ز ب ط

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily discusses the act of shouting or making a sound, with some related terms for specific objects and a kunya (nickname). It appears to be a less common root with limited usage in classical Arabic.

Derived headwords

زَبَطَverb

1.
to shoutclassical
To make a loud sound or cry out.

زَبْطًاnoun

1.
shoutingclassical
The act of shouting or making a sound.

زَبِيطًاnoun

1.
shoutingclassical
The act of shouting or making a sound.

الزَّبَطَانَةnoun

1.
long hollow tubeclassical
A long, perforated tube used for shooting marbles or similar projectiles.

بزربطانةnoun

1.
long hollow tubemodern
A long, perforated tube used for shooting marbles or similar projectiles; the modern term for الزبطانة.

الزَّبَّاطَةnoun

1.
duckclassical
A female duck.

أبو زبطname

1.
kunya (nickname)both
A kunya or nickname, specifically mentioned as belonging to a man named Muhammad who was known for his miracles.

Parallel reading

زبط البط يزبط

The duck shouts, it shouts.

وقال ابن الأعرابي: زبطا، بالفتح

And Ibn al-A'rabi said: zabtan, with the fatḥa.

وقال الفراء: زبيطا، إذا صاح

And al-Fara' said: zabīṭan, meaning if he shouted.

والزبطانة، مثل السبطانة، محركة فيهما: مجرى طويل مثقوب يرمى فيه بالبندق وبالحسبان نفخا

And al-zabatanah, like al-sabatanah, is moved in both: a long perforated channel in which one shoots marbles and by calculation blows.

وهو المشهور الآن: بزربطانة

And it is the famous one now: bizirbaṭṭānah.

الزباطة، بالفتح: البطة

Al-zabāṭah, with the fatḥa: the duck.

أو هي بالتشديد

Or it is with the shaddah.

وأبو زبط، محركة: من كناهم

And Abu Zabt, with vowel movement: is from their kunyas.

وقد زرت بالصعيد رجلا يسمى محمدا، ويكنى أبا زبط، وله كرامات، ودفن بالكلح

And I visited in Upper Egypt a man named Muhammad, who was known by the kunya Abu Zabt, and he had miracles, and was buried in Kulh.