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زرم

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of cutting off, stopping, or being constricted. It extends to ideas of being withheld, being stingy, and even the physical act of urination or defecation being interrupted.

Derived headwords

زَرِمَverb
  1. 1.
    the urine stopped, was cut offboth

    the urine stopped, was cut off

أَزْرَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to cut offboth

    To cause something to be cut off or stopped. This is the causative form of 'zaraima'.

زَرِمadjective
  1. 1.
    the urine stopped, was cut offboth

    the urine stopped, was cut off

زَرَمَهverb
  1. 1.
    to give birth toclassical

    Said of a mother when she gives birth to her child.

مُزْرِمadjective
  1. 1.
    constrictedclassical

    Describing someone who is constricted or withdrawn, possibly due to stinginess or a difficult situation.

ازرأمverb
  1. 1.
    to be constrictedclassical

    To become constricted or withdrawn, often in a physical or emotional sense.

ازرِئْمَامًاnoun
  1. 1.
    constrictionclassical

    The state or act of being constricted or withdrawn.

Parallel reading

زرم البول بالكسر، إذا انقطع.
Urine is 'zarima' (with kasra), if it stops.
وكذلك كل شئ ولى.
And likewise everything that ceases.
وأزرمه غيره.
And another caused it to stop.
" لا تزرموا ابني " أي لا تقطعوا عليه بوله.
"Do not stop my son's urination," meaning, do not cut off his urine.
وزرم الكلب، إذا زرم ذو بطنه في جاعرته.
And the dog 'zarima', if what is in its belly stops in its excrement.
والزرم: المضيق عليه.
And 'al-zarm' is being constricted.
ويقال للبخيل زرم، وزرمه غيره.
And the stingy person is called 'zarm', and another makes him stingy.
حب الضريك تلاد المال زرمه فقر ولم يتخذ في الناس ملتحجا
Loving the miser's inherited wealth, it constricts him with poverty and he does not seek refuge among people.
وزرمت به أمه، إذا ولدته.
And his mother 'zarimat' him, when she gave birth to him.
المزرئم: المتقبض.
The 'muzra'im' is the one who is constricted.
وقد ازرأم ازرئماما.
And he became constricted with constriction.