زبرج
Q. 1 زَبْرَجَ He embellished, beautified, adorned, or decorated, a thing. (
TA.) زِبْرِجٌ Embellishment, ornament, or decoration; consisting in variegated, or figured, work; or in jewels, or gems; (
S,
K,
TA;) and the like: (
S,
TA:) embellishment, ornament, or decoration, of weapons: (
TA:) and anything beautiful. (
Th,
TA.) [Hence,] زِبْرِجُ الدُّنْيَا The vanities and finery of the present world or state of existence. (
TA, from a
trad. of 'Alee.)
b2: Also Gold: (
S,
K:) so some say. (
S.)
b3: And Thin clouds, in which is a redness: (
Fr,
S,
K:) or clouds spotted in the surface with blackness and redness: or light clouds which the wind sweeps away, or disperses: or red clouds: but
Az says that the first of these is the correct signification: and clouds spotted like the leopard, seeming to be such as will give rain: and thin clouds, in which is no water. (
TA.) مُزَبْرَجٌ Embellished, adorned, or decorated: applied as an
epithet to زِبْرِجٌ [either in the first or second of the senses
expl. above, as is indicated in the
S; and also as meaning clouds, as is likewise indicated in the
S: in each case merely heightening the signification]. (
S,
K.) You say also سَحَابٌ مُزَبْرَجٌ [
app. meaning Variegated clouds]. (
TA.)
