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زهب

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of wealth, money, or a portion of it. It also extends to the idea of carrying or bearing something.

Derived headwords

الزُّهْبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    portion of wealthclassical

    A piece or portion of money or wealth.

الزِّهْبnoun
  1. 1.
    portion of wealthclassical

    A piece or portion of money or wealth.

ازدهبهverb
  1. 1.
    to carryclassical

    To carry or bear something.

ازدعبverb
  1. 1.
    to carryclassical

    To carry or bear something.

Parallel reading

الزهبة بالضم، والزهب بالكسر
Al-zuhbah (with dammah) and al-zehb (with kasrah)
أي (القطعة من المال)
Meaning (a portion of wealth)
وكثير من شيخ اللغة يقولون: إنها عامية لا تثبت عن العرب
And many senior linguists say: it is colloquial and not established from the Arabs
أعطاه زهبا من ماله أي قطعة
He gave him a zehb from his wealth, meaning a portion.
وازدهبه إذا (احتمله)
And he azdahabahu if he (carried it)
وازدعبه مثله
And he azda'abahu similarly.