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ز ع ب ل

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes physical characteristics related to emaciation or disproportionate growth, particularly in children and animals. It also extends to meanings of foolishness, warfare, and specific entities like snakes, chameleons, and plants.

Derived headwords

الزَّعْبَلُnoun
  1. 1.
    emaciated childclassical

    A child who does not benefit from nourishment, resulting in a swollen belly and a thin neck.

  2. 2.
    viperclassical

    A type of snake, specifically a viper.

  3. 3.
    chameleonclassical

    A chameleon.

  4. 4.
    foolish motherclassical

    A foolish mother, used in an expression of grief.

  5. 5.
    cotton treeclassical

    The cotton plant.

زَعَابِلَnoun
  1. 1.
    emaciated onesclassical

    Plural of 'za'bal', referring to emaciated individuals, particularly children.

زَعْبَلٌname
  1. 1.
    person's nameboth

    A name of a person, mentioned as a narrator of hadith.

  2. 2.
    person's nameboth

    A name of a person, son of Al-Walid.

  3. 3.
    person's nameboth

    A name of a person, ancestor of Fatima bint Za'bal.

  4. 4.
    person's nameboth

    A name of a person, brother of Al-Harith ibn Ka'b.

الزَّعْبَلِيُّname
  1. 1.
    نسبة إلى زعبلboth

    A nisba (patronymic or place-based surname) indicating relation to someone named Za'bal.

الزَّعْبَلَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    emaciated personclassical

    Someone whose body is fat but whose neck is thin.

  2. 2.
    bucketclassical

    A bucket.

زَعْبَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to give generouslyclassical

    To give a magnificent or generous gift.

Parallel reading

من لا ينجع فيه الغذاء من الصبيان، فعظم بطنه، ودق عنقه
One who does not benefit from nourishment among children, so his belly becomes large and his neck thin.
جاءت فلاقت عنده الضآبلا سمطا يربي ولدة زعابلا
She came and found near him the emaciated ones, a lineage raising emaciated offspring.
وهو الذي يعظم بطنه من أسفله، ويدق من أعلاه، ويكبر رأسه، تدق عنقه
And he is one whose belly is large from below, and thin from above, and his head is large, his neck is thin.
ثكلته الزعبل
May the foolish mother be bereaved of him.
ثكلته أمه الحمقاء
May his foolish mother be bereaved of him.
روى عنه أبو قدامة الحارث بن عبيد حديث تزاوروا وتهادوا
Abu Qudamah Al-Harith ibn Ubayd narrated from him the hadith: 'Visit each other and give gifts to each other.'
وهو الذي يقال له في المثل: لا يكلم زعبل
And he is the one about whom it is said in the proverb: 'Za'bal does not speak.'
قيل: لعظم بطنه
It was said: because of his large belly.
وهو شيخ الهمداني النسابة، حدث عنه في الإكليل كثيرا
And he is the scholar Al-Hamdani, the genealogist, who narrated much from him in Al-Iklil.
أدرك الناس، وداخل ملوك اليمن، وعرف أخبارها
He met people, associated with the kings of Yemen, and knew their affairs.
منها شيخنا المعمر زين الدين أحمد بن رمضان بن عرام بن سابق الزعبلي الشافعي
Among them is our long-lived shaykh, Zayn al-Din Ahmad ibn Ramadan ibn Aram ibn Sabiq Al-Za'bali Al-Shafi'i.
زعبلة قليلة الخروق بلت بكفي سرب ممشوق
A bucket with few holes wetted the palm of my hand, a slender gazelle.