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قزز

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to aversion, disgust, and fastidiousness, particularly concerning impurity or unpleasant things. It also extends to terms for silk and drinking vessels.

Derived headwords

التَقَزُّزnoun
  1. 1.
    fastidiousness and distancing oneself from impurityboth

    fastidiousness and distancing oneself from impurity

تَقَزَّزَverb
  1. 1.
    to be fastidious, to show aversionboth

    To exhibit fastidiousness and aversion, particularly from something impure or unpleasant, such as eating a lizard.

قَزٌّadjective
  1. 1.
    with fatha, damma, and kasra on the qafboth

    with fatha, damma, and kasra on the qaf

قَزٌّnoun
  1. 1.
    with fatha, damma, and kasra on the qafboth

    with fatha, damma, and kasra on the qaf

القَازُوزَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a drinking vessel, which is a cupboth

    a drinking vessel, which is a cup

القَاقُوزَةnoun
  1. 1.
    likewiseboth

    likewise

Parallel reading

التنطس والتباعد من الدنس
Fastidiousness and keeping away from impurity.
وقد تقزز من أكل الضب وغيره
And he showed aversion from eating the lizard and other things.
فهو رجل قز وقز وقز، ثلاث لغات
So he is a fastidious man (with three linguistic variations).
وأما القز من الإبريسم فمعرب
As for silk (qazz), it is a loanword.
والقازوزة: مشربة، وهى قدح
And al-qazwaza: a drinking vessel, and it is a cup.
وكذلك القاقوزة، ولا تقل قاقزة
And likewise al-qaqwaza, and do not say qaqaza.
أما القاقزة فمولدة
As for al-qaqaza, it is a neologism.
أفنى تلادى وما جمعت من نشب * قرع القواقيز أفواه الاباريق
My accumulated wealth and what I gathered of possessions were consumed by the striking of the cups against the mouths of the ewers.