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Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of a head cold or nasal discharge, stemming from a notion of blockage or fullness. It extends metaphorically to ideas of throwing, filling, and the last or least offspring.

Derived headwords

الزكامnoun
  1. 1.
    Head coldboth

    A common ailment characterized by a runny nose, often described as the discharge of watery humors from the front parts of the brain.

الزكمةnoun
  1. 1.
    Head coldboth

    A synonym for 'al-zukam', referring to the common cold and its symptoms.

  2. 2.
    Heavy, coarse personclassical

    Metaphorically, a person described as heavy, unrefined, or coarse in manner.

  3. 3.
    Last childclassical

    The youngest or final child born to parents.

  4. 4.
    Offspring, progenyclassical

    Refers to offspring or progeny, sometimes with a negative connotation.

زُكِمَverb
  1. 1.
    To catch a coldboth

    The passive form of the verb, meaning to be afflicted with a head cold.

زَكَمَهُverb
  1. 1.
    To cause to catch a coldboth

    The causative form, meaning God or another agent caused someone to catch a cold.

أَزْكَمَهُverb
  1. 1.
    To cause to catch a coldboth

    Another causative form, indicating that someone was made to suffer from a cold.

مَزْكُومadjective
  1. 1.
    Having a coldboth

    The passive participle, describing someone who has a head cold.

زَكَمَ بنطفتهverb
  1. 1.
    To throw with his spermclassical

    To ejaculate or throw one's sperm.

  2. 2.
    To throw with itclassical

    Metaphorically, to throw or cast something with force.

زَكَمَ القربةverb
  1. 1.
    To fill the waterskinclassical

    To fill a waterskin or similar container completely.

مَزْكُومَةadjective
  1. 1.
    Filledclassical

    The passive participle of filling, referring to a filled waterskin.

الزكمة (بالفتح)noun
  1. 1.
    The straining of childbirthclassical

    Refers to the straining or pressure experienced during childbirth.

زكمة سوءnoun
  1. 1.
    Bad offspringclassical

    An offspring that is considered wicked, corrupt, or of poor character.

Parallel reading

الزكام بالضم والزكمة معروف
Al-zukam (with damma) and al-zukmah are known.
وهو تحلب فضول رطبة من بطني الدماغ المقدمين إلى المنخرين
And it is the dripping of moist humors from the anterior ventricles of the brain to the nostrils.
وقد زكم الرجل
And the man caught a cold.
وزكمه الله تعالى
And God Almighty caused him to catch a cold.
وأزكمه فهو مزكوم
And God caused him to catch a cold, and he is one who has caught a cold.
رجل مزكوم
A man with a cold.
وقد أزكمه الله تعالى
And God Almighty caused him to catch a cold.
أصل الزكم الملء كالزكب
The origin of 'zakam' is filling, like 'zakaba'.
وزكم بنطفته: رمى
And he 'zakama' with his sperm: he threw (ejaculated).
وزكم القربة: ملأها
And he 'zakama' the waterskin: he filled it.
فهي مزكومة
And it (the waterskin) is filled.
والزكمة بالضم: الثقيل الجافي
And al-zukmah (with damma) is the heavy, coarse one.
هو زكمة أبويه: إذا كان آخر ولدهما
He is the 'zukmah' of his parents: if he is the last of their children.
والزكمة بالفتح: الزحرة يخرج منها الولد
And al-zukmah (with fatha) is the straining from which the child emerges.
الزكمة: النسل
Al-zukmah: offspring.
زكمة عمار بالضم، وهو ألأم زكمة في الأرض
The 'zukmah' of 'Ammar (with damma), and it is the most ignoble offspring on earth.
لفلان زكمة سوء: ولد غير صالح
So-and-so has a 'zukmah' of evil: an unrighteous offspring.
ولعن الله أما زكمت به
And may God curse the mother who gave birth to it.
زكمت به أمه إذا ولدته سرحا
His mother 'zakamat' him with it if she gave birth to him easily.