زَعَبْتُهُ
Root: زعب
Form: 1
Full Definition
زَعَبْتُهُI
, [Present.T
ـَ] Verbal.Noun زَعْبٌ, I pushed, thrust, drove away, or repelled, him, or it, from me.
2 [Hence,] زَعَبَ said of a torrent, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above, It was impelled in its several parts, or portions, by the impetus of one part, or portion, acting upon another; in a valley: [it was, or became, copious, and drove along, one portion impelling another; like اِزْلَعَبَّ :] it ran.
3 If you say رَعَبَ with the unpointed ر, or thus and also زَعَبَ, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above, you mean It filled the valley. And the latter, It filled everything: said of rain. And He filled a vessel.
4 [Hence,] زَعَبَ المَرْأَةَ, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above, is a tropical phrase, meaning جَامَعَهَا فَمَلَأَ فَرْجَهَا بِفَرْجِهِ: or جَامَعَهَا فَمَلَأَ فَرْجَهَا مَنِيًّا: [neither of which explanations needs translation:] but, accord. to some, this is said only of one that is large, or bulky.
5 زَعَبَ القِرْبَةَ He took up and carried the water-skin, it being full: he carried it filled; as also زَأَبَهَا: and both signify he carried it in his bosom: (TA in art. زأب: [see also 8:]) the former also signifies he was impelled onwards (تدافع) by it, carrying it, by reason of its weight.
6 زَعَبَ بِحِمْلِهِ, said of a camel, i. q. اِسْتَقَامَ [app. meaning He went right on, straight on, or undeviatingly, with his load]: or, as also بِهِ, he went along with his load oppressed by its weight: or he was impelled onwards (تَدَافَعَ) by it: or مَرَّ يَزْعَبُ بِهِ he went along quickly with it: or he went along easily with it; namely, his load.
7 زَعَبَ الوَادِى The valley became filled, so that the several parts, or portions, of the torrent impelled one another.
8 زَعَبَ فِى قَيْئِهِ He vomited much, so that one portion [of the vomit] impelled on another.
9 زَعَبَتِ القِرْبَةُ i. q. دفعت مَآءَهَا [The water-skin propelled its water: or the right reading is probably دَفَقَتْ مَآءَهَا, i. e., poured forth its water; or poured it forth with vehemence].
10 زَعَبَ also signifies He cut off, or divided off; and so . You say, زَعَبَ لَهُ مِنَ المَالِ, and , as also ازدهب, He cut off, or divided off, for him [a portion] of the property, or wealth. And زَعَبْتُ لَهُ زُعْبَةً مِنَ المَالِ, and زَعْبَةً, and زِعْبًا, I gave to him a part, or portion, of the property, or wealth: or a full, or an ample, or abundant, portion thereof.
11 زَعَبَ الشَّرَابَ, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above, He drank all the wine, or beverage.
2 [Hence,] زَعَبَ said of a torrent, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above, It was impelled in its several parts, or portions, by the impetus of one part, or portion, acting upon another; in a valley: [it was, or became, copious, and drove along, one portion impelling another; like اِزْلَعَبَّ :] it ran.
3 If you say رَعَبَ with the unpointed ر, or thus and also زَعَبَ, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above, you mean It filled the valley. And the latter, It filled everything: said of rain. And He filled a vessel.
4 [Hence,] زَعَبَ المَرْأَةَ, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above, is a tropical phrase, meaning جَامَعَهَا فَمَلَأَ فَرْجَهَا بِفَرْجِهِ: or جَامَعَهَا فَمَلَأَ فَرْجَهَا مَنِيًّا: [neither of which explanations needs translation:] but, accord. to some, this is said only of one that is large, or bulky.
5 زَعَبَ القِرْبَةَ He took up and carried the water-skin, it being full: he carried it filled; as also زَأَبَهَا: and both signify he carried it in his bosom: (TA in art. زأب: [see also 8:]) the former also signifies he was impelled onwards (تدافع) by it, carrying it, by reason of its weight.
6 زَعَبَ بِحِمْلِهِ, said of a camel, i. q. اِسْتَقَامَ [app. meaning He went right on, straight on, or undeviatingly, with his load]: or, as also بِهِ, he went along with his load oppressed by its weight: or he was impelled onwards (تَدَافَعَ) by it: or مَرَّ يَزْعَبُ بِهِ he went along quickly with it: or he went along easily with it; namely, his load.
7 زَعَبَ الوَادِى The valley became filled, so that the several parts, or portions, of the torrent impelled one another.
8 زَعَبَ فِى قَيْئِهِ He vomited much, so that one portion [of the vomit] impelled on another.
9 زَعَبَتِ القِرْبَةُ i. q. دفعت مَآءَهَا [The water-skin propelled its water: or the right reading is probably دَفَقَتْ مَآءَهَا, i. e., poured forth its water; or poured it forth with vehemence].
10 زَعَبَ also signifies He cut off, or divided off; and so . You say, زَعَبَ لَهُ مِنَ المَالِ, and , as also ازدهب, He cut off, or divided off, for him [a portion] of the property, or wealth. And زَعَبْتُ لَهُ زُعْبَةً مِنَ المَالِ, and زَعْبَةً, and زِعْبًا, I gave to him a part, or portion, of the property, or wealth: or a full, or an ample, or abundant, portion thereof.
11 زَعَبَ الشَّرَابَ, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above, He drank all the wine, or beverage.
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