زغب

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the fine, downy hair or feathers found on young creatures, like chicks, foals, or infants. It extends to describe the soft, early stages of hair growth in the elderly and can metaphorically refer to something small, insignificant, or the beginning of something.

Derived headwords

الزَّغَبُnoun

1.
downy feathersboth
The fine, yellowish down on the feathers of a chick, or generally small, soft, and fine hair or feathers.
2.
fine hairclassical
The fine hair that remains on an old man's head when his hair thins.
3.
young growthclassical
The first appearance of hair on a child, a foal, or feathers on a chick.

زَغَبَverb

1.
to grow downy hairclassical
To grow fine, downy hair or feathers, used for young creatures or the elderly.

زَغَّبَverb

1.
to cause to grow downy hairclassical
To cause something to grow fine, downy hair or feathers.

أَزْغَبَverb

1.
to become covered in downclassical
To become covered with fine, downy hair or feathers, especially when water flows and it begins to sprout.

زَغْبَةٌnoun

1.
downy featherboth
A single piece of downy feather or fine hair.
2.
small creatureclassical
A small creature resembling a mouse.
3.
a name
A proper name for a horse belonging to the poet Jarir.
4.
a place name
A place name mentioned in poetry.
5.
a nickname
A nickname for Isa bin Hammad bin Muslim al-Tujibi al-Misri, a sheikh.
6.
an ancestor's name
The name of an ancestor of the traditionist Ahmad bin Isa bin Ahmad bin Khalaf.
7.
a place name
A place name in the Levant.
8.
a tribe name
A tribe from the Arabs in the Maghreb.

زَغَبَةٌ (مُحَرَّكَة)noun

1.
newnessclassical
The early stage of something; its beginning or freshness.

زَغَابَةٌnoun

1.
very small amountclassical
Something smaller than 'zaghaba', referring to a very small quantity.
2.
a place name
A place name near Medina.

زُغَابَىnoun

1.
very small amountclassical
Something smaller than 'zaghaba', referring to a very small quantity.

زَغَبٌ (بالضم)noun

1.
small amountclassical
A small amount or quantity of something.

الأَزْغَبُadjective

1.
downyboth
Covered with fine, downy hair or feathers, like certain types of figs or gourds.
2.
piebald horseclassical
A piebald horse (white and black).

زَغْبَبٌadjective

1.
short and stingyclassical
A person who is short and stingy.

زُغْبٌnoun

1.
mixed ropeclassical
Ropes where white is mixed with black.

الزَّغْبَاءُnoun

1.
a mountain name
A mountain name in the Qabaliyya region.
2.
a kunya
A kunya (patronymic) for Sinan bin Sab' al-Juhani, a companion.

زُغَيْبَةٌnoun

1.
a water source name
A water source located east of Samarra.

عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ زَغْبٍname

1.
a companion's name
The name of a companion of the Prophet (peace be upon him).

المَزْغَبَةُnoun

1.
type of truffleclassical
A type of truffle, specifically the 'daughter of 'ubr'.

الأَزَاغِبُnoun

1.
a place name
A place name mentioned in the poetry of Al-Akhtal.

زُغَيْبِيٌّname

1.
a nisba
A nisba (attribution) to a person or place related to 'Zaghaba'.

Parallel reading

الشعيرات الصفر على ريش الفرخ

The yellowish fine hairs on the chick's feathers.

هو صغار الشعر والريش ولينه

It is the small, soft, and fine hair and feathers.

دقاق الريش الذي لا يطول ولا يجود

The fine feathers that do not grow long or become good.

ما يعلو ريش الفرخ

What covers the chick's feathers.

أو أول ما يبدو منهما أي من شعر الصبي والمهر وريش الفرخ

Or the first thing that appears from them, meaning the hair of a child, a foal, and the feathers of a chick.

واحدته زغبة

Its singular is 'zaghbah'.

كان لنا وهو فلو نرببه مجعثن الخلق يطير زغبه

We had him when he was a young foal, of coarse build, his downy feathers flying.

تظل على الثمراء منها جوارس مراضيع صهب الريش زغب رقابها

They remain on the fruit-bearing trees, hunting, with reddish feathers, their necks covered in down.

وقد زغب الفرخ تزغيبا

And the chick has grown its downy feathers.

ورجل زغب الشعر

And a man with fine, downy hair.

ورقبة زغباء

And a downy neck.

ما يبقى في رأسه الشيخ عند رقة شعره

What remains on the head of an old man when his hair thins.

ورجل زغب الشعر

And a man with fine hair.

أخذه بزغبه

He took him in his early days.

أي بحدثانه

Meaning in his early stages.

أقل من الزغب

Less than the 'zaghb'.

أصغر من الزغب

Smaller than the 'zaghb'.

ما أصبت منه زغابة

I did not get any of it, not even a little.

أي شيئا

Meaning something.

دويبة كالفأر

A small creature like a mouse.

حمار لجرير

A horse belonging to Jarir.

زغبة لا يسأل إلا عاجلا

Zaghbah, who only asks for immediate gain.

عليهن أطراف من القوم لم يكن طعامهم حبا بزغبة أسمرا

Upon them were men from the people whose food was not grain, near a downy, dark-skinned one.

لقب عيسى بن حماد

The nickname of Isa bin Hammad.

أحمد هو أخو عيسى

Ahmad is the brother of Isa.

وهو من قرابة عيسى بن حماد المتقدم

And he is a relative of the aforementioned Isa bin Hammad.

Figs larger than wild ones, covered with down.

And when it is stripped of its down, it appears black.

And it is a large, thick, sweet fig.

The piebald horse.

The short and stingy person.

What is mixed white and black from ropes.

A mountain in the Qabaliyya region.

And he is Abu Adi, the companion.

A water source east of Samarra.

A companion.

A place near the City (Medina).

It became like down on the shoots from which the clusters emerge.

Water flowed in it and it began to sprout leaves.

From the truffles: the daughter of 'ubr'.

A place mentioned in the saying of Al-Akhtal.

A place in the Levant.

A tribe of Arabs in the Maghreb.