زبب

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Arabic

Root
ز ب ب (z b b)
5 terms

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Verb

زَبَّبَ (zabbaba) II (non-past يُزَبِّبُ (yuzabbibu), verbal noun تَزْبِيب (tazbīb))

  1. to convert (the grapes) into raisins
  2. to collect foam in the corners of the mouth
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

زَبَب (zababm

  1. verbal noun of زَبَّ (zabba) (form I)
  2. fuzz (on birds, beasts, humans, and so on)
  3. fuzziness; hairiness
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Further reading

  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “زبب”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “زبب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen