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العضمز

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes powerful, formidable, or imposing entities, often with negative connotations of harshness, stinginess, or ugliness. It encompasses descriptions of lions, strong individuals, stingy people, and aged or unattractive women, as well as large, imposing animals and geological formations.

Derived headwords

العضمزnoun
  1. 1.
    Lionclassical

    A term for a lion, signifying its strength and ferocity.

  2. 2.
    Strong oneclassical

    Refers to someone or something that is intensely strong or formidable in any aspect.

  3. 3.
    Stingy personclassical

    Describes a miserly or parsimonious individual.

عملسnoun
  1. 1.
    Lionclassical

    Another term for a lion, often used in classical poetry.

بهاءnoun
  1. 1.
    Femaleclassical

    Designates a female being.

العجوز الغليظة اللحيين الداهيةnoun
  1. 1.
    Shrewd old womanclassical

    An aged woman characterized by a thick jaw, cunning, and shrewdness.

القبيحة الوجهnoun
  1. 1.
    Ugly-faced oneclassical

    A description of someone, typically a woman, with an unattractive facial appearance.

اللئيمة القصيرةnoun
  1. 1.
    Short, base womanclassical

    Refers to a woman who is both short in stature and ignoble or base in character.

العيضموزnoun
  1. 1.
    Old womanclassical

    A term for an old woman.

  2. 2.
    Large, fat she-camelclassical

    A she-camel that is large and obese, to the point where fat prevents conception.

  3. 3.
    Tall, great she-camelclassical

    A she-camel that is tall and large in size.

  4. 4.
    Thick-fleshed, compact she-camelclassical

    A she-camel that is fleshy, closely built, and appears intensely strong, as if angry.

  5. 5.
    Tall, large rockclassical

    A description of a rock that is tall and of great size.

Parallel reading

الأسد
The lion.
الشديد من كل شيء
The strong one of every thing.
البخيل
The stingy one.
بهاء: الأنثى
Baha': the female.
والعجوز الغليظة اللحيين الداهية
And the old woman, thick-jawed, cunning.
أو القبيحة الوجه
Or the ugly-faced one.
واللئيمة القصيرة
And the short, base one.
والعيضموز: العجوز
And Al-Udhmuzooz: the old woman.
والناقة الضخمة منعها الشحم أن تحمل
And the huge she-camel whose fat prevented her from conceiving.
أو الطويلة العظيمة
Or the tall, great one.
أو الغليظة اللحم المتقاربة الخلق، أو المجتمعة الشديدة التي إذا رأيتها، كأنها غضبى
Or the thick-fleshed, closely-formed one, or the compact, intense one that, when you see her, seems angry.
والصخرة الطويلة العظيمة
And the tall, great rock.