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عكمز

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root describes a woman who is stout, well-built, and possibly tall. It can also refer to a stout, well-built man.

Derived headwords

العَكْمَزُnoun
  1. 1.
    stout womanclassical

    A stout, well-built, and possibly tall woman.

  2. 2.
    stout manclassical

    A stout, well-built, and compact man.

العَكْمُوزُnoun
  1. 1.
    stout womanclassical

    A stout, well-built, and possibly tall woman.

  2. 2.
    stout manclassical

    A stout, well-built, and compact man.

العَكْمَزَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    stout womanclassical

    A stout, well-built, and possibly tall woman.

العَكْمُوزَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    stout womanclassical

    A stout, well-built, and possibly tall woman.

Parallel reading

كالعكمز والعكموز، بضمهما.
Like al-'akmaz and al-'akmuz, with dammah on both.
والعكمز والعكموز أيضا وبالهاء فيهما: المرأة الحادرة التارة، نقله الأزهري
And al-'akmaz and al-'akmuz, also with the 'taa' marbutah' in both: the stout, well-built woman, as narrated by Al-Azharî.
وقيل: هي الطويلة الضخمة
And it was said: she is the tall, massive one.
إني لأقلي الجلبح العجوزا ... وأمق الفتية العكموزا
Indeed, I dislike the old, stout woman... and I detest the young, stout woman.
العكمز: الذكر المكتنز
Al-'akmaz: the compact, well-built man.
وفتحت للعرد بئرا هزهزا ... فالتقمت جردانه والعكمزا
And I dug a deep well for the Arad... and it swallowed its small stones and the stout one.