لوز

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the almond fruit and related concepts. It extends to descriptions of land with almond trees, a type of confection, and figurative uses related to lightness or being a mere echo.

Derived headwords

اللَّوْزnoun

1.
Almondboth
A well-known fruit, native to Arabia and abundant in its lands. It is a collective noun, with 'lūzah' being the singular form.

لَوْزَةnoun

1.
Almond (singular)both
The singular form of the collective noun 'al-lawz', referring to a single almond fruit.

مُلَوَّزَةadjective

1.
Having almond treesclassical
Describing land that has almond trees.

المُلَوَّزnoun

1.
A type of confectionclassical
A sweet confection, similar to qata'if, prepared with almond oil.

مُلَوِّزadjective

1.
Light in formclassical
Describing a man who is light in physical form or appearance.

عَوْز لَوْزother

1.
An echo or mere repetitionclassical
A phrase used as an echo or a mere follow-up to something said, implying it lacks substance or originality.

اللَّوْزِنْجnoun

1.
A type of sweet pastryclassical
A sweet confection, similar to qata'if, prepared with almond oil.

القَمْرُوصnoun

1.
Almondclassical
A name for the almond, as stated by Abu Amr.

الجَلْوَزnoun

1.
Hazelnutclassical
A name for the hazelnut, as stated by Abu Amr.

Parallel reading

اللوز: معروف من الثمار، عربي وهو في بلاد العرب كثير، اسم للجنس، الواحدة لوزة.

The almond: a well-known fruit, Arabic, and it is abundant in the lands of the Arabs, a collective noun, the singular of which is 'lūzah'.

وأرض ملازة: فيها أشجار من اللوز

And a land 'mulāzzah': it has almond trees.

وقيل: هو صنف من المزج، والمزج: ما لم يوصل إلى أكله إلا بكسر، وقيل: هو ما دق من المزج.

And it was said: it is a type of 'mazj', and 'mazj' is that which cannot be eaten except by breaking it, and it was said: it is what is crushed from 'mazj'.

قال أبو عمرو: القمروص اللوز والجلوز البندق.

Abu Amr said: 'Al-qamrūṣ' is the almond and 'al-jalwaz' is the hazelnut.

ورجل ملوز إذا كان خفيف الصورة.

And a man is 'malawwaz' if he is light in form.

وفلان عوز لوز: إتباع له.

And so-and-so is 'awz lawz': an echo of him.

واللوزينج: من الحلواء شبه القطائف تؤدم بدهن اللوز، والله أعلم

And 'al-lawzinj': is from the sweets, like qata'if, flavored with almond oil, and God knows best.