ز ب ب

ز ب ب

Arabic

Root

ز ب ب • (z-b-b)

1. related to shagginess

Derived terms

• Form I: زَبَّ‎ (zabba, “to be abundant in hair”)
  • Verbal noun: زَبَب‎ (zabab)
  • Active participle: زَابّ‎ (zābb)
• Form II: زَبَّبَ‎ (zabbaba, “to convert (the grapes) into raisins; to collect foam in the corners of the mouth”)
  • Verbal noun: تَزْبِيب‎ (tazbīb)
  • Active participle: مُزَبِّب‎ (muzabbib)
  • Passive participle: مُزَبَّب‎ (muzabbab)
• Form V: تَزَبَّبَ‎ (tazabbaba, “to become converted to raisins”)
  • Verbal noun: تَزَبُّب‎ (tazabbub)
  • Active participle: مُتَزَبِّب‎ (mutazabbib)
• Form VIII: اِزْدَبَّ‎ (izdabba, “to become impleted, to be filled”)
  • Verbal noun: اِزْدِبَاب‎ (izdibāb)
  • Active participle: مُزْدَبّ‎ (muzdabb)

• أَزَبّ‎ (ʾazabb, “downy, hairy”)
• زُبّ‎ (zubb, “penis”)

References

• Freytag, Georg (1833), “ز ب ب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 220–221
• Lane, Edward William (1863), “ز ب ب”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 1208–1209
• Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “ز ب ب”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 517