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Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to specific tools or objects, particularly those used in crafts like shoemaking and blacksmithing. It also seems to encompass terms for certain types of wood or structural elements.

Derived headwords

الفَرْزَمnoun
  1. 1.
    shoemaker's lastclassical

    A round piece of wood used by shoemakers for shaping shoes.

  2. 2.
    blacksmith's anvilclassical

    A heavy block of metal on which a blacksmith hammers and shapes hot metal.

فَرْزَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to shape on a lastclassical

    To shape a shoe on a shoemaker's last.

Parallel reading

الفرزوم، كعصفور: خشبة مدورة يحذو عليها الحذاء
Al-farzūm, like 'asfūr: a round piece of wood on which the shoe is shaped.
وأهل المدينة يسمونها: الجبأة
And the people of the city call it: al-jaba'ah.
وحكى ابن بري، عن ابن خالويه الفرزوم بالفاء: خشبة الحذاء
And Ibn Barrī narrated, from Ibn Khālawayh, al-farzūm with a fā': the shoemaker's wood.
وبالقاف سندان الحداد
And with a qāf, the blacksmith's anvil.