زبى

Root entry · 25 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of pushing, driving, or causing something to move, often with a sense of urgency or force. It also extends to meanings of elevation, high ground, and prepared places like pits or traps, as well as abstract concepts like speed, arrogance, and significant matters.

Derived headwords

زَبَاهُverb

1.
to push himboth
To push, drive, or urge someone forward, often implying compulsion or incitement.
2.
to drive himboth
To propel or drive something or someone along.
3.
to befall himboth
To afflict someone with something, especially something unpleasant or a misfortune.

فقلت له كلمة أزبيه بذلك — I said a word to him to urge him on with that

زَبْيًاnoun

1.
pushingboth
The act of pushing, driving, or urging forward.
2.
drivingboth
The act of propelling or driving.

تَزْبِيverb

1.
she urges himboth
She urges him forward or drives him.

تزبي لك الرقموأنشد ابن سيده — it urges you on, the number, and Ibn Sidah recited

أَزْبَاهُverb

1.
he urged himboth
He urged him on, or compelled him to move.

فقلت له كلمة أزبيه بذلك — I said a word to him to urge him on with that

ازْدَبَاهُverb

1.
he pushed himboth
He pushed him or urged him forward.

كَازْدَبَاهverb

1.
like he pushed himboth
As if he pushed him or urged him forward.

كازدباه — like he pushed him

تَزْبِيَةnoun

1.
pushingboth
The act of pushing, driving, or urging.
2.
afflictingboth
The act of befalling or afflicting someone with something.
3.
spreadingclassical
The act of spreading meat, possibly for drying or cooking.
4.
preparingclassical
The act of preparing something for someone.

الزَّبِيَةnoun

1.
moundboth
A raised mound of earth or high ground that is not reached by water.
2.
pitboth
A pit dug for trapping animals, especially lions, or for cooking and baking.
3.
molehillclassical
The mound of earth created by a mole.
4.
hiding placeclassical
A place where a hunter can hide.

بلغ السيل الزبى — the flood reached the mounds

الزُّبَىnoun

1.
moundsboth
Plural of الزبية, referring to elevated grounds or mounds.
2.
pitsboth
Plural of الزبية, referring to dug pits.

تَزْبِيَةًnoun

1.
spreadingclassical
The act of spreading meat, possibly in a pit for cooking.

وزبى اللحم تزبية: نشره فيها — and he spread the meat, tzbiyah, in it

تَزَبَّاهَاverb

1.
he dug itboth
He dug a pit, especially for trapping.

تَزَبَّىverb

1.
he was trappedboth
To be trapped in a pit, like an animal in a zibyah.

كاللذي تزبى زبية فاصطيد — like one who was trapped in a pit and caught

الأَزْبِيadjective

1.
quickboth
Characterized by speed, swiftness, and agility.
2.
energeticboth
Full of energy and vigor.
3.
soundclassical
A sound or noise.
4.
wonderclassical
Something astonishing or amazing.

حتى أتى أزبيها بالأدب — until he reached its quickness with politeness

الأَزَابِيnoun

1.
types of gaitclassical
Various styles or paces of walking, especially for camels.
2.
great mattersclassical
Significant or important affairs.
3.
great evilsclassical
Serious or severe misfortunes or troubles.

والأزابي: ضروب مختلفة من السير — And al-azabi: different types of gait

الزَّابِيَانname

1.
two riversclassical
The names of two rivers located below the Euphrates.

والزابيان: نهران أسفل الفرات — And al-Zabiyan: two rivers below the Euphrates

التَّزَابِيnoun

1.
walking with swaggerclassical
A manner of walking characterized by a stretching out and slowness.
2.
arroganceclassical
The act of behaving with pride or haughtiness.

إذا تزابى مشية أزائبا — when he walked with a stretching gait

زَبِيَةnoun

1.
valleyclassical
A valley.

زَبِيبَاname

1.
grandfather of Muhammadclassical
The grandfather of Muhammad bin Ali bin Abi Talib, known as Ibn Zubaiba.

مَزَابِيnoun

1.
gravesclassical
Plural of mazbahah, referring to graves, specifically the pits dug for them.

نهى عن مزابي القبور — he prohibited the graves

مَزْبَاةnoun

1.
grave pitclassical
A pit dug for a grave.

زَبَتَهُverb

1.
he carried himclassical
To carry or transport someone.

وزبته، بالكسر: حملته — and zubtuhu, with kasr: he carried him

ازْدَبَتَهُverb

1.
he carried himclassical
To carry or transport someone.

وازدبته كذلك — and izdabtuhu likewise

زَبَى لَهُ شَرًّاverb

1.
he plotted evil for himclassical
To plot or plan evil or harm against someone.

