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مُزَارَعَةٌ is of the measure مُفَاعَلَةٌ , [denoting a mutual action,] from الزِّرَاعَةُ , (Mgh,) and its signification is well known; (S;) i. e. (tropical:) The making a contract, or bargain, with another, for labour upon land, [to till and sow and cultivate it, as is indicated in the Mgh and Msb,] for a share, or portion, of its produce, (Msb, K, TA,) the seed being from the owner of the land. (K, TA.) [You say, زَارَعَهُ (tropical:) He made with him a contract, or bargain, such as is above described; and in like manner, خَابَرَهُ , and ا=كَرَهُ . The doing this is forbidden, because of the uncertainty of the result.]

ازرع It (a plant, or herbage,) had, or became in the state of having, زَرْع [i. e. produce of its seed; i. e. it grew from its seed]: (TA:) and, said of زَرْع [or seed-produce], it became tall: (K:) or, as some say, it produced its leaves: and it attained to the proper time for its being reaped. (TA.) ― -b2- ازرع النَّاسُ signifies أَمْكَنَهُمُ الزَّرْعُ [expl. in the TK as meaning The men, or people, became able to sow seed; i. e., became possessors of seed: but I rather think that it means they had seedproduce within their power, or reach; they became able to avail themselves thereof; or they attained to a season when they had seed produce]. (K.)

تزرّع اـِلَى الشَّرَّ i. q. تسرّع [He hastened, or made haste, to do evil, or mischief]. (Sgh, K.)

اِزْدَرَعَ , originally اِزْتَرَعَ : see 1, in two places.

أَسْتَزْرِعُ ا@للّٰهَ وَلَدِى لِلْبِرِّ وَأَسْتَرْزِقُهُ لَهُ مِنَ الحِلِّ (tropical:) [I beg God to make my offspring grow up for piety, and I beg of Him means of subsistence for them, or him, of such kind as is of lawful attainment]. (TA.)

زَرْعٌ , originally an inf. n., [see 1,] (Mgh, Msb, TA,) used as a subst. properly so termed, signitying Seed-produce; what is raised by means of sowing; (Mgh, Msb;) what is sown; (K, TA;) while in growth, [i. e. standing corn, and the like,] (K and TA voce أَزْرَعَ ,) and also after it has been reaped; (S and Msb and K in art. رفع , &c.;) its predominant application is to wheat and barley; (TA;) but it signifies also plants, or herbage, [in general,] such as one reaps; or, as some say, only while fresh and juicy: (Msb:) [and often a sown field:] pl. زُرُوعٌ . (S, Mgh, Msb, K.) ― -b2- [Hence,] (tropical:) Offspring, or children; or a child. (IDrd, K, TA.) You say, هٰوءُلَا=ءِ زَرْعُ فُلَانٍ (tropical:) These are the offspring, or children, of such a one. (IDrd, TA.) And هُوَ زَرْعُ الرَّجُلِ (tropical:) He is the offspring, or child, of the man. (TA.) ― -b3- And (assumed tropical:) The seed, or seminal fluid, of a man. (TA.) ― -b4- [And (assumed tropical:) The fruit, or harvest, of a man's conduct; as though it were the produce of what he sowed.] One says, بِيءْسَ الزَّرْعُ زَرْعُ المُذْنِبِ (assumed tropical:) [Very evil is the fruit, or harvest, of conduct; the fruit, or harvest, of the conduct of the sinner]. (TA.)

زَرْعَةٌ and ↓ زُرْعَةٌ and ↓ زِرْعَةٌ and ↓ زَرَعَةٌ A place in which to sow. (AHn, Sgh, K.) You say, مَا فِى الأَرْضِ زَرْعَةٌ , &c., (K,) or زَرْعَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ , &c., and in like manner, عَلَى الأَرْضِ , (TA,) There is not in the land, (K,) or upon the land, (TA,) a place, (K,) or a single place, (TA,) in which to sow. (K, TA.) ― -b2- [The first also app. signifies An ear of corn: see سَبَلٌ .]

