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زبق

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of pulling or plucking, particularly hair. It also encompasses related ideas of entering or penetrating, and includes terms for specific substances like jasmine oil and mercury.

Derived headwords

زَبَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to pluckboth

    To pull out or pluck something, especially hair.

زَبْقًاnoun
  1. 1.
    pluckingclassical

    The act of plucking or pulling out.

انزَبَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to enterclassical

    To go in or enter.

زَبْنَقnoun
  1. 1.
    jasmine oilclassical

    Oil of jasmine.

زِئْبَقnoun
  1. 1.
    mercuryboth

    The element mercury, also known as quicksilver.

مُزَأْبَقadjective
  1. 1.
    a dirham coated with mercuryboth

    a dirham coated with mercury

مِزْبَقadjective
  1. 1.
    containing mercuryclassical

    A colloquial or common pronunciation for something containing mercury.

Parallel reading

زبق شعره يزبقه زبقا: نتفه.
He plucked his hair, plucking it, a plucking: he pulled it out.
وانزبق، أي دخل.
And 'inzabaqa', meaning it entered.
وهو مقلوب انزقب.
And it is an inversion of 'inzagaba'.
والزبنق: دهن الياسمين.
And 'al-zanbaq': jasmine oil.
والزئبق فارسي معرب.
And 'al-zi'baq' is a Persian word Arabized.
وقد عرب بالهمز، ومنهم من يقوله بكسر الباء فيلحقه بالزئبر والضئبل.
And it has been Arabized with hamza, and some say it with a kasra on the ba, attaching it to 'al-zi'bar' and 'al-di'bal'.
ودرهم مزأبق، والعامة تقول مزبق.
And a dirham containing mercury, and the common people say 'mizbaq'.