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زمزر

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the action of shaking or moving something, particularly a container, to settle its contents. It also extends to describe a contracted or shrunken state, especially of flesh.

Derived headwords

زَمْزَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to shakeboth

    To shake a container after it has been filled, in order to settle its contents.

زَمَازِيرadjective
  1. 1.
    contractedclassical

    Describing flesh that is contracted or shrunken.

Parallel reading

زمزر الوعاء: حركه بعد الملء، ليتأبط.
He shook the container: he moved it after filling it, so that he could carry it under his arm.
ولحمه زمازير، أي: متقبض.
And his flesh is contracted, meaning: shrunken.