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عرزم

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root describes strength, firmness, and compactness. It extends to concepts of being solid, gathered, and even ancient or old, particularly when referring to things that have become dense or hardened over time.

Derived headwords

العَرْزَمnoun
  1. 1.
    strong, stoutboth

    Describes something that is strong, stout, and gathered together from all its parts.

العِرْزَامnoun
  1. 1.
    strong, stoutboth

    Describes something that is strong, stout, and gathered together from all its parts.

اعْرَنْزَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to gather, to contractboth

    To gather oneself together, to become contracted or compact.

  2. 2.
    to become thickboth

    Used to describe the thickening or swelling of a part, like the nose or the tip of the nose.

  3. 3.
    to become strong and solidboth

    To become strong, firm, and solid.

اقْرَنْبَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to gather, to contractboth

    To gather oneself together, to become contracted or compact.

احْرَنْجَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to gather, to contractboth

    To gather oneself together, to become contracted or compact.

مُعَرَنْزِمadjective
  1. 1.
    thick, compactboth

    Describes something that is thick, compact, and gathered together, such as a nose.

اللَّهْزَمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    thick noseboth

    Refers to a thick, gathered nose, similar to the description of 'mu'arnzim'.

عَرْزَمadjective
  1. 1.
    ancient, oldclassical

    Describes a snake that is ancient or old, implying it has become tough and hardened.

اعْرَنْزَمَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to become thickboth

    Used when the tip of the nose (arnabah) becomes thick or prominent.

اعْرِنْزَامnoun
  1. 1.
    gathering, compactnessboth

    The act of gathering together or becoming compact.

عَرْزَمِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    from the graveyardclassical

    Pertaining to a graveyard, specifically the 'Jubaynah' graveyard in Kufa, from which bricks were sourced.

Parallel reading

القوي الشديد المجتمع من كل شيء
The strong, stout, gathered from everything.
واعرنزم واقرنبع واحرنجم: تجمع وتقبض
And 'i'arnzama', 'iqranba'a', and 'ihranjama': to gather and contract.
ركب منه الرأس في معرنزم
The head was set upon it in a compact manner.
وأنف معرنزم: غليظ مجتمع
And a 'mu'arnzim' nose: thick and gathered.
وكذلك اللهزمة
And likewise the 'lahzamah' (thick nose).
وحية عرزم: قديمة
And an 'arzam' snake: ancient.
إذا غلظت الأرنبة قيل: اعرنزمت
If the tip of the nose became thick, it was said: 'i'arnzamat'.
واعرنزم الرجل: عظمت أرنبته أو لهزمته
And the man 'i'arnzama': his tip of the nose or his thick nose became prominent.
والاعرنزام: الاجتماع
And 'al-i'irnizam': the gathering.
ومن مترب دعدعت بالسيف ماله ... فذل، وقدما كان معرنزم الكرد
And from dust he was pushed by the sword, his wealth... so he was humbled, and formerly he was compact like the Kurds.
واعرنزم الشيء: اشتد وصلب
And the thing 'i'arnzama': it became strong and solid.
لا تجعلوا في قبري لبنا عرزميا
Do not place in my grave bricks from Al-'Arzamiyyah.
عرزم: جبانة بالكوفة نسب اللبن إليها
'Arzam: a graveyard in Kufa to which the bricks were attributed.