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لهزم

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of mixing, intermingling, or blending, particularly in the context of graying hair on the face. It also extends to anatomical terms for bones or fleshy parts in the jaw area, and by extension, to a specific tribal or allied group.

Derived headwords

لَهَزَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to mix withclassical

    To mix or intermingle with something, especially referring to gray hair mixing with the dark hair on one's cheeks.

مُلْهَزَمnoun
  1. 1.
    place of mixingclassical

    A place where mixing occurs, used metaphorically in relation to the mixing of gray hair.

اللَّهْزَمَتَانِnoun
  1. 1.
    jawbonesboth

    The two prominent bones in the jaw, located beneath the ears.

  2. 2.
    fleshy parts of jawclassical

    Alternatively, two prominent fleshy parts beneath the jawbones.

لَهْزَمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    jawbone partboth

    A single one of the prominent bones or fleshy parts in the jaw area.

اللَّهَازِمُnoun
  1. 1.
    jawbones (plural)both

    The plural form of the prominent bones or fleshy parts in the jaw area.

اللَّهَازِمُname
  1. 1.
    tribal nameclassical

    A name given to a specific group of people, the descendants of Tha'labah ibn 'Ukābah, who were allies of Banu 'Ijil.

Parallel reading

لهزم الشيب خديه، أي خالطهما
The gray hair mixed with his cheeks, meaning it mingled with them.
إما ترى شيبا علاني أغثمه لهزم خدي به ملهزمه
Do you see the grayness that covers me, mixing my cheeks with a place of mixing?
واللهزمتان: عظمان ناتئان في اللحيين تحت الأذنين.
And the lahzamatān: two prominent bones in the jawbones beneath the ears.
وهما مضغتان عليتان تحتهما، والواحدة لهزمة بالكسر، والجمع اللهازم.
And they are two elevated fleshy parts beneath them, and the singular is lahzamah (with kasrah), and the plural is al-lahāzim.
يا خازباز أرسل اللهازما إنى أخاف أن تكون لازما
O Khazbaz, send the jawbones; I fear they might be a binding necessity.
أزوح أنوح لا يهش إلى الندى قرى ما قرى للضرس بين اللهازم
I am restless, I lament, not eager for hospitality; what is offered for the molar tooth between the jawbones.
وتيم الله بن ثعلبة بن عكابة يقال لهم اللهازم، وهم حلفاء بنى عجل.
And Taim Allah ibn Tha'labah ibn 'Ukābah are called al-Lahāzim, and they are allies of Banu 'Ijil.