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زقب

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

The root Z-Q-B primarily relates to the concept of entering or inserting something into a confined space. It also extends to describe narrow paths or ways, and metaphorically, proximity. Additionally, it encompasses the sound or call of a specific bird.

Derived headwords

زقهverb
  1. 1.
    to insertboth

    To cause something to enter into a hole or confined space.

زقبverb
  1. 1.
    to enterboth

    To enter into a hole or confined space, often used reflexively after being inserted.

انزقبverb
  1. 1.
    to enterboth

    To enter into something, such as a hole or a place.

انزبقverb
  1. 1.
    to enterclassical

    To enter into something, similar to انزقب.

الزقبnoun
  1. 1.
    narrow pathboth

    A narrow way or passage.

زقبةnoun
  1. 1.
    narrow pathboth

    A single instance of a narrow path or passage.

زقبadjective
  1. 1.
    narrowboth

    Describing a path or way as being narrow.

زقبadverb
  1. 1.
    nearclassical

    Indicating proximity or closeness.

أزقبانname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A proper noun, likely referring to a specific location.

تزقيبnoun
  1. 1.
    chirpingclassical

    The sound or call made by a bird, specifically the 'Makaa'.

زقبverb
  1. 1.
    to chirpclassical

    To make the characteristic sound or call of the 'Makaa' bird.

Parallel reading

زقه في الجحر: أدخله فزقب هو
He inserted it into the hole, and it entered.
وزقبت الجرذ في الكوة فانزقب أي أدخلته فدخل
And I inserted the rat into the opening, and it entered, meaning I inserted it and it went in.
وانزقب في جحره: دخل
And he entered into his burrow: he went in.
ويقال: انزبق وانزقب إذا دخل في الشيء
And it is said: 'Inzabaqa' and 'inzagaba' if one enters into something.
والزقب محركة: الطريق الضيق
And 'az-zaqab' (with vowels) is the narrow path.
والزقب: الطرق الضيقة، واحدته زقبة
And 'az-zaqab' refers to narrow paths; their singular is 'zaqbah'.
وطريق زقب: ضيق
And a 'zaqab' road: narrow.
ومتلف مثل فرق الرأس تخلجه: مطارب زقب أميالها فيح أبد زقبا من مطارب
And a perilous place like the crown of a head, through which pass: narrow ravines, its miles are vast, always narrow from ravines.
المطارب: طرق ضيقة، واحدتها مطربة، والزقب: الضيقة ويروى زقب، بالضم
Al-matarib: narrow paths, their singular is 'matrabah', and 'az-zaqab': the narrow ones, and it is narrated 'zuqab', with dammah.
رميته من زقب، محركة: من قرب
I threw him from 'zaqab' (with vowels): meaning from near.
أزب الحاجبين بعوف سوء من النفر الذين بأزقبان
With furrowed brows, in a bad state, from the people who are in Azqaban.
وتزقيب المكاء: تصويته
And the 'tazqib' of the Makaa bird: its sound.
زقب المكاء تزقيبا
The Makaa bird chirped 'tazqiban'.
وما زقب المكاء في سورة الضحى بنور من الوسمي يهتز مائد
And the Makaa bird did not chirp with a light from the autumn rain, swaying.
يقال: فلان بعوف سوء أي بحال سوء
It is said: 'So-and-so is in 'aufi saw' meaning in a bad condition.