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عزم

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

عَزْمٌ ذ an inf. n. of 1. (S, Msb, K, &c.) [Hence,] أُولُو العَزْمِ مِنَ الرُّسُلِ, (K, &c.,) mentioned in the Kur [xlvi. 34], (TA,) Those, of the apostles, who determined upon doing what God had enjoined them: or they were Noah and Abraham and Moses and Mohammad; (K, TA;) to which several add and Jesus: (TA:) or those, of the apostles, who were endowed with earnestness and constancy and patience: (Ksh, K, TA:) عَزْمٌ in the dial. of Hudheyl meaning patience; as in their saying, مَا لِى عَنْكَ عَزْمٌ [ I have not patience of separation from thee ]: (TA:) or, (K,) it is said, (Ksh,) they were Noah and Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and Joseph and Job and Moses and David and Jesus: (Ksh, K:) or Noah and Hood and Abraham and Mohammad: thus accord. to Aboo-Is-hák. (Yoo, R, TA.) ― -b2- See also عَزِيمَةٌ, in three places. ― -b3- عَزْمٌ is expl. by Lth as meaning An affair upon the doing of which one's heart, or mind, is firmly settled or determined. (TA.) -A2- Also The dregs of pressed raisins: pl. عُزُمٌ. (K.)

Derived headwords

عَزْمٌ
  1. 1.
أُولُو العَزْمِ مِنَ الرُّسُلِ
مَا لِى عَنْكَ عَزْمٌ