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ز غ ف

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of abundance, excess, and covering, often associated with water, growth, or speech. It also extends to descriptions of armor and small, weak materials.

Derived headwords

الزَّغْفnoun
  1. 1.
    rain-drained cloudsclassical

    Clouds that have already shed their water, covering the sky.

  2. 2.
    stabbingclassical

    The act of stabbing or piercing.

  3. 3.
    abundant well waterclassical

    A well that has a large quantity of water.

  4. 4.
    exaggeration in speechclassical

    Increasing one's speech with falsehoods or lies.

  5. 5.
    fine wood shavingsclassical

    Small, thin pieces of wood.

  6. 6.
    weak tree branchesclassical

    The weak extremities of trees.

  7. 7.
    top of desert shrubsclassical

    The upper parts of desert shrubs like 'urfuj, often considered the worst kind.

زَغَفَت البئرverb
  1. 1.
    well became abundantclassical

    The well became filled with a large amount of water.

الزَّغَفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    flexible chainmailclassical

    A soft, flexible, or well-made chainmail shirt.

  2. 2.
    wide chainmailclassical

    A wide chainmail shirt.

  3. 3.
    long chainmailclassical

    A long chainmail shirt.

  4. 4.
    fine-linked chainmailclassical

    A chainmail shirt with fine, well-connected links.

  5. 5.
    small-linked chainmailclassical

    A chainmail shirt with small links.

دِرْع زَغَفadjective
  1. 1.
    flexible chainmailclassical

    Describing a chainmail shirt that is flexible or well-made.

أَزْغَافnoun
  1. 1.
    chainmail (plural)classical

    Plural of 'zaghfah', referring to chainmail shirts.

زُغُوفnoun
  1. 1.
    chainmail (plural)classical

    Plural of 'zaghfah', referring to chainmail shirts.

زَغَفnoun
  1. 1.
    fine wood shavingsclassical

    Small, thin pieces of wood.

  2. 2.
    weak tree branchesclassical

    The weak extremities of trees.

  3. 3.
    top of desert shrubsclassical

    The upper parts of desert shrubs like 'urfuj, often considered the worst kind.

المِزْغَفnoun
  1. 1.
    greedy personclassical

    A person who is excessively greedy, voracious, and takes much of everything.

ازْدَغَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to take abundantlyclassical

    To take or gather something in large quantities; to scoop up.

زَغَّافadjective
  1. 1.
    talkativeclassical

    A person who talks excessively.

زَغَفَ كلامًاverb
  1. 1.
    to speak excessivelyclassical

    To utter a large amount of speech.

زَغَفَ لنا مالاًverb
  1. 1.
    to scoop moneyclassical

    To gather or scoop up a large amount of money for someone.

Parallel reading

السحاب الذي قد هراق ماءه، وهو مجلل السماء
Clouds that have already shed their water, covering the sky.
الزغف: الطعن
Al-zaghf: stabbing.
وقد زغفت البئر
And the well became abundant with water.
الزيادة في الحديث بالكذب
Increasing one's speech with falsehoods.
الدرع اللينة
The soft chainmail.
أو هي الرقيقة، وفي بعض الأصول: الدقيقة الحسنة السلاسل
Or it is thin, and in some versions: fine with good links.
يقال: درع زغف، بالفتح، ودروع زغف، بالفتح أيضا، على لفظ الواحد
It is said: a zaghf shirt, and zaghf shirts, also with fatha, using the singular form.
تحتي الأغر وفوق جلدي نثرة ... زغف ترد السيف وهو مثلم
Beneath me the white-speckled one, and on my skin a scattering... of flexible chainmail that deflects the sword even when blunted.
ومفاضة زغف كأن قتيرها ... حدق الأساود لونها كالمجول
And a wide, flexible chainmail whose rings are like the eyes of snakes, its color like the wild ass.
عليه مفاضة كالنهي زغف ... ترد السيف مفلول الغرار
Upon him a wide, flexible chainmail like a water skin... that deflects the sword with its dull edge.
حسن المشية في الدرع الزغف
Good of gait in the flexible chainmail.
دقاق الحطب
Small pieces of wood.
أطراف الشجر الضعيفة
The weak extremities of trees.
أعالي الرمث
The upper parts of the Rith plant.
حطب العرفج من أعاليه، وهو أخبثه
Firewood from the upper parts of the 'urfuj shrub, which is its worst kind.
هو الجراف، المنهوم، الرغيب، يزدعف كل شيء
He is the devourer, the greedy, the desirous, who takes everything.
رجل زغاف، كشداد: كثير الكلام
A zaghhaf man, like shaddad: talkative.
وقد زغف كلاما كثيرا
And he uttered a lot of speech.
زغف لنا مالا كثيرا، أي غرف
He scooped up a lot of money for us, meaning he gathered it.
ازدغف الشيء كثيرا، واجترفه
He took the thing abundantly, and scooped it up.