
Urge with the reins
ليزداد في سيره
so that it might increase in its pace