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بظظ

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of striking or hitting, particularly strings of an instrument, and by extension, to persistence or insistence. It also encompasses meanings related to physical condition, such as becoming fat or being plump and soft.

Derived headwords

بَظَّverb
  1. 1.
    to strike stringsclassical

    To strike or play the strings of an instrument, preparing them for playing.

بَظّاًnoun
  1. 1.
    strikingclassical

    The act of striking or playing strings.

أَبَظَّverb
  1. 1.
    to become fatmodern

    To become fat or plump.

بَظَّverb
  1. 1.
    to insistclassical

    To insist or persist upon something.

كَظَّ بَظَّother
  1. 1.
    stubbornly insistentclassical

    Meaning stubborn or persistently insistent, used in conjunction with 'fazza'.

فَظَّ بَظَّother
  1. 1.
    stubbornly insistentclassical

    Meaning stubborn or persistently insistent, used in conjunction with 'kazza'.

فَظِيظٌ بَظِيظٌadjective
  1. 1.
    rough and coarseclassical

    Describing someone as rough, coarse, or ill-tempered.

فَظِيظٌadjective
  1. 1.
    harsh, roughclassical

    Meaning harsh, rough, or ill-mannered.

البَظِيظadjective
  1. 1.
    plump and softmodern

    Describing someone as plump, soft, and well-nourished.

Parallel reading

بظ الضارب أوتاره يبظها بظا: حركها وهيأها للضرب
The striker struck his strings, playing them with a 'baz', meaning he moved them and prepared them for striking.
والضاد لغة فيه
And the letter 'Dad' is a dialectal variant for it.
وبظ على كذا: ألح عليه
And he insisted on such-and-such, meaning he persisted upon it.
قال: وهذا تصحيف والصواب ألظ عليه إذا ألح عليه
He said: This is a textual corruption, and the correct reading is 'alzama 'alayhi' if he persisted upon it.
وهو كظ بظ أي ملح
And he is 'kazza bazza', meaning stubborn.
فظ بظ بمعنى واحد
'Fazza bazza' has the same meaning.
فظ معلوم وبظ إتباع
'Fazza' is the established word, and 'baz' is an echo word.
وقيل: فظيظ بظيظ
And it was said: 'fazeez bazeez'.
وقيل: فظيظ أي جاف غليظ
And it was said: 'fazeez' means harsh and coarse.
وأبظ الرجل إذا سمن
And a man 'abazza' if he became fat.
والبظيظ: السمين الناعم
And 'al-bazeez' is the plump and soft one.