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وزم

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

The root 'wzm' primarily relates to biting, contracting, gathering, and accumulating. It extends to concepts of eating, meat, and even the timely occurrence of events. The root also encompasses ideas of physical bulk and the act of pressing or treading.

Derived headwords

وَزَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to biteboth

    To bite something, or specifically to bite with a light bite.

  2. 2.
    to accumulateclassical

    To gather or accumulate small things into a larger whole.

  3. 3.
    to eatclassical

    To eat a meal, particularly one meal per day.

  4. 4.
    to tread heavilyclassical

    To tread or press down with great force.

وَزْمnoun
  1. 1.
    biteboth

    A bite, or a light bite.

  2. 2.
    debt paymentclassical

    The act of paying off a debt.

  3. 3.
    gatheringclassical

    The act of gathering small things together.

  4. 4.
    bundle of greensclassical

    A bundle of herbs or greens.

  5. 5.
    timely eventclassical

    An event that occurs at its proper time.

وَزَمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    mealclassical

    A single meal eaten in a day, or one meal per day and night.

  2. 2.
    piece of meatclassical

    A piece of meat.

  3. 3.
    bundle of greensclassical

    A bundle of herbs or greens.

  4. 4.
    leaf fastenerclassical

    A palm leaf used to tie things.

  5. 5.
    prepared locustsclassical

    Locusts that are dried after being cooked.

  6. 6.
    prepared fishclassical

    The meat of a frog that is cooked, dried, and pounded.

وَزِيمnoun
  1. 1.
    heavy mealclassical

    A substantial or heavy meal.

  2. 2.
    chopped meatclassical

    Meat that has been cut into pieces.

  3. 3.
    bundle of greensclassical

    A bundle of herbs or greens.

  4. 4.
    bundle of plantsclassical

    What is gathered from a plant.

  5. 5.
    greensclassical

    A large quantity of greens, like a basketful.

  6. 6.
    thigh meatclassical

    Meat from the thighs that has accumulated.

  7. 7.
    muscleclassical

    Muscle tissue.

  8. 8.
    dried meatclassical

    Meat that has been dried.

  9. 9.
    broth residueclassical

    What remains of broth or other liquids in a pot.

  10. 10.
    remainderclassical

    The remaining part of anything.

وَزِيمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    piece of meatclassical

    A piece of meat.

  2. 2.
    bundle of greensclassical

    A bundle of herbs or greens.

  3. 3.
    leaf fastenerclassical

    A palm leaf used to tie things.

  4. 4.
    prepared locustsclassical

    Locusts that are dried after being cooked.

  5. 5.
    prepared frog meatclassical

    The meat of a frog that is cooked, dried, and pounded.

  6. 6.
    eagle's nest collectionclassical

    What an eagle collects in its nest from meat.

وَزَّامadjective
  1. 1.
    muscularclassical

    A man who is muscular and has a lot of flesh.

وَزِيمadjective
  1. 1.
    fleshyclassical

    A man who is fleshy and well-built.

مُتَوَزِّمadjective
  1. 1.
    heavy-footedclassical

    One who treads heavily or presses down forcefully.

تَوَزَّمَverb
  1. 1.
    to become compactclassical

    Meat becoming compact and joined together, indicating thickness.

وَزْمnoun
  1. 1.
    loss of wealthclassical

    A portion of one's wealth disappearing or being lost.

Parallel reading

وزمه بفيه وزما: عضه، وقيل: عضه عضة خفيفة.
He bit him with his mouth, a 'wazm': he bit him, or it was said, he bit him with a light bite.
والوزم: قضاء الدين.
And 'al-wazm' is the paying off of a debt.
والوزم: جمع الشيء القليل إلى مثله.
And 'al-wazm' is gathering a small thing to its like.
والوزمة: الأكلة الواحدة في اليوم إلى مثلها من الغد، يقال: هو يأكل وزمة وبزمة إذا كان يأكل وجبة في اليوم والليلة.
And 'al-wazmah' is one meal in the day, and another like it the next day; it is said: he eats 'wazmah' and 'bazmah' if he eats one meal in the day and night.
والوزيم الوجبة الشديدة
And 'al-wazym' is a substantial meal.
والوزيم: اللحم المقطع.
And 'al-wazym' is chopped meat.
والوزيمة القطعة من اللحم، والجمع وزيم.
And 'al-wazimah' is a piece of meat, and its plural is 'wazym'.
والوزم والوزيمة والوزيم: الحزمة من البقل.
And 'al-wazm', 'al-wazimah', and 'al-wazym' are a bundle of greens.
والوزيمة: الخوصة التي يشد بها.
And 'al-wazimah' is the palm frond with which something is tied.
والوزيم: ما انمار من لحم الفخذين، واحدته وزيمة.
And 'al-wazym' is what has accumulated from the flesh of the thighs; its singular is 'wazimah'.
والوزيم: العضل، وفي التهذيب: لحم العضل.
And 'al-wazym' is muscle, and in Al-Tahdhib: the flesh of muscle.
ورجل وزام: ذو عضل وكثرة لحم
And a man 'wazzam' is one with muscle and abundant flesh.
ورجل وزيم إذا كان مكتنز اللحم.
And a man is 'wazym' if he is fleshy and well-built.
ويقال: رجل ذو وزيم إذا تعضل لحمه واشتد
And it is said: a man has 'wazym' if his flesh is muscular and firm.
الجراد إذا جفف وهو مطبوخ فهو الوزيمة.
Locusts, when dried and cooked, are 'al-wazimah'.
والوزيم: اللحم المجفف.
And 'al-wazym' is dried meat.
والوزيمة: ما تجمعه أو تجعله العقاب في وكرها من اللحم.
And 'al-wazimah' is what the eagle collects in its nest from meat.
والوزيم: ما يبقى من المرق ونحوه في القدر، وقيل: باقي كل شيء وزيم
And 'al-wazym' is what remains of broth or the like in the pot; and it is said: the remainder of everything is 'wazym'.
يتزيم ويتزيب إذا صار زيما، وهو شدة اكتنازه وانضمام بعضه إلى بعض
It becomes 'zaym' and 'zayb' if it becomes compact, which is the intensity of its bulk and the joining of its parts to each other.
وناقة وزماء: كثيرة اللحم
And a she-camel 'wazma'' is one with abundant flesh.
والمتوزم: الشديد الوطء.
And 'al-mutawazzim' is one who treads heavily.
ووزم فلان وزمة في ماله إذا ذهب شيء من ماله
And so-and-so lost 'wazmah' from his wealth if something of his wealth disappeared.