زغر

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of seizing or snatching something forcefully. It also extends to meanings of abundance, excess, and a specific place name, possibly derived from a tribal or personal name.

Derived headwords

زَغَرَهُ، كَمَنَعَهُverb

1.
to seize, snatchboth
To forcefully take or seize something, to snatch it away.

ازْدَغَرَهُverb

1.
to seize, snatchclassical
An alternative form of the verb meaning to seize or snatch something.

زَغْرًاnoun

1.
seizing, snatchingclassical
The act of seizing or snatching something.

زَغَرَتْ دِجْلَةُverb

1.
to surge, swellclassical
Used to describe the Tigris River when it surges and swells.

زَغْرٌnoun

1.
abundance, excessclassical
The state of being abundant or excessive; a great quantity.

الزَّغْرِيُّname

1.
of or belonging to Az-Zughrclassical
An adjective referring to something related to Az-Zughr, a tribe or place.

زُغْرٌname

1.
Zughr (place name)classical
A place name in the Levant, possibly named after a daughter of Lot.

زُغْرَةٌname

1.
Zughrah (place name)classical
A place name in the Levant, possibly named after a daughter of Lot.

زُغْرَى الوَادِيnoun

1.
a type of dateclassical
A specific type of date found in the valley.

كَفْرُ الزَّغَارَىname

1.
Kafr al-Zugharaclassical
A location in Egypt.

زَغْرَةٌnoun

1.
braying (of a donkey)classical
The sound a donkey makes when braying.

Parallel reading

الزغر: فعل ممات، وهو اغتصابك الشيء.

Az-Zughr: a defunct verb, which is your seizing of a thing.

يقال: زغره يزغره زغرا، أي اغتصبه، كازدغره.

It is said: Zagharahu yazgoharuhu zaghran, meaning he seized it, like izdagarahu.

وفي بعض النسخ. اقتضبه وهو غلظ.

And in some versions: Iqtadhabahu, which means it was coarse.

وزغرت دجلة: زخرت ومدت

And Tigris surged: it swelled and flowed.

وزغر كل شيء: كثرته وإفراطه

And the abundance of everything: its plenty and excess.

قال الهذلي أبو صخر: بل قد أتاني ناصح عن كاشح بعداوة ظهرت وزغر أقاول أراد أقاويل، حذف الياء للضرورة.

Al-Hudhali Abu Sakhr said: Rather, a sincere advisor has come to me from an enemy, with manifest enmity and an excess of sayings; he intended 'aqawil, omitting the ya' out of necessity.

وزغر ككزفر. أبو قبيلة كنائنهم من أدم حمر مذهبة

And Zughr, like Zufar. The ancestor of a tribe of Kinanah, from tanned red leather adorned with gold.

وبه فسر قول أبي دواد: ككنانة الزغري غش اها من الذهب الدلامص

And with this, the saying of Abu Dawad is explained: Like Kinanah of Az-Zughri, whose adornment was of shining gold.

وقيل زغر: اسم ابنة لوط عليه السلام: ومنه زغر: ة، بالشام، لأنها نزلت بها فسميت باسمها، وهي بمشارف الشام.

And it is said Zughr: the name of the daughter of Lot, peace be upon him. And from it is Zughrah, in the Levant, because she descended upon it and was named after her, and it is in the environs of the Levant.

أخبروني عن عين زغر، هل فيها ماء؟ قالوا: نعم

Inform me about the spring of Zughr, does it have water? They said: Yes.

قالوا: وهو عين بالبلقاء. وقيل: هو اسم لها. وقيل: اسم امرأة نسبت إليها، كما قدمنا.

They said: And it is a spring in Al-Balqa. It was said: It is its name. It was said: The name of a woman to whom it was attributed, as we have previously mentioned.

ثم يكون بعد هاذا غرق من زغر

Then after this will be a flood from Zughr.

ولعلها غير الأولى.

And perhaps it is different from the first one.

وزغري الوادي، بالضم: تمر

And Zughri of the valley, with dammah: dates.

ويقال للحمار عند النهيق: زغره.

And it is said of a donkey during its braying: Zagharahu.