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زبغر

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily refers to a type of plant, specifically a kind of marw (a type of stone or mineral, often associated with flint or quartz) with fine leaves. It also notes a variant spelling and pronunciation.

Derived headwords

الزِّبْغَرnoun
  1. 1.
    Marw with fine leavesclassical

    A type of marw (a mineral, often flint-like) characterized by having fine leaves.

الزِّبْغَرnoun
  1. 1.
    Variant of marwclassical

    A linguistic variant for the term 'marw', specifically referring to a type with fine leaves.

الزِّبْغَرnoun
  1. 1.
    Marw Mahuzclassical

    The specific type of marw that is also known as 'marw Mahuz'.

الزَّغْبَرnoun
  1. 1.
    Variant pronunciationclassical

    A variant pronunciation or spelling of the term, with the letters 'ghayn' and 'ba' transposed.

Parallel reading

الزبغر، كدرهم، لغة في المهملة
Al-Zibghir, like 'dirham', is a linguistic variant for the unpointed (or unvocalized) form.
وهو المرو الدقاق الورق
It is the marw with fine leaves.
أو هي الصواب
Or it is the correct form.
وإهمال العين خطأ
And omitting the 'ayn' (referring to the letter in the root) is an error.
ويقال: هو الذي يقال له مرو ماحوز
And it is said: it is that which is called Marw Mahuz.
وأما أبو حنيفة فإنه قال: إنه الزغبر، بتقديم الغين على الباء
As for Abu Hanifa, he said: it is Al-Zaghbar, with the ghayn preceding the ba.
وقد أهمله الجوهري والصاغاني
And Al-Jawhari and Al-Sagani have omitted it.