زهو

Arabic

Root
ز ه و (z h w)
2 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zahw/

Noun

زَهْو • (zahw) m

1. verbal noun of زَهَا (zahā) (form I)
   1. bloom, florescence
   2. date which begins to redden and ripen
      • 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, 36:54:

        نَهَى رَسُولُ ٱللّٰهِ صَلَّى ٱللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنِ الدُّبَّاءِ وَٱلْحَنْتَمِ وَٱلْمُزَفَّتِ وَٱلنَّقِيرِ وَأَنْ يُخْلَطَ الْبَلَحُ بِالزَّهْوِ.‏

        nahā rasūlu llāhi ṣallā llāhu ʕalayhi wasallama ʕani d-dubbāʔi wal-ḥantami wal-muzaffati wan-naqīri waʔan yuḵlaṭa l-balaḥu bi-z-zahwi.

        The prophet (PBUH) forbade [the preparation of wine in] a bottle-gourd, in a colocynth container, in a varnished jar, a hollow stump, and from mixing up ripe dates with nearly ripe dates.

   3. splendor
   4. beauty
   5. pride
   6. haughtiness, arrogance, conceit
   7. vanity

Declension

Declension of noun زَهْو (zahw)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زَهْو zahw	الزَّهْو az-zahw	زَهْو zahw
Nominative	زَهْوٌ zahwun	الزَّهْوُ az-zahwu	زَهْوُ zahwu
Accusative	زَهْوًا zahwan	الزَّهْوَ az-zahwa	زَهْوَ zahwa
Genitive	زَهْوٍ zahwin	الزَّهْوِ az-zahwi	زَهْوِ zahwi