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القلزمة

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of swallowing or consuming, often with connotations of greed or stinginess. It also extends to meanings of baseness, loudness, and is used in geographical and proper names.

Derived headwords

القَلْزَمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    swallowingboth

    The act of swallowing something whole or rapidly.

  2. 2.
    basenessclassical

    A quality of being base, ignoble, or mean-spirited.

  3. 3.
    loudnessclassical

    A state of being loud or boisterous.

تَقَلْزُمverb
  1. 1.
    to swallowboth

    To perform the act of swallowing.

  2. 2.
    to die of stinginessclassical

    To die while being extremely stingy or miserly.

تقلزم: مات بخلا — تقلزم: died of stinginess
القُلْزُمname
  1. 1.
    Sea of Qulzumclassical

    A name for the Red Sea, specifically the northern part, located between Egypt and Mecca.

القُلْزُمname
  1. 1.
    Amr ibn Ma'd Yakrib's swordclassical

    The name of a sword belonging to the famous Arab warrior Amr ibn Ma'd Yakrib.

القُلْزُمname
  1. 1.
    a place nameclassical

    A location situated near Mount Tur, between Egypt and Mecca.

قُلْزُمadjective
  1. 1.
    baseclassical

    Describing someone as base, ignoble, or mean.

Parallel reading

القلزمة: الابتلاع، كالتقلزم، واللؤم، والصخب.
Al-Qulzamah: swallowing, like taqalluzam, baseness, and loudness.
وكقنفذ: سيف عمرو بن معد يكرب، ود بين مصر ومكة قرب جبل الطور، وإليه يضاف بحر القلزم، لأنه على طرفه، أو لأنه يبتلع من ركبه.
And like 'qunfudh': the sword of Amr ibn Ma'd Yakrib, and a place between Egypt and Mecca near Mount Tur, and to it is attributed the Sea of Qulzum, because it is on its edge, or because it swallows those who ride it.
وكزبرج: اللئيم.
And like 'zubraj': the base person.
تقلزم: مات بخلا.
Taqallazam: died of stinginess.