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تيز

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a person or animal that is stout, muscular, and strong, often with a distinctive, perhaps awkward or powerful, gait. It also extends to the concept of thickening or becoming robust, and the movement of a projectile like an arrow.

Derived headwords

التِيَازnoun
  1. 1.
    stout, muscular manclassical

    A man with well-joined joints, who moves with a distinctive, powerful gait as if lifting himself off the ground with each step. He is characterized by abundant muscles and flesh.

  2. 2.
    short, stout, strong manclassical

    A man who is short, stout, strongly built, with powerful muscles and abundant flesh.

تَيَّازَةadjective
  1. 1.
    powerful in gaitclassical

    Describing a woman with a powerful, distinctive gait.

تيازة في مشيها قناخره الفراء — She is powerful in her gait, her fur-lined boots making a sound.
تَيَّازadjective
  1. 1.
    muscular, fleshyclassical

    A man with many muscles, meaning abundant flesh.

  2. 2.
    strong and stoutclassical

    Describing a man who possesses stoutness and strength.

تَازَverb
  1. 1.
    to thicken, grow robustclassical

    To become thick or robust, referring to a person or animal.

  2. 2.
    to shake, trembleclassical

    To shake or tremble, as an arrow does when it lands in a target.

تَوْزnoun
  1. 1.
    thickening, robustnessclassical

    The state of becoming thick or robust.

يَتَازُverb
  1. 1.
    to be stout, muscularclassical

    To be stout, muscular, and strongly built.

تَيَّزَverb
  1. 1.
    to move with a powerful gaitclassical

    To move with a distinctive, powerful gait, as if lifting oneself off the ground.

تَيُّزnoun
  1. 1.
    powerful gaitclassical

    A distinctive and powerful manner of walking.

تَتَيَّزَverb
  1. 1.
    to move with a powerful gaitclassical

    To move with a distinctive, powerful gait, as if lifting oneself off the ground.

وتتيز في مشيته تقلع — And he moves with a powerful gait, as if lifting himself off the ground.

Parallel reading

الرجل الملزز المفاصل الذي يتتيز في مشيته لأنه يتقلع من الأرض تقلعا
A man with well-joined joints who moves with a distinctive gait, as if lifting himself off the ground with each step.
تيازة في مشيها قناخره الفراء
She is powerful in her gait, her fur-lined boots making a sound.
رجل تياز كثير العضل، وهو اللحم
A man who is 'tiaz', meaning having many muscles, which is flesh.
تاز يتوز توزا ويتيز تيزا إذا غلظ
He became 'taz' (thick/robust), he became 'tawz' (thickening), and he became 'tayyaz' (thick/robust) if he grew thick.
تسوى على غسن فتاز خصيلها
She is made to be on a branch, and her hair grew thick.
تاز السهم في الرمية أي اهتز فيها
The arrow 'taz' (shook) in the throw, meaning it trembled in it.
وتتيز في مشيته: تقلع
And he moves with a powerful gait ('tatayyez'): lifting himself off the ground.
والتياز من الرجال: القصير الغليظ الملزز الخلق الشديد العضل مع كثرة لحم فيها
And 'al-tiyaz' among men is the short, stout, strongly built one with intense muscles and abundant flesh.
ويقال للرجل إذا كان فيه غلظ وشدة: تياز
And it is said of a man, if he has stoutness and strength: 'tiaz'.
فلما أن جرى سمن عليها ... كما بطنت بالفدن السياعا
When it ran, it grew fat upon it... as if it became pregnant with the fortress and the mud.
إذا التياز ذو العضلات قلنا ... إليك إليك ضاق بها ذراعا
When the 'tiyaz' (stout one) with muscles, we said... 'Take it, take it!' and he became unable to manage it.
ذو العضلات أي ذو اللحمات الغليظة الشديدة
Meaning 'having muscles' is having thick and intense flesh.
والسياع: الطين
And 'al-siya' is mud.