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Root entry · 24 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of cutting, stopping, or ceasing. It extends to things that are cut off, such as bodily excretions, speech, or even life. It also encompasses related ideas of being diminished, constricted, or lacking.

Derived headwords

زَرِمَverb
  1. 1.
    remained (excrement)classical

    Referring to a dog or cat, its feces remained in its anus.

  2. 2.
    ceased (flow)classical

    Referring to urine, tears, or speech, it stopped or was cut off.

زَرْمًاnoun
  1. 1.
    remaining excrementclassical

    The name for the feces that remained in the anus.

  2. 2.
    cuttingclassical

    The act of cutting or severing.

زَرِمٌadjective
  1. 1.
    remainingclassical

    That which has been cut off or ceased to flow.

  2. 2.
    humbleclassical

    Describing someone who is lowly, with few relatives.

  3. 3.
    immobileclassical

    One who does not remain in a place.

  4. 4.
    cautiousclassical

    One who is wary or on guard.

أَزْرَأَمَverb
  1. 1.
    ceased (flow)classical

    Similar to زرم, referring to the cessation of urine, tears, or speech.

أَزْرَمَverb
  1. 1.
    cutclassical

    To cut something.

  2. 2.
    cut off urineclassical

    Specifically, to cut off someone's urine.

زَرَمَهُverb
  1. 1.
    cutclassical

    To cut something.

تَزْرِيمًاnoun
  1. 1.
    cuttingclassical

    The act of cutting or severing.

زَرَمَتْ بِهِ أُمُّهُverb
  1. 1.
    gave birth to himclassical

    Literally, his mother gave birth to him.

الزَّرِمُnoun
  1. 1.
    the humbleclassical

    The lowly person with few relatives.

  2. 2.
    the immobileclassical

    One who does not stay in one place.

  3. 3.
    the cautiousclassical

    The wary or guarded person.

الزَّرِمُnoun
  1. 1.
    a valleyclassical

    A large valley that flows into the Tigris river near Mosul.

أَزْرَمَverb
  1. 1.
    was cut off (urine)classical

    Referring to a cat, its urine was cut off.

زَرِمَ البَيْعُverb
  1. 1.
    the sale ceasedclassical

    The sale came to an end or was cut off.

الزَّرِمُadjective
  1. 1.
    stingyclassical

    A miserly person, or one who is restricted.

زَرَمَهُ الدَّهْرُverb
  1. 1.
    time cut off his goodclassical

    Time deprived him of good fortune.

زَرِمُ الدَّمْعِadjective
  1. 1.
    tear-stoppingclassical

    One whose tears have stopped or become scarce.

أَوْزَغَتْverb
  1. 1.
    cut urine little by littleclassical

    Said of a she-camel that urinates little by little.

أَزْرَمَتْverb
  1. 1.
    cut urine little by littleclassical

    Said of a she-camel that urinates little by little.

ازْرَأَمَّverb
  1. 1.
    became angryclassical

    To become angry.

مُزْرِئِمٌadjective
  1. 1.
    angryclassical

    One who is angry.

  2. 2.
    constrictedclassical

    Contracted or drawn together.

  3. 3.
    silentclassical

    One who is silent.

الزَّرْأَمِيمadjective
  1. 1.
    constrictedclassical

    Contracted or drawn together.

الزَّرِيمadjective
  1. 1.
    humbleclassical

    A lowly person with few relatives.

المَرْزَئِمadjective
  1. 1.
    constrictedclassical

    Contracted or drawn together.

  2. 2.
    shiveringclassical

    One who is shivering or has goosebumps.

ازْرَأَمَّ ازْرِئْمَامًاverb
  1. 1.
    became constrictedclassical

    To become contracted or drawn together.

تَزْرَأَمُّverb
  1. 1.
    shrankclassical

    To shrink or contract, as when wet.

Parallel reading

زَرَمَ الكلبُ والسنورُ كفرحٍ زرماً فهو زَرِمٌ: بقي جُعْرُهُ في دبره
The dog and the cat, as in 'faraha', zarm-ed, meaning their feces remained in their anus.
وزَرَمَ بولُهُ ودمعُهُ وكلامُهُ وحِلفَتُهُ: انقطعَ كازرأمَ
And his urine, tears, speech, and oath zarm-ed, meaning they ceased, like 'azra'ama'.
وزَرَمَهُ يزرمُهُ زرماً، وأزرمَهُ، وزَرَّمَهُ تزريماً: قطعَهُ
And he zarm-ed it, yazrimuhu, zarm-an, and azramahu, and zarrimahu tazriman: meaning he cut it.
وأزرمَهُ: قطعَ عليهِ بولَهُ
And he azramahu: meaning he cut off his urine.
فقال: لا تزرموا ابني
And he said: Do not cut off my son's urine.
قال الأصمعي: الإزرامُ: القطعُ، أي: لا تقطعوا عليهِ بولَهُ
Al-Asma'i said: Al-izram is cutting, meaning: Do not cut off his urine.
وزَرَمَتْ بهِ أُمُّهُ أي: ولدتُهُ
And his mother zarm-ed him, meaning: she gave birth to him.
لولا بلاؤكم في غيرِ واحدةٍ إذا لقمتُ مقامَ الخائفِ الزَّرِمِ
Were it not for your trials in more than one instance, I would take the place of the fearful, the immobile one.
المُزْرَئِمُ والزَّرْأَمِيمُ بضمِّهما، الأخيرةُ عن ثعلبٍ: المنقبضُ
Al-muzri'im and al-zar'amim, with damma on both, the latter from Tha'lab: meaning the constricted one.
موكلٌ بشدوفِ الصومِ يرقبُهُ من المغاربِ مخطوفَ الحشا زَرِمُ
Watching the edges of the fast, observing it from the west, with a snatched gut, the constricted one.
قال أبو عبيد: المرزئمُ: المقشعرُّ المجتمعُ، الراءُ قبلَ الزايِ
Abu Ubayd said: Al-marza'im: the shivering, gathered one, with the ra before the za.
وتَزْرَأَمُّ إذا ما بلَّها المطرُ
And it shrinks when the rain wets it.
وزَرَمَ البيعُ كفرحٍ: انقطعَ
And the sale zarm-ed, as in 'faraha', meaning it ceased.
وزَرَمَهُ الدهرُ تزريماً: قطعَ عنهُ الخيرَ
And time zarm-ed him tazriman: meaning it cut off good from him.
فالزَّرِمُ هنا: القليلُ المنقطعُ
So al-zarm here means: the little, the cut-off.
والزَّرِيمُ كأميرٍ: الرجلُ القليلُ الرهطِ الذليلُ
And al-zarim, like 'amir', is the man of few relatives, the humble one.
والمُزْرَئِمُ: الساكتُ
And al-muzri'im: the silent one.
ألفيتُهُ غضبانَ مُزْرَئِمّاً لا سبطَ الكفِّ ولا خَضِمَا
I found him angry, constricted, neither open-handed nor voracious.