zaghbar

nap (of a fabric), entirety

زَغْبَر

Word

Noun

Root

ز غ ب ر

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 2 entries
  • زَغْبَرَ It (a garment, or piece of cloth,) had what is termed زِغْبِر, or زِغْبُر
    It (a garment, or piece of cloth,) had what is termed زِغْبِر, or زِغْبُر, &c., i. e. زِيأْبِر [or nap]. (O, K.)
  • زِغْبِرٌ nap
    , (O and TA, and so in a copy of the K,) or زَغْبَرٌ, or زِغْبَرٌ, (as in two different copies of the K,) and زِغْبُرٌ, (O and TA, and so accord. to a copy of the K,) or زَغْبُرٌ, (accord. to another copy of the K,) of a garment, or piece of cloth, i. q. زِيأْبِرٌ [i. e. The nap: see زِيأْبِرٌ, in art. زبر]. (O, K.) [Hence, app., supposing زَغْبَرٌ to be a dial. var., having the signification expl. above,] أَخَذَ الشَّىْءَ بِزَغْبَرِهِ He took the thing altogether, (O, K, * TA,) leaving nothing of it; as also بِزَأْبَرِهِ, and بِزَوْبَرِهِ. (O, TA.)

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