ظ ءم

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to sounds, specifically loud noises like shouting or bleating. It also extends to the concept of a man's predecessor or ancestor, and a specific type of marriage arrangement.

Derived headwords

الظأمnoun

1.
speechclassical
Refers to speech or talking.
2.
shoutingclassical
A loud outcry or shouting.
3.
clamorclassical
A loud noise or uproar, similar to 'ظأب'.

الظأمnoun

1.
predecessorclassical
A man's predecessor or ancestor.

ظأمهverb

1.
to marry
To marry someone.

ظاءمهverb

1.
to marry each other's sisterclassical
When each of two men marries the sister of the other.

مظاءمةnoun

1.
mutual marriage of sistersclassical
The act of two men marrying each other's sisters.

مظاءبةnoun

1.
mutual marriage of sistersclassical
The act of two men marrying each other's sisters.

ظأمverb

1.
to have intercourseclassical
To have sexual intercourse with a woman.

ظأم التيسnoun

1.
goat's bleatingclassical
The sound and bleating of a male goat.

ظأبهverb

1.
to bleatclassical
The sound made by a male goat.

تظاءماverb

1.
to marry each other's sisterclassical
When two men marry each other's sisters.

Parallel reading

الظأم: الكلام

Al-Zaa'm: speech.

وفي بعض نسخ الصحاح: الصياح

And in some versions of Al-Sahah: shouting.

والجلبة مثل الظأب

And clamor, like Al-Za'b.

الظأم: سلف الرجل

Al-Zaa'm: a man's predecessor.

قد ظأمه وظاءمه مظاءمة، ومظاءبة: إذا تزوج كل واحد منهما أختا

He married him, and they married each other's sister: meaning, if each of them married the sister of the other.

وظأمها، كمنع، أي: جامعها

And he had intercourse with her, as in 'mana'a', meaning: he had sexual intercourse with her.

ظأم التيس: صوته ولبلبته، كظأبه

The bleating of the ram: its sound and bleating, like its 'za'aba'.

وتظاءما: تزوج امرأة، وتزوج الآخر أختها

And they married each other: one married a woman, and the other married her sister.