وزغ

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to small, fast-moving reptiles, specifically lizards or geckos. It also extends to meanings of trembling, weakness, and a specific way of expelling liquid, particularly by pregnant animals.

Derived headwords

الْوَزَغَةnoun

1.
lizard/geckoboth
A small, venomous reptile, identified as a lizard or gecko, known for its swiftness and rapid movement.

وَزَغnoun

1.
lizards (plural)both
Plural form of 'wazagha', referring to lizards or geckos.

أَوْزَاغnoun

1.
lizards (plural)both
Another plural form for 'wazagha', referring to lizards or geckos.

وُزَّغَانnoun

1.
lizards (plural)both
A plural form of 'wazagha', referring to lizards or geckos.

وِزَاغnoun

1.
lizards (plural)both
A plural form of 'wazagha', referring to lizards or geckos.

إِزْغَانnoun

1.
lizards (plural)classical
A plural form of 'wazagha', referring to lizards or geckos, possibly formed by analogy.

الْوَزَغnoun

1.
trembling/shiveringclassical
A state of trembling or shivering, often due to fear or cold.
2.
weak/cowardly manclassical
A man who is weak, cowardly, or lacking in resolve.
3.
elephantclassical
An elephant, though this usage is considered a possible scribal error for 'fahl' (strong man) or 'fasl' (weak).

أَوْزَاغnoun

1.
weak men (plural)classical
Plural of 'wazagh' referring to weak or feeble men.

وَزَغَتِ النَّاقَةُ بِبَوْلِهَاverb

1.
to expel urine in burstsclassical
Said of a she-camel when it expels its urine in successive bursts or spurts.

أَوْزَغَتْ بِهِverb

1.
to expel urine in burstsclassical
Similar to 'wazagha', referring to the expulsion of urine in spurts.

إِيزَاغًاnoun

1.
expelling urine in burstsclassical
The masdar (verbal noun) for expelling urine in successive bursts.

تُوَزِّغُverb

1.
to expel urine in burstsclassical
The present tense verb form for pregnant camels expelling urine in spurts.

وَزَّغَ الْجَنِينُverb

1.
to form and move in the wombclassical
Said of a fetus when its form becomes distinct and it begins to move within the womb.

تَوْزِيعًاnoun

1.
forming and moving in the wombclassical
The masdar (verbal noun) for a fetus forming and moving in the womb.

أَوْزَغَتِ الْفَرَسُverb

1.
to overflow (water)classical
Said of a horse trough or bucket when it overflows with water.

إِيزَاغَ الدَّلْوِnoun

1.
overflowing of a bucketclassical
The masdar (verbal noun) for a bucket overflowing with water.

تُوَزِّغُ بِالدَّمِverb

1.
to ooze/flow with bloodclassical
Said of a wound that oozes or flows with blood.

Parallel reading

الوزغة، محركة: سام أبرص كما في المحكم، وفي العباب: دويبة سميت بها لخفتها، وسرعة حركتها

The wazagha, vocalized with haraka: a venomous gecko as in Al-Muhkam, and in Al-'Abab: a small creature named as such for its lightness and speed of movement.

وفي الحديث: أنه أمر بقتل! الأوزاغ

And in the Hadith: that he ordered the killing of the lizards.

وفي حديث أم شريك: أنها استأمرت النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم في قتل الوزغان، فأمرها بذلك

And in the Hadith of Umm Sharik: that she asked the Prophet, peace be upon him, about killing the lizards, and he ordered her to do so.

وقال ابن سيده: وعندي أن الوزغان إنما هو جمع وزغ، الذي هو جمع وزغة، كورل وورلان

And Ibn Sidah said: And in my opinion, al-wazghan is indeed the plural of wazagh, which is the plural of wazagha, like 'url and 'urlan.

والوزغ أيضا: الارتعاش والرعدة، نقله ابن بري عن ابن خالويه

And al-wazagh also means: trembling and shivering, narrated by Ibn Bariy from Ibn Khilawayh.

اللهم اجعل به وزغا، فرجف مكانه

O Allah, let there be trembling in him, so his place shook.

والوزغ: الرجل الحارض الفشل

And al-wazagh: the hesitant, cowardly man.

والوزغ: الفيل، ويقال: ما هو إلا وزغ من الأوزاغ، أي: فيل من الأفيال

And al-wazagh: the elephant, and it is said: he is nothing but an elephant from the elephants.

والأوزاغ: الضعفاء من الرجال، جمع وزغ، كسبب وأسباب

And al-awzag: the weak among men, the plural of wazagh, like sabab and asbab.

ووزغت الناقة ببولها، كوعد: رمته دفعة دفعة

And the she-camel wazaghat with its urine, like wa'ada: it expelled it in bursts.

كأوزغت به إيزاغا، وكذلك أزغلت به

Like awzaghat with it izaghan, and likewise azghalat with it.

إذا ما دعاها أوزغت بكراتها ... كإيزاغ آثار المدى في الترائب

When he called her, her udders expelled [milk] ... like the expulsion of the traces of the arrow in the ribs.

والحوامل من الإبل توزغ بأبوالها

And pregnant camels expel their urine in bursts.

ووزغ الجنين توزيغا: صور في البطن، فتبينت صورته وتحرك

And the fetus wazagha tuzyighan: it formed in the womb, so its shape became clear and it moved.

إذا تبينت صورة المهر في بطن أمه فقد وزغ توزيغا

If the shape of the foal becomes clear in its mother's womb, it has wazagha tuzyighan.

أوزغت الفرس إيزاغا كإيزاغ الإبل، وكذلك إيزاغ الدلو

The horse awzaghat izaghan like the camels' izaghan, and likewise the izaghan of the bucket.

قد أنزغ الدلو تقطى بالمرس توزغ من ملء كإيزاغ الفرس يعني أنها تفيض من الملء فيجري ذلك الماء

The bucket has been made to overflow by the rope, it spills from fullness like the horse's overflow, meaning it overflows from being full so that water flows.

والطعنة توزغ بالدم

And the wound oozes with blood.