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زبرق

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

The root 'زبرق' primarily relates to dyeing fabrics with yellow or red hues. It also extensively covers the name 'الزبرقان', which refers to the full moon, specific nights of the lunar cycle, and a prominent companion of the Prophet Muhammad, along with various other individuals and concepts associated with this name.

Derived headwords

زَبْرَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to dye yellow or redclassical

    To dye a garment with a yellow or red color.

زَبْرَقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    dyeing yellow or redclassical

    The act of dyeing a garment with a yellow or red color.

الزَّبْرَقَانname
  1. 1.
    the full moonclassical

    The moon, specifically when it is full.

  2. 2.
    the 14th or 15th nightclassical

    The night of the 15th of the lunar month, or the 14th night, referring to the full moon when its rising precedes sunset.

  3. 3.
    light beardclassical

    Someone with a light beard.

  4. 4.
    light sideburnsclassical

    Someone with light sideburns.

  5. 5.
    a companion's nameclassical

    The name of Al-Husayn ibn Badr ibn Imri' al-Qays al-Tamimi, a companion of the Prophet Muhammad, also known as Abu Shadhrah and 'Moon of Najd' for his beauty.

  6. 6.
    a titleclassical

    A title given to a group of people, including scholars and individuals known by this name.

تضىء له المنابر حين يرقى ... عليها مثل ضوء الزبرقان — Its platforms shine for him when he ascends them, like the light of the full moon.
زباريقnoun
  1. 1.
    gleams of deathclassical

    Refers to the gleams or signs of impending death, used to evoke fear and awe.

أراه زباريق المنية — He showed him the gleams of death.
ابن زبرقname
  1. 1.
    a scholar's epithetclassical

    An epithet for Abu al-Ma'ali Yahya ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Shaybani, a scholar who visited Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub.

زبريقname
  1. 1.
    a hadith narrator's epithetclassical

    An epithet for Ishaq ibn al-Ala al-Zubaidi, a hadith narrator.

Parallel reading

إذا صبغه بحمرة أو صفرة
if he dyed it with redness or yellowness
والزبرقان، بالكسر: القمر
And Al-Zabirqan, with kasra: the moon
تضىء له المنابر حين يرقى ... عليها مثل ضوء الزبرقان
Its platforms shine for him when he ascends them, like the light of the full moon
والزبرقان: ليلة خمس عشرة، وليلة أربع عشرة ليلة البدر
And Al-Zabirqan: the fifteenth night, and the fourteenth night, the night of the full moon
والزبرقان: الخفيف اللحية
And Al-Zabirqan: the light-bearded one
والزبرقان: لقب ابن عياش الحصين بن بدر بن امرىء القيس ابن خلف بن بهدلة بن عوف بن كعب بن سعد بن زيد مناة بن تميم، التميمي السعدي الصحابي رضي الله عنه
And Al-Zabirqan: the epithet of Ibn 'Ayyash Al-Husayn ibn Badr ibn Imri' al-Qays ibn Khalaf ibn Bahdalah ibn 'Awf ibn Ka'b ibn Sa'd ibn Zayd Manat ibn Tamim, the Tamimi Al-Sa'di, the Companion, may Allah be pleased with him
وكان يقال له: قمر نجد لجماله
And he was called: the Moon of Najd for his beauty
أمره بالعدول إلى حلته وقال له: اسأل عن القمر ابن القمر، أي: الزبرقان بن بدر
He ordered him to go to his tent and said to him: Ask about the Moon, son of the Moon, meaning: Al-Zabirqan ibn Badr
أو لصفرة عمامته
Or for the yellowness of his turban
لأنه لبس حلة، وراح إلى ناديهم، فقالوا: زبرق حصين فلقب به
Because he wore a garment, and went to their gathering, and they said: Zabaraq Husayn, so he was nicknamed with it
ويقال: أراه زباريق المنية كأنه يريد لمعانها
And it is said: He showed him the gleams of death, as if he meant their shining
الزبرقان بن أسلم اسمه رؤبة، صحابي
Al-Zabirqan ibn Aslam, his name was Ru'bah, a Companion
الفراء أبو المعالي يحيى بن عبد الرحمن بن محمد بن يعقوب بن إسماعيل الشيباني المكي عرف بابن زبرق
Al-Farra Abu al-Ma'ali Yahya ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn Ya'qub ibn Isma'il al-Shaybani al-Makki, known as Ibn Zabaraq
يحيى بن جعفر ابن الزبرقان: محدث
Yahya ibn Ja'far ibn Al-Zabirqan: a hadith narrator
زبريق بالكسر: لقب إسحاق بن العلاء الزبيدي المحدث
Zubayriq, with kasra: the epithet of Ishaq ibn al-Ala al-Zubaidi, the hadith narrator