ضوز

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the actions of chewing, eating, and consuming, often with a connotation of doing so reluctantly or with a full mouth. It also extends to concepts of deficiency, breaking, and the act of chewing or cleaning teeth.

Derived headwords

ضازverb

1.
to chewboth
To chew something in one's mouth, often implying a preliminary action before swallowing.
2.
to eatboth
To consume food, with specific nuances mentioned.
3.
to eat with a full mouthclassical
To eat while one's mouth is already full.
4.
to eat reluctantlyclassical
To eat out of obligation or with displeasure, especially when already full.

ضوزاnoun

1.
chewingboth
The act of chewing something in the mouth.
2.
eatingboth
The act of eating.

الضوازةnoun

1.
splinter of miswakclassical
A small splinter or fragment from a miswak (tooth-cleaning stick).
2.
what is spat outclassical
That which remains in the teeth and is then spat out.

الضوزnoun

1.
spitting outclassical
The act of spitting out what remains in the teeth.

ضوزverb

1.
to breakclassical
To break or violate one's right.

ضازهverb

1.
to break his rightclassical
To violate or infringe upon someone's right.

ضازنيverb

1.
to diminish meclassical
To diminish or reduce something belonging to me.

ضيزadjective

1.
voracious camelclassical
A camel that eats excessively.

ضوزاverb

1.
to eat (camel)classical
The act of eating, specifically attributed to a camel.

المضوازnoun

1.
miswakclassical
A tooth-cleaning stick.

ضوزىnoun

1.
divisionclassical
A division or distribution, mentioned without further clarification.

الضوزةnoun

1.
insignificant personclassical
A person of little importance, a lowly individual.

Parallel reading

ضاز الثمرة يضوزها ضوزا أي لاكها في فمه

He chewed the fruit, chewing it, meaning he rolled it in his mouth.

وقيل: أكلها، وقيل: مضغها، وقيل: أكلها وفمه ملآن، أو أكل على كره وهو شبعان.

And it was said: he ate it, and it was said: he chewed it, and it was said: he ate it with his mouth full, or he ate reluctantly while full.

والضوازة، بالضم: شظية من السواك، قاله الفراء، وهي النفاثة منه.

And al-dawaza, with damma, is a splinter from the miswak, according to Al-Farra', and it is what is spat out from it.

وقيل: هو ما بقي في أسنانه فنفثه، كالضوز، بالفتح، عن ابن الأعرابي

And it was said: it is what remains in his teeth and is spat out, like al-dawz, with fatha, according to Ibn al-A'rabi.

ما أغنى عني ضوز سواك

What use is the residue of my miswak to me?

تعلما يا أيها العجوزان ... ما ها هنا ما كنتما تضوزان

Learn, O you two old ones... what is here that you used to chew/eat.

فروزا الأمر الذي تروزان

So decide the matter which you weigh.

وضازه حقه يضوزه: نقضه.

And he violated his right, he violates it: he broke it.

وضازني يضوزني: نقصني، عن كراع.

And it diminished me, it diminishes me: it reduced me, according to Kura'.

بعير ضيز، بكسر الضاد ففتح التحتية وتشديد الزاي: أي أكول، عن ابن الأعرابي

A camel 'diz', with kasra on the dhal and fatha on the ya' with shadda: meaning voracious, according to Ibn al-A'rabi.

يتبعها كل ضيز شدقم

Every voracious, big-jawed one follows it.

وهو من ضاز البعير ضوزا: أكل.

And it is from the camel eating 'dawzan': eating.

والمضواز: المسواك.

And al-midwaz: the miswak.

وقسمة ضوزى، بالضم بلا همز، نقله ابن الأعرابي.

And a division 'dawza', with damma without hamza, narrated by Ibn al-A'rabi.

والضوزة، بالضم: الحقير الشأن الذليل،

And al-dawza, with damma: insignificant in status, lowly.