زُرْعَةٌ : see زَرْعَةٌ . ― -b2- Also Seed, or grain, for sowing, or that is sown; syn. بَذْرٌ . (K.) You say, أَعْطِنِى زُرْعَةً أَزْرَعُ بِهَا أَرْضِى [Give thou to me seed that I may sow therewith my land]. (TA.) [See also زَرِيعَةٌ .] ― -b3- And (tropical:) The young one of a قَبْجَة [generally meaning a partridge]. (Z, TA.)

زِرْعَةٌ : see زَرْعَةٌ .

زَرَعَةٌ : see زَرْعَةٌ .

زَرِيعٌ [i. q. ↓ مَزْرُوعٌ Sown: &c.: see زَرِيعَةٌ ]. ― -b2- Seed produce that is watered by the rain. (Ham p. 657.) ― -b3- And hence, (tropical:) Anything soft, or tender; as being likened thereto. (Id.)

زِرَاعَةٌ [an inf. n. of 1, q. v.: and] The business, or occupation, of sowing, (tropical:) ploughing up, tilling, or cultivation, land. (Mgh, * Msb, * TA.)

زَرِيعَةٌ A thing that is sown; (IDrd, K;) sometimes used in this sense; as though meaning ↓ مَزْرُوعَةٌ : (IDrd:) or grain that is sown: زَرِّيعَةٌ , with teshdeed, is wrong. (IB.) [See also زُرْعَةٌ .]

زَرَّاعٌ : see زَارِعٌ . ― -b2- Also (tropical:) A calumniator: (IAar:) one who sows rancours in the hearts of friends. (TA.)

زِرِّيعٌ (tropical:) What grows in land that has been left unsown for a year or more, from what has become scattered upon it in the days of the reaping; (K;) i. e., of the grain; mentioned by Sgh, on the authority of ISh; and by Z, who says that it is also called كَاثٌّ . (TA.)

زَرَّاعَةٌ : see مَزْرَعَةٌ , in two places.

زَارِعٌ [act. part. n. of 1:] i. q. ↓ زَرَّاعٌ (TA) [One who sows:] (tropical:) one who ploughs up, tills, or cultivates, land: (Mgh:) pl. زُرَّاعٌ . (TA.) By this pl., in the Kur xlviii. 29, are meant Mohammad and his Companions, the inviters to El-Islám. (Zj.) ― -b2- Causing to grow, vegetate, or germinate: (S, TA:) causing to increase: (TA:) pl. with ون . (S, TA.) -A2- Also The name of a certain dog: (Ibn-'Abbád, IF, K:) whence أَوْلَادُ زَارِعٍ meaning (tropical:) dogs. (Ibn-'Abbád, Z, K.)

مَزْرَعَةٌ (S, Msb, K, &c.) and مَزْرُعَةٌ (Sgh, L, K) and مَزْرِعَةٌ (K) A place of زَرْع [or seed-produce]; as also ↓ مُزْدَرَعٌ ; (S, Msb, K;) and ↓ زَرَّاعَةٌ ; (Ham p. 657;) or this last signifies land that is sown: (TA:) pl. of the first مَزَارِعُ ; (TA;) and of ↓ the last زَرَّاعَاتٌ . (Ham, TA.) ― -b2- [Hence the saying,] الدُّنْيَا مَزْرَعَةُ الا=خِرَةِ (tropical:) [The present world is the place in which is produced the fruit, or harvest, to be reaped in the world to come]. (TA.)

مَزْرُوعٌ and مَزْرُوعَةٌ : see زَرِيعٌ and زَرِيعَةٌ .

مُزْدَرَعٌ : see مَزْرَعَةٌ .

مُزْدَرِعٌ (tropical:) One who raises seed-produce ( يَزْدَرِعُ زَرْعًا ) for himself, in particular. (TA.)