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زبى

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of carrying, bearing, or holding something. It extends to describe elevated ground, a pit dug for trapping animals, and also denotes speed, vigor, and different modes of travel, including hardship and great matters.

Derived headwords

زَبَتَverb
  1. 1.
    to carryboth

    To carry or bear something.

أَزْبَىverb
  1. 1.
    to carryboth

    To carry or bear something.

زَبْيًاnoun
  1. 1.
    carryingboth

    The act of carrying or bearing.

ازْدَبَىverb
  1. 1.
    to carryboth

    To carry or bear something.

الزَّبِيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    moundboth

    An elevated mound or hillock that is not reached by water.

  2. 2.
    pitboth

    A pit dug for trapping a lion, named so because it was dug in a high place.

تَزَبَّىverb
  1. 1.
    to dig a pitboth

    To dig a pit, specifically referring to digging a trap for a lion.

الأَزْبَىnoun
  1. 1.
    speedclassical

    Speed and vigor.

  2. 2.
    hardshipclassical

    Hardship, a great matter, or a difficult affair.

الأَزَابِيnoun
  1. 1.
    modes of travelclassical

    Different kinds or modes of travel or gait.

  2. 2.
    hardshipsclassical

    Hardships, great matters, or difficult affairs.

Parallel reading

زبيت الشئ أزبيه زبيا: حملته.
I carried the thing, I carry it, carrying: I bore it.
فإنها بعض ما تزبى لك الرقم
For it is part of what the inscription carries for you.
وازدبيت الشئ، إذا احتملته
And I carried the thing, if I bore it.
والزبية: الرابية لا يعلوها الماء.
And the Zabyah: the mound that water does not rise above.
قد بلغ السيل الزبى
The flood has reached the high ground.
والزبية: حفرة تحفر للأسد، سميت بذلك لأنهم كانوا يحفرونها في موضع عال.
And the Zabyah: a pit dug for a lion, so named because they used to dig it in a high place.
تزبيت زبية
I dug a pit.
كاللذ تزبى زبية فاصطيدا
Like one who dug a pit and was then trapped.
والازبى: السرعة والنشاط، على أفعول، واستثقل التشديد على الواو.
And Al-Azba: speed and vigor, on the pattern of 'af'ūl, and they found the doubling on the waw heavy.
بشمجى المشى عجول الوثب
Swift in gait, quick in leaping.
حتى أتى أزبيها بالادب
Until he reached its speed with good manners.
الازابى: ضروب مختلفة من السير، واحدها أزبي.
Al-Azabi: different kinds of gait, its singular is Azbi.
لقيت من الازابى، واحدها أزبي، وهو الشر والأمر العظيم.
I encountered hardships, its singular is Azbi, which is evil and a great matter.