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جمز

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

The root جمز (jamaza) primarily describes a type of fast, urgent running or movement, faster than a trot but not a full gallop. It also extends to concepts of swiftness, haste, and sometimes implies fleeing or escaping. Additionally, it denotes specific items like a type of garment and a kind of tree and its fruit.

Derived headwords

جَمَزَverb
  1. 1.
    to run fastboth

    To run with a gait that is faster than a trot but not a full gallop; to move swiftly and urgently.

  2. 2.
    to fleeboth

    To run away quickly, especially in escape or avoidance.

  3. 3.
    to goclassical

    To travel or move about in the land.

جَمْزٌnoun
  1. 1.
    swift runningboth

    The act of running with a gait faster than a trot but not a full gallop; a swift, urgent run.

  2. 2.
    hasteboth

    Speed or quickness in movement or action.

  3. 3.
    remnant of a palm frond stalkclassical

    What remains of the stalk of a date palm after the dates have been removed.

جَمْزَىnoun
  1. 1.
    swift gait (female)classical

    A swift, urgent gait, specifically used to describe a female animal like a she-camel or a mare.

  2. 2.
    swiftnessclassical

    The quality of being swift or fast.

بَعِيرٌ جَمَّازٌadjective
  1. 1.
    fast-moving camelclassical

    A camel that runs with a swift and urgent gait.

حِمَارٌ جَمْزَىadjective
  1. 1.
    swift wild assclassical

    A wild ass characterized by its swift and rapid movement.

الجَمَّازَةnoun
  1. 1.
    tight-fitting woolen garmentclassical

    A close-fitting garment made of wool, often with tight sleeves.

الجَمَازَةnoun
  1. 1.
    tight-fitting woolen garmentclassical

    A close-fitting garment made of wool, often with tight sleeves.

الجَمَازَةnoun
  1. 1.
    tight-fitting woolen garmentclassical

    A close-fitting garment made of wool, often with tight sleeves.

الجَمَزَانnoun
  1. 1.
    type of date and palm treeclassical

    A variety of dates and palm trees.

الجَمْزَةnoun
  1. 1.
    clump of dates or dried cheeseclassical

    A mass or lump of dates, dried cheese (aqt), or similar items.

  2. 2.
    plant budclassical

    The bud of a plant that contains the seed.

الجُمُوزnoun
  1. 1.
    remnants of palm frond stalksclassical

    Plural of جمز (jamz), referring to the remaining parts of date palm stalks.

الجُمَّيْزnoun
  1. 1.
    sycamore fig treeboth

    A type of tree resembling the fig tree, bearing fruit similar to figs but larger and redder.

الجُمَّيْزَىnoun
  1. 1.
    sycamore fig fruitboth

    A single fruit from the sycamore fig tree.

الجُمَّيْزَةnoun
  1. 1.
    sycamore fig treeboth

    A single tree of the sycamore fig species.

Parallel reading

جمز الإنسان والبعير والدابة يجمز جمزا وجمزى: وهو عدو دون الحضر الشديد وفوق العنق
A human, camel, or animal runs (yajmizu) with a jamz and jamzy: it is a run faster than intense galloping and above a trot.
وهو الجمز، وبعير جماز منه.
And that is the jamz, and a fast-moving camel (jammaz) is derived from it.
والجماز: البعير الذي يركبه المجمز
And al-jammaz: the camel ridden by the one who runs swiftly (al-mujammiz).
وحمار جمزى: وثاب سريع
And a swift wild ass (himar jamzy): a fast leaper.
شبه ناقته بحمار وحش ووصفه بجمزى، وهو السريع
He likened his she-camel to a wild ass and described it as jamzy, meaning swift.
الكسائي: الناقة تعدو الجمزى وكذلك الفرس.
Al-Kisa'i said: The she-camel runs with the jamzy gait, and so does the mare.
وفي حديث ماعز، رضي الله عنه: فلما أذلقته الحجارة جمز أي أسرع هاربا من القتل
And in the hadith of Ma'iz, may Allah be pleased with him: When the stones struck him, he ran swiftly (jamaza), meaning he hastened, fleeing from being killed.
ومننه حديث عبد الله بن جعفر: ما كان إلا الجمز ؛ يعني السير بالجنائز.
And from it is the hadith of Abdullah bin Ja'far: It was nothing but the jamz; meaning the swift procession with funerals.
وفي الحديث: يردونهم عن دينهم كفارا جمزى ، هو من ذلك.
And in the hadith: They turn them away from their religion as disbelievers, with a jamzy (swift) departure; it is from this.
وجمز في الأرض جمزا: ذهب؛ عن كراع.
And jamaza in the land with a jamz: he went; according to Kura'.
والجمازة: دراعة من صوف.
And al-jamaza: a woolen garment.
أن النبي، صلى الله عليه وسلم، توضأ فضاق عن يديه كما جمازة كانت عليه فأخرج يديه من تحتها
That the Prophet, peace be upon him, performed ablution, and his hands became constricted as if a jamaza garment was on him, so he took his hands out from underneath it.
والجمزان: ضرب من التمر والنخل والجميز.
And al-jamazan: a type of date, palm tree, and sycamore fig tree.
والجمزة: الكتلة من التمر والأقط ونحو ذلك، والجمع جمز.
And al-jamza: a lump of dates, dried cheese, and the like, and its plural is jamz.
والجمزة: برعوم النبت الذي فيه الحبة؛ عن كراع، كالقمزة
And al-jamza: the bud of a plant that contains the seed; according to Kura', like al-qamza.
والجمز: ما بقي من عرجون النخلة، والجمع جموز.
And al-jamz: what remains of the palm frond stalk, and its plural is jamuz.
والجميز والجميزى: ضرب من الشجر يشبه حمله التين ويعظم عظم الفرصاد
And al-jamiz and al-jamizy: a type of tree whose fruit resembles figs and is larger than the lote tree fruit.
وتين الجميز من تين الشام أحمر حلو كبير.
And the figs of the jamiz are from the Syrian figs, red, sweet, and large.
والواحدة منه جميزة وجميزى
And one of them is a jamiza and a jamizy.