ضوز

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of eating, chewing, or consuming, often with connotations of eating greedily, unwillingly, or incompletely. It also extends to meanings of diminishing, reducing, or being stingy with something, and relates to tools for cleaning the mouth.

Derived headwords

ضَازَverb

1.
to eatboth
To consume food.
2.
to chewclassical
To masticate food, often implying chewing it thoroughly or with a full mouth.
3.
to eat unwillinglyclassical
To eat food despite not wanting to, perhaps due to being full or forced.

ضَوَّزَverb

1.
to eatclassical
To consume food.

ضَوْزًاnoun

1.
eatingclassical
The act of consuming food.
2.
chewingclassical
The act of masticating.

ضَازَ التَّمْرَverb

1.
to eat the datesclassical
Specifically refers to the act of eating dates, as in the context of a ransom or compensation.

ضَازَ التَّمْرَةَverb

1.
to chew the dateclassical
To masticate a single date in one's mouth.

ضَازَ الصِّلِّيَانَverb

1.
to chew the saltwortclassical
To masticate the plant known as saltwort.

ضَازَ الْبَعِيرُverb

1.
the camel ateclassical
The camel consumed food.

ضَازَ الْبَعِيرُ ضَوْزًاverb

1.
the camel ateclassical
The camel consumed food, with 'ضوزا' specifying the act of eating.

بَعِيرٌ ضَيزٌadjective

1.
a greedy eaterclassical
A camel that is very fond of eating or eats excessively.

ضَازَهُ حَقَّهُverb

1.
to diminish his rightclassical
To reduce or withhold someone's rightful due.

ضَازَنِيverb

1.
he diminished meclassical
He reduced or deprived me of something I was due.

الْمِضْوَازُnoun

1.
miswakclassical
A tooth-cleaning twig, a type of toothbrush.

الضَّوَازَةُnoun

1.
residue from miswakclassical
The material that remains after using a miswak, which is then spat out.

قِسْمَةٌ ضِيزَىadjective

1.
an unjust divisionclassical
A distribution or share that is unfair or unequal.

قِسْمَةٌ ضَوْزَىadjective

1.
an unjust divisionclassical
An unfair or unequal distribution, synonymous with 'ضيزى'.

Parallel reading

فظل يضوز التمر، والتمر ناقع ... بورد كلون الأرجوان سبائبه

He kept eating the dates, and the dates were like a soaking... with crimson threads the color of purple.

فجعل يأكل التمر فكأن ذلك التمر ناقع في دم المقتول.

So he started eating the dates, as if those dates were soaking in the blood of the murdered man.

وضاز التمرة: لاكها في فمه؛

And he chewed the date: he masticated it in his mouth;

بات يضوز الصليان ضوزا ... ضوز العجوز العصب الدلوصا

He spent the night chewing the saltwort, chewing... like an old woman chewing the soft, tender sinews.

الضوز لوك الشيء والضوس أكل الطعام.

The 'dawz' is chewing something, and 'dawsa' is eating food.

وقد جعل ابن الأعرابي الضاد مع السين غير مهمل كما أهمله الليث.

And Ibn al-A'rabi considered the 'ḍād' with the 'sīn' not to be neglected, unlike al-Layth.

وضاز البعير ضوزا: أكل.

And the camel ate 'dawzan': it ate.

وبعير ضيز: أكول؛

And a 'ḍayz' camel: one that eats a lot;

يتبعها كل ضيز شدقم ... قد لاك أطراف النيوب النحم

Every greedy eater follows it, its jaw... having chewed the edges of its worn teeth.

ويقال: ضزته حقه أي نقصته.

And it is said: 'He diminished his right', meaning he reduced it.

وضازني يضوزني: نقصني؛

And he diminished me, he diminishes me: he reduced me;

والمضواز: المسواك، والضوازة: النفاثة منه، وقيل: هو ما بقي بين أسنانه فنفثه.

And the 'miḍwāz' is the miswak, and the 'ḍawāzah' is the spitting out of it, and it is said: it is what remains between his teeth and he spits it out.

ما أغنى عني ضوز سواك؛

What is the use to me of chewing with your miswak;

تعلم ا يا أيها العجوزان ... ما هاهنا ما كنتما تضوزان

Learn, O you two old men... what is here, what you used to chew.

فروزا الأمر الذي تروزان وقسمة ضيزى وضوزى.

So manage the matter you manage, and an unjust division and an unjust division.