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Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of swelling, particularly of the belly, often due to overeating a specific plant. It also describes a small reptile resembling a gecko.

Derived headwords

عَظِيَverb
  1. 1.
    to swellboth

    To have one's belly become swollen, typically from eating the plant 'anẓuwān.

عَظًىnoun
  1. 1.
    swellingclassical

    The state of being swollen, specifically referring to a swollen belly.

عَظْيَانadjective
  1. 1.
    swollen-belliedclassical

    Describing someone whose belly is swollen, usually from overeating the plant 'anẓuwān.

عَظَاءَةnoun
  1. 1.
    lizardboth

    A small reptile, similar to a gecko or a lizard, often described as being like a gecko (sāmm abraṣ).

عِظَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    lizardsboth

    The plural form of 'aẓāyah, referring to multiple small reptiles.

Parallel reading

عظي الجمل، كرضي، عظى، فهو عظ وعظيان: انتفخ بطنه من أكل العنظوان، لشجر.
The camel swelled, like 'radiya', it became swollen; so he is 'aẓẓ' and 'aẓyān': his belly became inflated from eating 'anẓuwān, a type of tree.
والعظاية: دويبة كسام أبرص ج: عظاء.
And the 'aẓāyah: a small creature like a gecko, plural: 'aẓā'.