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 (ʔazabb, “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^[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 220–221
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “ز ب ب”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[2], London: Williams & Norgate, pages 1208–1209
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “ز ب ب”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 517