وزبى له شرا تزبية: دهاه — and he plotted evil for him, tzbiyah: he afflicted him

زَبَّيْتُ لَهُverb

1.
I prepared for himclassical
To prepare or make ready something for someone.

وزبيت له تزبية: أعددت له — and I prepared for him, tzbiyah: I made ready for him

مَا زَبَاهُمْ إِلَى هَذَاverb

1.
what drove them to thisclassical
What motivated or impelled them towards this matter.

وما زباهم إلى هذا: ما دعاهم إليه — And what drove them to this: what called them to it

Parallel reading

تلك استفدها وأعط الحكم واليها فإنها بعض ما تزبي لك الرقموأنشد ابن سيده

Take that from it and give the judgment to its governor, for it is part of what the number urges upon you, and Ibn Sidah recited

أهمدان مهلا لا تصبح بيوتكم بجهلكم أم الدهيم وما تزبي

Ahmadan, slowly, do not let your houses become (destroyed) by your ignorance, O Umm al-Duhaym, and what it urges

فقلت له كلمة أزبيه بذلك

I said a word to him to urge him on with that

زباه يزبيه زبيا: ساقه

Zabaahu yazbihi zabyan: he drove him

زباه بشر أو مكروه: دهاه به

Zabaahu bi-sharrin aw makruuhin: he afflicted him with it

الزبية، بالضم: الرابية لا يعلوها ماء

Al-zubyah, with dammah: the mound that water does not rise above

بلغ السيل الزبى

The flood reached the mounds

بلغ السيل الزبى وجاوز الحزام الطبيين

The flood reached the mounds and surpassed the two straps

وزبى اللحم تزبية: نشره فيها

And he spread the meat, tzbiyah, in it

حفيرة يشتوى فيها ويختبز

A pit in which one roasts and bakes

وزبى اللحم طرحه فيها

And he threw the meat into it

الزبية: حفرة تحفر للأسد

Al-zubyah: a pit dug for a lion

وقد زباها تزبية وتزباها

And he dug it, tazbiyah, and tazabbaahaa

كاللذي تزبى زبية فاصطيد

Like one who was trapped in a pit and caught

تزبى بذي الأرطى لها ووراءها رجال فبدت نبلهم وكليب

He hid himself among the desert-thorn trees, and behind them were men, so their arrows appeared, and Kulayb

الأزبي، كتركي: السرعة والنشاط

Al-azbi, like turki: speed and energy

بشمجى المشي عجول الوثب حتى أتى أزبيها بالأدب

With a slow gait, quick of leap, until he reached its quickness with politeness

والأزبي أيضا: ضرب من السير

And al-azbi also: a type of gait

والأزبي: الأمر العظيم

And al-azbi: the great matter

والأزبي: الشر العظيم

And al-azbi: the great evil

لقيت منه الأزابي، أي الأمر العظيم، والشر

I encountered from him al-azabi, meaning the great matter, and the evil

والزابيان: نهران أسفل الفرات

And al-Zabiyan: two rivers below the Euphrates

إذا تزابى مشية أزائبا

When he walked with a stretching gait

التزابي: التكبر

Al-tazabi: arrogance

حتى تأبيه حتى تروحي أصلا تزابيه تزابي العانة فوق الزازيه

Until you refuse it, until you go in the morning, truly you are arrogant, like the arrogance of a fat camel over its harness

وزبية، بالفتح: واد

And zabyah, with fatha: a valley

محمد بن علي بن أبي طالب

Muhammad bin Ali bin Abi Talib

الزبية، بالضم: حفرة يستتر فيها الصائد

Al-zubyah, with dammah: a pit in which the hunter hides

وأيضا: حفيرة يشتوى فيها ويختبز

And also: a small pit in which one roasts and bakes

وأيضا: حفر النمل، والنمل لا يفعله إلا في موضع عال

And also: the holes of ants, and ants only do it in a high place

وتزبى في الزبية: كتزباها

And tazabbaa fi al-zubyah: like tazabbaahaa

والأزبي، كتركي: الصوت

And al-azbi, like turki: the sound

كأن أزبيها إذا ردمت هزم بغاة في إثر ما فقدوا

As if its sound, when it was filled, was the defeat of rebels in pursuit of what they lost

وأيضا العجب

And also wonder

وزبته، بالكسر: حملته

And zubtuhu, with kasr: he carried him

وازدبته كذلك

And izdabtuhu likewise

نهى عن مزابي القبور

He prohibited the graves

هي جمع مزباة من الزبية، وهي الحفرة، كأنه كره أن يشق القبر ضريحا كالزبية ولا يلحد

It is the plural of mazbahah from al-zubyah, which is the pit, as if he disliked that the grave be split open like a zibyah and not laid in the earth

الزبية من الأضداد

Al-zubyah is one of the homonyms

وزبى له شرا تزبية: دهاه

And he plotted evil for him, tzbiyah: he afflicted him

وزبيت له تزبية: أعددت له

And I prepared for him, tzbiyah: I made ready for him

وما زباهم إلى هذا: ما دعاهم إليه

And what drove them to this: what called them to it