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ضرز

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes hardness, rigidity, and stinginess. It extends to describe unyielding stones, stubborn or miserly people, and even infertile land.

Derived headwords

الضرزnoun
  1. 1.
    hard stonesclassical

    Refers to the hard, solid parts of stones and rocks.

  2. 2.
    stingy manclassical

    Describes a man who is extremely tight-fisted and miserly.

ضرزadjective
  1. 1.
    stingy, severeclassical

    Used to describe a man who is stingy and severe.

  2. 2.
    mean, short, uglyclassical

    Can also describe someone as mean, short, and ugly in appearance.

ضرزةnoun
  1. 1.
    strong, well-built womanclassical

    Refers to a woman who is firmly built and strong.

  2. 2.
    mean, short womanclassical

    Can also describe a woman as short and mean.

ضرزةadjective
  1. 1.
    firmly built, strongclassical

    Describes a woman as being firmly built and strong.

  2. 2.
    short, meanclassical

    Can also describe a woman as short and mean.

ضمرزadjective
  1. 1.
    low in milkclassical

    Describes a female camel that has little milk.

ضرزمnoun
  1. 1.
    low-milk camelclassical

    A term for a camel that is low in milk production.

ضرزnoun
  1. 1.
    barren landclassical

    Refers to land that is abundant in its growth but lacks fertility or newness.

Parallel reading

ما صلب من الحجارة والصخور.
What is hard of stones and rocks.
الرجل المتشدد الشديد الشح.
The man who is strict and extremely stingy.
ورجل ضرز: شحيح شديد.
And a ضرز man: stingy and severe.
يقال: رجل ضرز مثل فلز للبخيل الذي لا يخرج منه شيء
It is said: a ضرز man, like فلز, for the miser from whom nothing comes out.
وقيل: هو لئيم قصير قبيح المنظر
And it was said: he is mean, short, and ugly in appearance.
والأنثى ضرزة موثقة الخلق قوية
And the female is ضرزة, firmly built and strong.
بات يقاسي كل ناب ضرزة ... شديدة جفن العين، ذات ضرير
He spent the night enduring every sharp tooth, ضرزة... severe in the eyelid, possessing blindness.
وامرأة ضرزة: قصيرة لئيمة.
And a ضرزة woman: short and mean.
وناقة ضمرز: قلب ضرزم إذا كانت قليلة اللبن
And a ضمرز camel: a ضرزم one if it is low in milk.
النضر: ضرز الأرض كثرة هبرها وقلة جددها.
The Nadr: the ضرز of the land is its abundance of growth and lack of newness.
يقال: أرض ذات ضرز.
It is said: a land with ضرز.