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Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with concepts of accumulation, thickness, and abundance, particularly related to flesh or bodily substance. It can also extend to the idea of being well-endowed or fortunate.

Derived headwords

بَظَاverb
  1. 1.
    to be fleshyclassical

    To have abundant, accumulated flesh; to be thick and fleshy.

  2. 2.
    to accumulateclassical

    To accumulate or pile up, referring to flesh or substance.

يَبْظُوverb
  1. 1.
    to be fleshyclassical

    The present tense form of 'بَظَا', indicating the state of being fleshy or having accumulated flesh.

بَظُواverb
  1. 1.
    to be fleshyclassical

    The past tense plural form of 'بَظَا', indicating that they were fleshy or had accumulated flesh.

البِظَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    accumulated fleshclassical

    Flesh that is accumulated or piled up; thick, fleshy masses.

حَظِيَتverb
  1. 1.
    to be fortunateboth

    The feminine singular past tense of 'حَظِيَ', meaning to be fortunate, favored, or to gain good fortune.

بَظِيَتverb
  1. 1.
    to be fortunateclassical

    The feminine singular past tense, used as an emphatic or alternative form to 'حَظِيَت', meaning to be fortunate or well-endowed.

Parallel reading

بظا لحمه يبظو بظوا
His flesh was thick and accumulated; it accumulates, they accumulated.
اكتنز، وتراكب
It means to be fleshy and to pile up.
والبظاء، بالضم: لحمات متراكبات
And Al-Bithaa', with dammah: accumulated masses of flesh.
وحظيت المرأة
And the woman was fortunate.
وبظيت
And she was fortunate (as an emphatic or alternative to حظيت).