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شغزب

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns wrestling and combat techniques, specifically a type of hold or trick used to throw an opponent. It extends to describe things that are difficult, twisted, or devious, including animals and geographical features.

Derived headwords

شَغَزَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to throw down (in wrestling)both

    To throw an opponent down, particularly using a specific wrestling technique.

  2. 2.
    to seize with forceboth

    To take hold of someone or something with violence and force.

شَغْزَبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a wrestling throwclassical

    A specific type of wrestling hold or trick used to throw an opponent down.

  2. 2.
    violence, forceclassical

    The act of seizing or taking something with violence and force.

  3. 3.
    difficulty, complexityclassical

    A state of being difficult, twisted, or complicated.

الشَّغْزَبِيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    a wrestling trickclassical

    A specific wrestling technique or trick, often involving a hold to throw an opponent.

أخذ رجلا بيده الشغزبية — He took a man by his hand using the 'shagzabiya' (a wrestling hold).
الشَّغْزَبِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    difficult, toughboth

    Describing something that is difficult to deal with, tough, or hard.

  2. 2.
    devious, trickyboth

    Characterized by trickery, cunning, or deviousness.

  3. 3.
    twisted, windingboth

    Describing something that is bent, twisted, or winding, like a path or a stream.

  4. 4.
    jackalclassical

    A name for a jackal.

علمنا أخوالنا بنو عجل الشغزبي واعتقالا بالرجل — Our maternal uncles, the Banu 'Ijil, taught us the 'shagzabi' (tricky) way of wrestling and holding a man.
شَغْزَبِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    difficultboth

    Describing something that is difficult or hard to overcome.

شَغْزَبِيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    a wrestling throwclassical

    A wrestling throw or technique, characterized by its trickiness or difficulty.

صرعته صرعة شغزبية — I threw him down with a 'shagzabiya' (a tricky wrestling throw).
شَغْزَبِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    difficultboth

    Describing something that is difficult or hard.

الشَّغْزَبِيّnoun
  1. 1.
    jackalclassical

    A name for the jackal.

الشَّغْزَبِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    winding, crookedclassical

    Describing a watering place (manhal) that is winding or deviates from the usual path.

تَشَغْزَبَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to twist, to veerclassical

    Used to describe the wind veering or twisting in its direction of blowing.

تشغزبت الريح: التوت في هبوبها — The wind twisted in its blowing.
شَغْزَبَاadjective
  1. 1.
    strong, robustclassical

    Describing meat that is strong, thick, and robust; possibly a misspelling or variant of 'zakhraba'.

Parallel reading

وهو الأفصح.
And this is the most eloquent.
وهو ضرب من الحيلة في الصراع.
And it is a type of trickery in wrestling.
أخذ رجلا بيده الشغزبية
He took a man by his hand using the 'shagzabiya' (a wrestling hold).
وشغزبه شغزبة: صرعه كذلك
And he threw him down with a 'shagzaba': he threw him down thus.
أي أخذه بالشغزبية.
Meaning, he took him using the 'shagzabiya'.
وعن أبي زبد: شغزب الرجل الرجل وشغزبه بمعنى واحد، وهو إذا أخذه العقيلى.
And from Abu Zabd: 'Shagzaba' the man and 'shagzabahu' mean the same thing, which is when he takes him using the 'Aqayli' (a type of hold).
فاعتقلته عقلة شزريه لفتاء عن هواه شغزبيه
Then a crooked, difficult restraint held him back from his desire.
شغزبه شغزبة: أخذه بالعنف.
He seized him with force: he took him violently.
والشغزبي: الصعب.
And 'al-shagzabi': the difficult.
وأصل الشغزبة الالتواء والمكر.
And the origin of 'shagzaba' is twisting and cunning.
وكل أمر مستصعب شغزبي.
And every difficult matter is 'shagzabi'.
والشغزبي: ابن آوى، قاله ابن الأثير.
And 'al-shagzabi': the jackal, according to Ibn al-Athir.
والشغزبي: الملتوي الحائد عن الطريق، عن الليث.
And 'al-shagzabi': the winding, deviating from the path, according to Al-Layth.
منجرد أزور شغزبي
A smooth, crooked, winding watering place.
وتشغزبت الريح: التوت في هبوبها.
And the wind twisted in its blowing.
حتى تكون شغزبا
Until it becomes 'shagzaba' (strong/robust).
وهو الذي اشتد لحمه وغلظ
And it is that whose flesh has become strong and thick.