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زم

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 زَمَّهُ ذ , (K,) aor. زَمُ3َ , inf. n. زَمٌّ, (TA,) He tied, or bound, it: fastened it; or made it fast. (K.) ― -b2- زَمَّ البَعِيرَ, (S, Mgh, Msb, K, &c.,) aor. and inf. n. as above, (Msb, TA,) He attached, (ISk,) or put, (Mgh,) or tied, or fastened, (Msb,) to the camel, (ISk, Mgh, Msb,) the زِمَام [q. v.], (ISk, Mgh,) or his زِمَام; (Msb;) he put in the camel's بُرَة, or his خِزَام, [each meaning a nose-ring, ] or his خِشَاشَة, [or خِشَاش, a wooden thing fixed in the bone of the nose, ] the زِمَام, and tied it, or fastened it, in order to restrain him thereby; (Har p. 329;) i. q. خَطَمَهُ: (S, K:) and ↓ زَمَّمَ الجِمَالَ [ He attached أَزِمَّة (pl. of زِمَام) to the camels ], (TA,) or الجِمَالُ ↓ زُمِّمَ [ The camels had أَزِمّة attached to them ]; (S) with teshdeed because relating to several objects. (S, TA.) ― -b3- Hence, زَمَّ نَفْسَهُ (assumed tropical:) He restrained, or withheld, himself. (Mgh.) And زُمَّتِ الأَلْسِنَةُ (assumed tropical:) The tongues were restrained, or withheld. (Har p. 329.) And مَا أَتَكَلَّمَ بِكَلِمَةٍ حَتَّى أَخْطِمَهَا وَأَزُمَّهَا (assumed tropical:) [ I say not a saying until I qualify it to be used with cogency or efficiency ]. (TA.) ― -b4- Hence also, (Mgh,) زَمَّ النَّعْلَ, (S, Mgh, TA,) [aor. and] inf. n. as above, (TA,) (tropical:) He attached a زِمَام [q. v.] to the sandal; (S, Mgh, TA;) as also النعل ↓ ازمّ. (Mgh, TA.) ― -b5- [Hence likewise,] زَمَّ بِأَنْفِهِ, said of a camel, (assumed tropical:) He raised [ his nose, and consequently] his head, by reason of a pain in it. (K.) And the same phrase, (S, K,) said of a man, (TA,) (assumed tropical:) He elevated his nose, from pride; (K;) or he magnified, or exalted, himself; or was proud; (S, K; *) as also ↓ اِزْدَمَّ; (K;) and ↓ زامّ, inf. n. مُزَامَّةٌ. (TA.) ― -b6- And زَمَّ بِرَأْسِهِ (tropical:) He raised his head; (K, TA;) inf. n. as above: (TA:) [and so زَمَّ رَأْسَهُ: for] you say, أَخَذَ الذِّئْبُ سَخْلَةً رَأْسَهُ ↓ فَذَهَبَ بِهَا زَامًّا, i. e. (assumed tropical:) [ The wolf took a newborn lamb or kid, and went away with it ] raising [ his head ], (S, TA,) or ↓ زَمًّا i. e. raising with it his head: (TA:) and you say of the wolf, زَمَّهَا and ↓ اِزْدَمَّهَا, both meaning the same, (S, K,) i. e. He took it, namely, the new-born lamb or kid, raising his head, or its head, (accord. to different copies of the K,) with it. (TA.) ― -b7- زَمَّ القِرْبَةَ, (K,) inf. n. as above, (TA,) (tropical:) He filled the water-skin. (K, TA.) -A2- زَمَّتِ القِرْبَةُ, [aor., accord. to rule, زَمِ3َ ,] inf. n. زُمُومٌ, (tropical:) The water-skin became full: thus the verb is intrans. as well as trans. (K, TA.) ― -b2- And زَمَّ said of a camel's tush, (assumed tropical:) It rose. (TA.) ― -b3- And (assumed tropical:) He went forward, or onward; or before, or ahead; (S, K, TA;) as some say, (TA,) in journeying: (S, K, TA:) in this sense, the inf. n. is زَمٌّ. (TA.) -A3- Also, (inf. n. زَمٌّ, A'Obeyd, TA,) He spoke, or talked. (A'Obeyd, K, TA.) ― -b2- One says also of the sparrow, يزمّ بِصَوْتٍ لَهُ ضَعِيفٍ [app. يَزِمُّ, as it is intrans., meaning The sparrow chirps with a feeble voice peculiar to it ]: and thus do large hornets. (TA.)

Derived headwords

زَمَّهُverb
  1. 1.
زَمَّ البَعِيرَ
زَمَّ نَفْسَهُ
زُمَّتِ الأَلْسِنَةُ
مَا أَتَكَلَّمَ بِكَلِمَةٍ حَتَّى أَخْطِمَهَا وَأَزُمَّهَا
زَمَّ النَّعْلَ
زَمَّ بِأَنْفِهِ
زَمَّ بِرَأْسِهِ
زَمَّ رَأْسَهُ
أَخَذَ الذِّئْبُ سَخْلَةً
زَمَّ القِرْبَةَ
زَمَّتِ القِرْبَةُ
يزمّ بِصَوْتٍ لَهُ ضَعِيفٍ