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الزكام

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the common cold, its symptoms, and related conditions. It also extends to meanings of filling, throwing, and describes a type of person or a last-born child.

Derived headwords

الزكامnoun
  1. 1.
    Common coldboth

    A condition characterized by the dripping of moist humors from the front parts of the brain into the nostrils.

الزكمةnoun
  1. 1.
    Common coldboth

    Synonymous with الزكام, referring to the condition of having a cold.

  2. 2.
    Rude personclassical

    A person who is coarse, uncouth, or ill-mannered.

  3. 3.
    Last-born childclassical

    The youngest child of parents.

زُكِمَverb
  1. 1.
    To catch a coldboth

    To be afflicted with a cold, experiencing nasal discharge.

زَكَمَverb
  1. 1.
    To throwclassical

    To throw something, specifically referring to throwing one's semen.

  2. 2.
    To fillclassical

    To fill a waterskin or similar container.

أَزْكَمَverb
  1. 1.
    To cause to catch a coldboth

    To make someone else catch a cold or to cause the condition of a cold.

مَزْكُومadjective
  1. 1.
    Having a coldboth

    Describing someone who is suffering from a cold.

Parallel reading

الزكام، بالضم، والزكمة: تحلب فضول رطبة من بطني الدماغ المقدمين إلى المنخرين
The common cold (al-zukām, with dammah), and al-zukmah: is the dripping of moist humors from the front parts of the brain into the nostrils.
وقد زكم، كعني
And he caught a cold, as in 'anī.
وزكمه وأزكمه
And he caused him to catch a cold, and he caused him to catch a cold.
فهو مزكوم
And he is one who has a cold.
وزكم بنطفته: رمى
And 'he threw with his semen': means he ejaculated.
والقربة: ملأها
And 'the waterskin': means he filled it.
والزكمة، بالضم: الثقيل الجافي
And al-zukmah (with dammah): means the heavy, coarse one.
وآخر ولد الأبوين
And the last child of the parents.
وبالفتح: في ز ج م
And (al-zukmah) with fatha: is in the root z-j-m.