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كظم

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

The root كظم (k-ẓ-m) primarily relates to holding back, suppressing, or restraining something, particularly emotions like anger. It extends to concepts of silence, control, and containment, including physical containment like a gate or a well system.

Derived headwords

كَظَمَverb
  1. 1.
    he suppressed his anger, he swallowed itboth

    he suppressed his anger, he swallowed it

كظم غيظه كظما — He suppressed his anger.
كَظْمًاnoun
  1. 1.
    suppression of angerboth

    The act of swallowing or suppressing anger.

  2. 2.
    holding backboth

    The act of restraining oneself from speaking or acting.

  3. 3.
    holding back (animal)classical

    The act of a camel holding back from drinking or making a sound.

كظم غيظه كظما — He suppressed his anger.
كَظِيمadjective
  1. 1.
    so he is a patient manboth

    so he is a patient man

فهو رجل كظيم — He is a man who suppresses his anger.
مَكْظُومadjective
  1. 1.
    the anger is suppressedboth

    the anger is suppressed

والغيظ مكظوم — And the anger is suppressed.
كَظِيمnoun
  1. 1.
    so he is a patient manboth

    so he is a patient man

والكظيم: غلق الباب — And al-kadheem: closing the door.
الكُظُومnoun
  1. 1.
    silenceclassical

    The act of being silent, refraining from speech.

والكظوم: السكوت — And al-kuzoom: silence.
كَظَمَverb
  1. 1.
    he suppressed his anger, he swallowed itboth

    he suppressed his anger, he swallowed it

وكظم البعير يكظم كظوما، إذا أمسك عن الجرة — And the camel holds back from drinking, if it refrains from drinking.
كَظُومadjective
  1. 1.
    holding back (animal)classical

    Describing a camel that holds back from drinking or making a sound.

فهو كاظم — So he is holding back (referring to the camel).
كَظُومnoun
  1. 1.
    camels (holding back)classical

    A collective noun for camels that hold back from drinking or making a sound.

وإبل كظوم — And camels that hold back.
كَظُومadjective
  1. 1.
    silentclassical

    Describing people who are silent or refraining from speech.

وقوم كظم، أي ساكتون — And a people who are silent, meaning they are quiet.
أَكْظَامnoun
  1. 1.
    throatsclassical

    The plural of 'kazm', referring to the throat or the passage of the throat.

أخذت بكظمه، أي بمخرج نفسه. والجمع أكظام — I took him by his throat, meaning by the exit of his breath. And the plural is akzaam.
كَاظِمَةname
  1. 1.
    a place nameclassical

    A proper noun referring to a specific location.

وكاظمة: موضع — And Kadhimah: a place.
كِظَامَةnoun
  1. 1.
    channel between wellsclassical

    A channel or conduit connecting two wells, often located in the bed of a wadi.

  2. 2.
    part of a scaleclassical

    A ring or loop that gathers the threads of a scale at the end of the iron piece.

  3. 3.
    part of hairclassical

    The tuft or knot of hair on the upper ends of the locks.

والكظامة: بئر إلى جنبها بئر، وبينهما مجرى في بطن الوادي — And al-kidhamah: a well next to another well, with a channel between them in the wadi bed.
والكظامة: الحلقة التي تجمع فيها خيوط الميزان في طرف الحديدة — And al-kidhamah: the ring where the threads of the scale are gathered at the end of the iron piece.
والكظامة: العقب الذي على رءوس القذذ العليا — And al-kidhamah: the tuft that is on the upper ends of the locks.

Parallel reading

كظم غيظه كظما
He suppressed his anger.
فهو رجل كظيم
He is a man who suppresses his anger.
والغيظ مكظوم
And the anger is suppressed.
والكظيم: غلق الباب
And al-kadheem: closing the door.
والكظوم: السكوت
And al-kuzoom: silence.
وكظم البعير يكظم كظوما، إذا أمسك عن الجرة
And the camel holds back from drinking, if it refrains from drinking.
فهو كاظم
So he is holding back (referring to the camel).
وإبل كظوم
And camels that hold back.
تقول: أرى الإبل كظوما لا تجتر
You say: I see the camels holding back, not chewing their cud.
وقوم كظم، أي ساكتون
And a people who are silent, meaning they are quiet.
ورب أسراب حجيج كظم عن اللغا ورفث التكلم
And perhaps flocks of pilgrims who are silent from idle talk and lewd speech.
أخذت بكظمه، أي بمخرج نفسه
I took him by his throat, meaning by the exit of his breath.
والجمع أكظام
And the plural is akzaam.
وكاظمة: موضع
And Kadhimah: a place.
والكظامة: بئر إلى جنبها بئر، وبينهما مجرى في بطن الوادي
And al-kidhamah: a well next to another well, with a channel between them in the wadi bed.
إذا رأيت مكة قد بعجت كظائم
When you see Mecca having its channels dug out.
والكظامة: الحلقة التي تجمع فيها خيوط الميزان في طرف الحديدة
And al-kidhamah: the ring where the threads of the scale are gathered at the end of the iron piece.
والكظامة: العقب الذي على رءوس القذذ العليا
And al-kidhamah: the tuft that is on the upper ends of the locks.