زبب

Arabic

Root
ز ب ب (z-b-b)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zab.ba.ba/

Verb

زَبَّبَ • (zabbaba) II, non-past يُزَبِّبُ‎ (yuzabbibu)

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /za.bab/

Noun

زَبَب • (zabab) m

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

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
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