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الضرز

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes stinginess, parsimony, and miserliness. It also extends to meanings related to hardness, scarcity, and negative personal qualities like meanness and stinginess.

Derived headwords

الضَّرِزadjective
  1. 1.
    stingy, miserlyboth

    Describes a person who is extremely reluctant to spend or give money; a miser.

  2. 2.
    hardclassical

    Refers to something that is solid and unyielding, like hard rocks.

  3. 3.
    lionclassical

    A metaphorical term for a lion, possibly due to its ferocity or strength.

ضَرْزَةadjective
  1. 1.
    short and mean (woman)classical

    Describes a woman who is both physically short and ill-tempered or wicked.

ضَرَزَverb
  1. 1.
    to be stingyboth

    To act in a miserly or parsimonious manner.

ضَرْزnoun
  1. 1.
    stinginessboth

    The quality or state of being stingy or miserly.

المِضْرِزadjective
  1. 1.
    stingy with oneselfclassical

    Describes someone who is extremely parsimonious, even with their own needs or possessions; excessively stingy.

Parallel reading

البخيل، وما صلب من الصخور، والأسد.
The stingy person, and what is hard of rocks, and the lion.
وامرأة ضرزة: قصيرة لئيمة.
And a woman is 'darzah': short and wicked.
وضرز الأرض: كثرة هبرها، وقلة جددها.
And 'daraz' of the land: its abundance of dry herbage, and its scarcity of new growth.
والمضرئز: الشحيح بنفسه.
And the 'midraz': the one who is stingy with himself.