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Root entry · 1 derived lemma

This root appears to describe a person who is short and stout or bulky. It is a rare root with limited usage documented.

Derived headwords

الكعيظnoun
  1. 1.
    short and stout manclassical

    A man who is short and stout or bulky in build.

Parallel reading

الكعيظ، كأمير ومعظم، بالعين المهملة، أهمله الجوهري.
Al-Ku'ayẓ, like Amīr and Mu'aẓẓam, with the unpointed 'ayn, was neglected by Al-Jawharī.
وقال الليث: هو الرجل القصير الضخم، كذا حكاه الأزهري عنه، قال: ولم أسمع هذا الحرف لغيره.
And Al-Layth said: He is the short, bulky man. Thus did Al-Azhari narrate it from him, and he said: I have not heard this word from anyone else.