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فرزم

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to a specific tool used in shoemaking. The primary lemma describes a round wooden piece used by cobblers to shape shoes.

Derived headwords

الفَرْزُومnoun
  1. 1.
    shoemaker's lastclassical

    A round wooden piece upon which a shoemaker shapes and fashions a shoe.

الجَبَأَةnoun
  1. 1.
    shoemaker's lastclassical

    The name used by the people of Medina for the tool described as 'al-farzūm'.

Parallel reading

الفرزوم: خشبة مدورة يحذو عليها الحذاء.
Al-farzūm: a round wooden piece upon which the shoe is fashioned.
وأهل المدينة يسمونها الجبأة.
And the people of Medina call it al-jab'ah.
هكذا قرأته على أبى سعيد.
Thus I read it from Abu Sa'id.
وحكاه أيضا ابن كيسان عن ثعلب.
And Ibn Kaysan also narrated it from Tha'lab.
وهو في كتاب ابن دريد بالقاف، وقد سألت عنه بالبادية فلم يعرف.
And it is in the book of Ibn Duraid with a qāf, and I inquired about it in the desert and it was not known.