زءز

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes elevated or rough terrain, with extensions to physical characteristics like stoutness and shortness, and also encompasses actions related to disdain and dismissal.

Derived headwords

الزِّئْزَاءnoun

1.
elevated landclassical
That which is elevated or rough in the land.

الزِّئْزَاءَةnoun

1.
hillockclassical
A small hill or mound, more specific than الزئزآء.

الزِّيَازِيnoun

1.
hillocks (pl.)classical
Plural of الزئزآء, indicating elevated or rough terrain.

الزَّوَازِيnoun

1.
hillocks (pl.)classical
Another plural form for الزئزآء, with a potential vowel shift.

الزِّيزَاءnoun

1.
feather tipsclassical
The extremities or tips of feathers.

زَوَازِيَةadjective

1.
largeclassical
Describing something as large or considerable in size.
2.
short and stoutclassical
Describing a man as short and thickset.

زُونْزِيadjective

1.
pretentiousclassical
Describing a man who is affected, pretentious, or tries to appear clever.

زَوْزِيadjective

1.
pretentiousclassical
Similar to زونزي, describing someone who is affected or tries to be clever.

زَوْزَىverb

1.
to dismissclassical
To treat someone with disdain or to dismiss them.

زَوْزَاءَةnoun

1.
dismissalclassical
An act of treating someone with disdain or dismissing them.

Parallel reading

الزِّئْزَاء بالمد: ما غلظ من الأرض.

Al-zi'za' (with elongation): that which is elevated or rough in the land.

والزِّئْزَاءَة أخص منه، وهى الاكمة.

And al-zi'za'ah is more specific than that, and it is a hillock.

والهمزة فيه مبدلة من الياء، يدل على ذلك قولهم في الجمع: الزِّيَازِي.

And the hamza in it is a substitution for the ya', indicated by their saying for the plural: al-ziyazi.

ومن قال الزَّوَازِي جعل الياء الاولى مبدلة من الواو، مثل القواقى في جمع قيقاءة.

And whoever says al-zawazi makes the first ya' a substitution for the waw, like qawaqi in the plural of qayqa'ah.

والزِّيزَاء أيضا: أطراف الريش.

And al-ziza' also means: the tips of feathers.

وقدر زوازية، أي عظيمة.

And it was estimated as zawaziyah, meaning large.

ورجل زوازية، أي قصير غليظ، وقوم زوازية أيضا.

And a man is zawaziyah, meaning short and stout, and a people are also zawaziyah.

ويقال: رجل زُونْزِي وزَوْزِي، للمتحذلق المتكايس.

And it is said: a man is zunzi and zawzi, for the affected, pretentious one.

وزوجها زُونْزَك زُونْزِي

And her husband is zunzak, zunzi

يفرق إن فزع بالضبغطى

He scatters if frightened by the 'dhabghati' (a type of lizard).

وزوزيت به زوزاءة

And I treated him with disdain, a zuzā'ah

إذا استحقرته وطردته.

If you treated him with contempt and drove him away.