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Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of speaking or making sounds, often in a hesitant or unclear manner. It extends to describe weak or poorly performing objects, like a bow, and animals with difficult temperaments. It also touches upon the process of childbirth and a type of bird.

Derived headwords

الزجمةnoun
  1. 1.
    faint soundclassical

    Hearing something of a hidden or unclear word.

  2. 2.
    hesitationclassical

    Silence or unwillingness to speak.

زجمverb
  1. 1.
    to speak hesitantlyclassical

    To utter a faint or unclear sound.

  2. 2.
    to speakclassical

    To communicate or say a word.

  3. 3.
    to understandclassical

    To comprehend something.

زجومadjective
  1. 1.
    weak bowclassical

    A bow that produces a weak sound when drawn.

  2. 2.
    unpleasant camelclassical

    A camel that is ill-tempered and difficult.

  3. 3.
    unpleasant she-camelclassical

    A she-camel with a bad disposition, reluctant to nurse another's young.

أزجمadjective
  1. 1.
    silent camelclassical

    A male camel that does not bellow or make a rumbling sound.

الزجمةnoun
  1. 1.
    childbirthclassical

    The process of giving birth, accompanied by straining.

الزحمةnoun
  1. 1.
    childbirthclassical

    The process of giving birth, accompanied by straining.

الزكمةnoun
  1. 1.
    childbirthclassical

    The process of giving birth, accompanied by straining.

الزجمnoun
  1. 1.
    birdclassical

    A type of bird, possibly an inversion of 'zamj'.

Parallel reading

أن تسمع شيئا من الكلمة الخفية
To hear something of a hidden word.
ولم أسمع له زجمة
And I did not hear a sound from him.
وسكت فما زجم بحرف
And he remained silent and did not utter a single letter.
وما زجم إلي كلمة يزجم زجما
And he did not speak a word to me.
الزجوم: القوس الضعيفة الإرنان
The 'zajum': a bow with a weak twang.
فظل يمطو عطفا زجوما
So he kept stretching it, a weak bow.
بات يعاطي فرجا زجوما
He spent the night handling a weak bow.
الزجوم: الناقة السيئة الخلق
The 'zajum': a she-camel of bad disposition.
كما ارتاب في أنف الزجوم شميمها
As its scent made the 'zajum' suspicious of the nose.
كما درت لحالبها الزجوم
As the reluctant she-camel gives milk to her milker.
بعير أزجم: لا يرغو ولا يفصح بالهدير
An 'azjam' camel: it does not bellow nor clearly make a rumbling sound.
الزجمة والزحمة والجحمة والزكمة: كل ذلك الزحرة التي يخرج معها الولد
Al-zagma, al-zahma, al-jahma, and al-zakma: all of these refer to the straining with which the child is born.
الزجم: طائر وهو مقلوب الزمج
Al-zajm: a bird, which is an inversion of 'zamj'.
وما زجم إلي كلمة
And he did not speak a word to me.
وزجم له بشيء ما فهمه
And he spoke to him about something he did not understand.