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وزم

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of eating, meals, and preserved or dried meat. It also extends to meanings of being well-fed, compact, or firm, and metaphorically to being heavy or oppressive.

Derived headwords

الوزمةnoun
  1. 1.
    meal, portionboth

    A meal, similar to 'bazmah', signifying a portion of food.

البزمةnoun
  1. 1.
    meal, portionclassical

    A meal or a portion of food, used as a comparison for 'wazmah'.

الوجبةnoun
  1. 1.
    like the pattern of الضَّرْبَةُ, the fall with a crashboth

    like the pattern of الضَّرْبَةُ, the fall with a crash

الوزيمnoun
  1. 1.
    dried meatclassical

    Meat that has been dried, often preserved for later consumption.

  2. 2.
    preserved foodclassical

    Food, specifically meat from animals like locusts or frogs, that is cooked and then dried.

  3. 3.
    gathered greensclassical

    A collection of herbs or greens, gathered together.

  4. 4.
    date palm spatheclassical

    The spathe of a date palm, which is split for pollination and then tied up.

وزيمadjective
  1. 1.
    well-fed, fleshyclassical

    Describing a person who is well-fed and has substantial flesh.

متوزمadjective
  1. 1.
    heavy-footed, oppressiveclassical

    Describing someone who treads heavily or is oppressive.

وزيمةnoun
  1. 1.
    date palm spatheclassical

    A single spathe of a date palm, which is split for pollination and then tied.

Parallel reading

الوزمة في الأكل مثل البزمة، وهي الوجبة.
Al-wazmah in eating is like al-bazmah, and it is a meal.
والوزيم: اللحم يجفف.
And al-wazīm is dried meat.
سمعت الكلابي يقول: الوزيمة من الضباب أن يطبخ لحمها ثم ييبس، ثم يدق فيؤكل.
I heard al-Kilabi say: Al-wazīmah from frogs is that their meat is cooked, then dried, then pounded and eaten.
وهي من الجراد أيضا.
And it is also from locusts.
ورجل وزيم، إذا كان مكتز اللحم.
And a man is wazīm if he is fleshy.
إن كنت ساقى أخا تميم فجئ بعلجين ذوى وزيم
If you are a cupbearer to a brother of Tamim, then bring two well-fed men.
والوزيم: ما جمع من البقل
And al-wazīm is what is gathered of greens.
وجاءوا ثائرين فلم يئوبوا بأبلمة تشد على وزيم
And they came up in rebellion and did not return with a large gathering tied to a collection of greens.
ويقال: هو الطلع يشق ليلقح ثم يشد بخوصة، والواحدة وزيمة.
And it is said: It is the spathe which is split to be pollinated then tied with a frond, and the singular is wazīmah.
ورجل متوزم، أي شديد الوطئ.
And a man is mutawazzim, meaning heavy-treading.