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ظءم

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to sounds, specifically the bleating or bleating-like sounds of animals, and by extension, to speech and clamor. It also encompasses the concept of lineage or ancestry.

Derived headwords

الظأمnoun
  1. 1.
    lineage, ancestryclassical

    Refers to one's predecessors or ancestors.

  2. 2.
    sound, bleatingclassical

    The sound made by a ram or goat, often described as bleating or bleating-like.

  3. 3.
    speech, clamorclassical

    Refers to talk, noise, or a general uproar.

الظأبnoun
  1. 1.
    lineage, ancestryclassical

    A variant term for lineage or ancestry.

  2. 2.
    sound, clamorclassical

    A variant term for sound or clamor.

تظاءماverb
  1. 1.
    to be related by marriageclassical

    This verb describes a situation where two individuals marry sisters, thus becoming related by marriage.

ظأمهverb
  1. 1.
    to be related by marriageclassical

    Similar to 'taza'ama', this verb signifies becoming related through marriage, specifically when one marries a woman and another marries her sister.

ظاءبنيverb
  1. 1.
    to marry a woman whose sister is married to someone elseclassical

    This verb describes the specific scenario of marrying a woman whose sister is already married to another man.

مظاءبةnoun
  1. 1.
    marriage to a woman whose sister is married to anotherclassical

    The act or instance of marrying a woman whose sister is married to someone else.

ظاءمنيverb
  1. 1.
    to marry a woman whose sister is married to someone elseclassical

    This verb describes the specific scenario of marrying a woman whose sister is already married to another man.

ظأم التيسnoun
  1. 1.
    sound of a ramclassical

    The characteristic sound, bleating, or vocalization of a ram or male goat.

Parallel reading

الظأم: السلف، لغة في الظأب
Al-ẓa'am: the predecessors, a dialectal variant of al-ẓa'ab.
وقد تظاءما
And they became related by marriage.
وظأمه
And he became related by marriage.
وقد ظاءبني مظاءبة
And he married a woman whose sister was married to another, a marriage of مظاءبة.
وظاءمني إذا تزوجت أنت امرأة وتزوج هو أختها
And he married a woman whose sister was married to another, if you married a woman and he married her sister.
وظأم التيس: صوته ولبلبته كظأبه
And the ram's ẓa'am: its sound and bleating, like its ẓa'ab.
الظأم الكلام والجلبة مثل الظأب
Al-ẓa'am is speech and clamor, like al-ẓa'ab.