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زكم

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 زَكَمَ ذ , (K,) inf. n. زَكْمٌ, (TA,) He filled a water-skin: (K, TA:) and زَكْبٌ signifies the same as زَكْمٌ, i. e. the act of filling: this is the primary meaning. (TA.) ― -b2- See also 4. ― -b3- زَكَمَ بِنُطْفَتِهِ (tropical:) He emitted his sperma genitale (M, A, K) like the discharge of mucus from the nose of the مَزْكُوم. (A.) ― -b4- زَكَمَتْ بِهِ أُمُّهُ (assumed tropical:) His mother brought him forth [in an absolute sense (as in a saying here following), or], accord. to IAar, easily. (TA.) One says, لَعَنَ ا@للّٰهُ أُمًّا زَكَمَتْ بِهِ (assumed tropical:) [ May God curse a mother that brought him forth ]. (TA.) -A2- زُكِمَ He (a man, S) was, or became, affected with زُكَام: (S, Msb, K:) [it is app. from زَكَمَهُ; but is thought to be] from أَزْكَمَهُ, q. v.; [and therefore] anomalous. (Msb.)

Derived headwords

زَكَمَverb
  1. 1.
زَكَمَتْ بِهِ أُمُّهُ
لَعَنَ ا@للّٰهُ أُمًّا زَكَمَتْ بِهِ