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الزيم

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to separation, scattering, and gathering, often in the context of meat, animals, or raids. It also encompasses specific terms for a type of camel, a sound, and a method of silencing someone.

Derived headwords

الزيمُnoun
  1. 1.
    scattered meatclassical

    Refers to meat that is separated or scattered.

  2. 2.
    scattered animalsclassical

    Denotes animals that are dispersed or scattered.

  3. 3.
    raidclassical

    A sudden incursion or attack, implying scattering of the enemy.

  4. 4.
    a horse's nameclassical

    The name of a specific horse belonging to Jabir bin Hayyi al-Taghlibi.

  5. 5.
    a horse's nameclassical

    The name of a specific horse belonging to al-Akhnas bin Shihab.

الزيمةُnoun
  1. 1.
    a palm treeclassical

    A specific palm tree located in Yamama.

  2. 2.
    a small herd of camelsclassical

    A group of camels, typically numbering between two and fifteen.

تزيمُverb
  1. 1.
    to scatterclassical

    To become separated or dispersed.

تزيمُ اللحمَverb
  1. 1.
    meat became compactclassical

    When meat becomes dense, closely packed, and firm, almost to the point of being its opposite.

الزيزمُnoun
  1. 1.
    sound of jinnclassical

    An imitation of the sound made by jinn.

زامَ لهُ يزيمُ ويزامُverb
  1. 1.
    to silence by speakingclassical

    To speak a word to someone, thereby causing them to become silent.

الأزيمُnoun
  1. 1.
    camel that doesn't bellowclassical

    A camel that does not make its characteristic loud cry or bellow.

Parallel reading

المتفرق من اللحم ومن الدواب
The scattered part of the meat and of the animals.
والغارة
And the raid.
وفرس جابر بن حيي التغلبي
And the horse of Jabir bin Hayyi al-Taghlibi.
وفرس الأخنس ابن شهاب
And the horse of al-Akhnas bin Shihab.
ممنوع للمعرفة والتأنيث
Prohibited from being used for definite nouns and feminine nouns.
والزيمة: ة بنخلة اليمانية
And al-Zaymah: a palm tree in Yamama.
وبالكسر: قطعة من الإبل، أقلها بعيران وثلاثة، وأكثرها خمسة عشر ونحوها
And with a kasra: a group of camels, the least of which are two or three, and the most are around fifteen.
وتزيم: تفرق
And 'tazimu': it scattered.
واللحم: صار زيما زيما، واشتد اكتنازه، وانضم بعضه إلى بعض، كأنه ضد
And the meat: it became scattered, its density intensified, and parts joined together, as if it were the opposite.
والزيزم، بكسر أوله: حكاية صوت الجن
And al-Zayzam, with a kasra on the first letter: an imitation of the sound of the jinn.
وزام له يزيم ويزام فأسكته، أي: تكلم بكلمة فأسكته بها
And he silenced him by speaking, he silences him and he silences him, meaning: he spoke a word and silenced him with it.
والأزيم: البعير لا يرغو
And al-Azim: the camel that does not bellow.