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ز ز ك

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to movement, specifically a woman's hip and flank movement while walking, often implying a short, unattractive stature. It also describes a short, ill-favored person.

Derived headwords

زوزكتverb
  1. 1.
    moved hips and flanksclassical

    A woman moved her hips and flanks while walking.

مزوزكةadjective
  1. 1.
    moving hips and flanksclassical

    Describing a woman who moves her hips and flanks in her gait.

الزونزكadjective
  1. 1.
    short and uglyclassical

    A person who is short and unattractive in appearance.

  2. 2.
    swaggeringclassical

    Someone who walks with a swaggering or ostentatious gait.

زونزكadjective
  1. 1.
    short and uglyclassical

    A person who is short and unattractive in appearance.

  2. 2.
    swaggeringclassical

    Someone who walks with a swaggering or ostentatious gait.

زونزىnoun
  1. 1.
    swaggering gaitclassical

    A type of gait characterized by swaggering or ostentatious movement.

Parallel reading

زوزكت المرأة أهمله الجوهري هنا، وأورد منه شيئا في ز ن ك وكذا أهمله الصاغاني هنا وأورد منه شيئا في زوك
The woman moved her hips and flanks. Al-Jawhari neglected it here and mentioned something from it in Z-N-K, and Al-Saghani also neglected it here and mentioned something from it in Z-W-K.
وقال ابن جني: هو فوعل، أي: فحقه أن يذكر هنا
And Ibn Jinni said: It is on the pattern 'faw'al', meaning it should have been mentioned here.
وقال ابن عباد: أي حركت أليتيها وجنبيها في المشي وهي مزوزكة
And Ibn Abbad said: Meaning she moved her hips and flanks in walking, and she is muzawzakah.
الزونزك: هو القصير الدميم
Al-zunzuk: is the short and ugly one.
هو الحياك في مشيته
He is the one who struts in his gait.
قالت امرأة ترثي زوجها: (ولست بوكواك ولا بزونزك
A woman said, mourning her husband: (You were neither a waverer nor a zunzuk.
مكانك حتى يبعث الخلق باعثه
You remained in your place until the creator sends forth the resurrected.
وقال ابن جني وزنه فونعل
And Ibn Jinni said its pattern is 'fun'al'.
وزوجها زونزك زونزى
And her husband is a zunzuk, with a zunza gait.
يفرق إن فزع بالضبغطى
He scatters if frightened by a sudden noise.