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زوم

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to death and the gathering or collection of things. It is primarily used in classical Arabic to describe the state of dying and the resulting collection of elements.

Derived headwords

زَامَverb
  1. 1.
    to dieclassical

    The man died.

الزُّوَيْمnoun
  1. 1.
    gatheringclassical

    The collection or gathering of everything.

Parallel reading

زام الرجل إذا مات
The man died if he died.
والزويم: المجتمع من كل شيء
And the zuwaym is the gathering of everything.