زب

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See also: رپ, رب, and رث

Arabic

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Root
ز ب ب (z b b)
5 terms

Noun

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زُبّ (zubbm (plural أَزْبَاب (ʔazbāb))

  1. (vulgar) dick, cock, slang for penis
    Synonyms: قَضِيب (qaḍīb), ذَكَر (ḏakar), أَيْر (ʔayr)
    (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
  2. (obsolete, Yemen) beard
    Synonym: لِحْيَة (liḥya)
    • a. 750, unknown, quoted by Kitāb al-ʿAyn and Tahḏīb al-Luḡa:
      فَفَاضَت دُمُوعُ الْجَحْمَتَيْنِ بِعَبْرَةٍ … عَلَى الزُبِّ حَتَّى الزُبِّ فِي المَاءِ غَامِس
      fa-fāḍat dumūʕu l-jaḥmatayni bi-ʕabratin … ʕalā az-zubbi ḥattā az-zubbi fī l-māʔi ḡāmis
      And the tears of the two eyes overflowed without sobbing … over the beard, until the beard was dipping into water

Declension

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Descendants

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  • > Maltese: żobb (inherited)
  • French: zob, zébi, zboob
  • Late Middle Aramaic: *zubbā
  • Swahili: zubu
  • Ottoman Turkish: زبق (zıbık), زیبق (zıbık)

Adjective

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زُبّ (zubbm pl

  1. masculine plural of أَزَبّ (ʔazabb, hairy, shaggy)

Verb

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زَبَّ (zabba) I (first-person singular past زَبِبْتُ (zabibtu), non-past يَزَبُّ (yazabbu), verbal noun زَبَب (zabab))

  1. to be abundant in hair, to be hirsute

Conjugation

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Libyan Arabic

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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زب (zəbbm (plural زبوب (zbūb))

  1. (vulgar) penis

Moroccan Arabic

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Root
ز ب ب
1 term

Etymology

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From Arabic زُبّ (zubb).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /zubb/, /zabb/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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زُب or زَب (zubb or zabbm (plural زبوب (zbūb) or زبوبة (zbūba))

  1. (vulgar) penis