كزب

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of extracting or condensing, particularly in the context of fat and its essence. It also extends to descriptions of physical attributes like a constricted gait and color variations.

Derived headwords

الكَزْبُnoun

1.
essence of fatclassical
The rendered fat or its essence, similar to the meaning of 'kasb'.
2.
hard treeclassical
A type of hard, solid tree.

كَزْبٌnoun

1.
constriction of gaitclassical
The narrowness of a man's gait, his constricted stride, considered a defect.

المَكْزُوبَةُadjective

1.
mixed colorclassical
Describing a color that is intermediate between black and white, often referring to a mixed or dappled hue.

الكَوْزَبُadjective

1.
stingyclassical
A man who is stingy, tight-fisted, or narrow-minded.

Parallel reading

أهمله الجوهري، وقال ابن الأعرابي: هو لغة في (الكسب)، وهو عصارة الدهن

Al-Jawhari neglected it, and Ibn al-A'rabi said: It is a dialectal variant of (al-kasb), which is the rendered fat.

كالكزبرة والكسبرة

like al-kazbara and al-kasbara.

الكَزْبُ، (بالتحريك: صغر مشط الرجل، وتقبضه، وهو عيب)

Al-kazb, (with harakat): the narrowness of a man's gait, his constricted stride, which is a defect.

والمكزوبة: الخلاسية) بالكسر (من الألوان)

And al-makzuba: the khulasiyya (with kasra) from the colors.

وهي ما كان بين الأسود والأبيض

And it is that which is between black and white.

ومننه: الجواري المكزوبة، وهي الخلاسية اللون

And from it: the al-makzuba slave girls, meaning those of mixed color.

عن ابن الأعرابي، وقد تقدم في زكب

from Ibn al-A'rabi, and it has preceded in (z-k-b).

والكوزب، كجوهر: الرجل البخيل، الضيق الخلق

And al-kawzab, like jawhar: the stingy man, narrow of disposition.

وفي نسخة: النفس، بدل الخلق

And in a copy: al-nafs (soul/self), instead of al-khalq (disposition).

الكزب، بالضم: شجر صلب نقله الصاغاني

Al-kazb, (with damma): a hard tree, as transmitted by Al-Saghani.