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ضمز

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to silence, holding back, and being firm or stubborn. It extends to actions like swallowing, holding onto possessions, and descriptions of unyielding terrain or a lion.

Derived headwords

ضَمَزَverb
  1. 1.
    to be silentboth

    To refrain from speaking or uttering words.

يَضْمِزُverb
  1. 1.
    to be silentboth

    To refrain from speaking or uttering words.

ضَمُزَverb
  1. 1.
    to be silentboth

    To refrain from speaking or uttering words.

ضَمْزٌnoun
  1. 1.
    silenceboth

    The state of being silent or not speaking.

ضَامِزٌadjective
  1. 1.
    silentboth

    One who is silent and does not speak.

ضَمُوزٌadjective
  1. 1.
    silentboth

    One who is silent and does not speak.

ضَمَزَ البعيرverb
  1. 1.
    to hold back cudclassical

    When a camel retains its cud in its mouth without chewing it.

ضَمَزَ على ماليverb
  1. 1.
    to cling to propertyboth

    To be firm and steadfast in holding onto one's possessions.

ضَمَزَ على مالهverb
  1. 1.
    to be stingyboth

    To be miserly or parsimonious with one's wealth.

ضَمَزَ اللقمةverb
  1. 1.
    to swallow a morselboth

    To quickly take a bite or morsel into the mouth.

الضَّمْزُnoun
  1. 1.
    rough groundclassical

    A place that is rough, hard, and stony.

  2. 2.
    low hillclassical

    A small, flattened hill or mound.

  3. 3.
    isolated mountainclassical

    Any solitary mountain characterized by hard, red stones and no mud.

الضَّمُوزُnoun
  1. 1.
    lionclassical

    A name for a lion.

الضَّامِزُnoun
  1. 1.
    gossiperclassical

    One who is a backbiter or slanderer towards people.

Parallel reading

سكت، ولم يتكلم
He was silent and did not speak.
فهو ضامز وضموز
He is silent and reticent.
والبعير: أمسك جرته في فيه، ولم يجتر
And the camel: it held its cud in its mouth and did not ruminate.
وعلى مالي: جمد عليه، ولزمه
And upon my property: he was firm on it and stuck to it.
وعلى ماله: شح
And upon his property: he was stingy.
واللقمة: التقمها
And the morsel: he swallowed it.
والضمز: المكان الغليظ
And the Dammaz: the rough place.
والأكمة الخاشعة
And the low, flattened hill.
وكل جبل منفرد، حجارته ms0678 حمر صلاب، ما فيه طين، كالضموز
And every isolated mountain, its stones are red and hard, with no mud in it, like the Dumuuz.
الواحدة: بهاء
The singular is: bahaa' (referring to a single stone).
والضموز: الأسد
And the Dumuuz: the lion.
والضامز: العياب للناس
And the Daamiz: the one who finds fault with people.