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وزء

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of drying, preserving, and filling, often with a connotation of intensity or firmness. It also extends to descriptions of physical build and the act of making someone swear a solemn oath.

Derived headwords

وزأتverb
  1. 1.
    to dry outboth

    To dry out meat, causing it to become preserved.

  2. 2.
    to roast dryclassical

    To roast meat to the point of drying it out.

وزءاًnoun
  1. 1.
    dryingclassical

    The act of drying out meat.

الوزأnoun
  1. 1.
    sturdy buildboth

    A person of strong, solid physical build.

  2. 2.
    short and stoutclassical

    A description of a man who is short, stout, and strongly built.

وزأnoun
  1. 1.
    sturdy buildboth

    A person of strong, solid physical build.

  2. 2.
    short and stoutclassical

    A description of a man who is short, stout, and strongly built.

وزوازnoun
  1. 1.
    sturdy personclassical

    A term referring to a person of strong build, possibly short and stout.

وزأتverb
  1. 1.
    to make fallclassical

    To cause a horse or she-camel and its rider to fall or be thrown.

توزئةnoun
  1. 1.
    making fallclassical

    The act of causing a horse or she-camel and its rider to fall.

  2. 2.
    tighteningclassical

    The act of tightening the contents of a container.

وزأتverb
  1. 1.
    to tightenclassical

    To tighten the contents of a container, such as a bag or sack.

توزيئاnoun
  1. 1.
    tighteningclassical

    The act of tightening the contents of a container.

  2. 2.
    fillingclassical

    The act of filling a waterskin.

وزأتverb
  1. 1.
    to fillclassical

    To fill a container, such as a vessel.

وزأnoun
  1. 1.
    fullnessclassical

    A state of being full from eating food.

توزأتverb
  1. 1.
    to be satiatedclassical

    To be filled with satisfaction, especially from eating.

توزيئاnoun
  1. 1.
    fillingclassical

    The act of filling a waterskin.

وزأتهverb
  1. 1.
    to make swearclassical

    To make someone swear a solemn or strong oath.

Parallel reading

وزأت اللحم وزءا: أيبسته
I dried out the meat, drying it out.
وقيل: شويته فأيبسته
And it was said: I roasted it until it dried out.
والوزأ، على فعل بالتحريك: الشديد الخلق
And al-wiz'u, on fa'al with harakah: the strongly built.
الوزأ من الرجال، مهموز
Al-wiz'u among men, hamzated.
يطفن حول وزإ وزواز
They circle around a sturdy, stout person.
والوزأ: القصير السمين الشديد الخلق
And al-wiz'u: the short, stout, strongly built one.
ووزأت الفرس والناقة براكبها توزئة: صرعته
And I made the horse and the she-camel with their rider fall, making them fall.
ووزأت الوعاء توزئة وتوزيئا إذا شددت كنزه
And I tightened the container, tightening and tightening, if you tightened its contents.
ووزأت الإناء: ملأته
And I filled the vessel: I filled it.
وزأ من الطعام: امتلأ
He was full from food: he became full.
وتوزأت: امتلأت ريا
And she was satiated: she became full of satisfaction.
ووزأت القربة توزيئا: ملأتها
And I filled the waterskin, filling it.
وقد وزأته: حلفته بيمين غليظة
And indeed I made him swear: I made him swear a solemn oath.