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كزم

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

The root كزم primarily relates to the act of breaking or biting off something, often to extract its contents. It also describes physical characteristics such as shortness and thickness, particularly in facial features and limbs, and a state of extreme old age in animals.

Derived headwords

كَزَمَverb
  1. 1.
    he broke the thing with its front part and extracted what was inside to eat itboth

    he broke the thing with its front part and extracted what was inside to eat it

كَزْمnoun
  1. 1.
    he broke the thing with its front part and extracted what was inside to eat itboth

    he broke the thing with its front part and extracted what was inside to eat it

أَكْزَمadjective
  1. 1.
    thick-lippedclassical

    Describing a horse with a thick and short upper lip.

  2. 2.
    short-nosedclassical

    Describing a nose that is short.

كَزْمَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    short-fingeredclassical

    Describing hands with short fingers.

كَزُومadjective
  1. 1.
    toothless from old ageclassical

    Describing a female camel that has lost all its teeth due to extreme old age.

Parallel reading

كَزَمَ الشئ بمقدم فيه، أي كسره واستخرج ما فيه ليأكله.
He bit off the thing with his front teeth, meaning he broke it and extracted what was inside to eat it.
يقال: العير يكزم من الحدجة.
It is said: The wild ass bites off from the saddle-girth.
والكزم: غلظ الجحفلة وقصرها.
And al-kazm: thickness and shortness of the upper lip.
يقال: فرس أكزم بين الكزم.
It is said: A horse that is akzam, characterized by al-kazm.
والكزم أيضا: قصر في الأنف والأصابع.
And al-kazm also: shortness in the nose and fingers.
يقال: أنف أكزم، ويد كزماء.
It is said: A short-nosed (person/animal), and a hand with short fingers.
والكزوم: الناقة التي لم يبق في فيها سن من الهرم.
And al-kazum: The female camel that has no teeth left in its mouth from old age.