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Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes baseness, meanness, and lowliness, extending to physical smallness and inferiority in both people and possessions. It also encompasses concepts of insignificance, contempt, and even a specific type of death or a formidable person.

Derived headwords

القَزَمُnoun
  1. 1.
    Meanness, basenessclassical

    Meanness, baseness, and ignobility, as mentioned in Al-Sihah. It is also used in a hadith to seek refuge from it, signifying stinginess and avarice.

  2. 2.
    Small statureboth

    Smallness of body, particularly in water, and smallness of character in people.

  3. 3.
    Lowly peopleboth

    The base and lowly among people, used for one, plural, masculine, and feminine, as it is originally a masdar.

  4. 4.
    Inferior possessionsclassical

    The worst and smallest of possessions, with some specifying it as small sheep, which are called 'al-hudhaf'.

  5. 5.
    Shortnessboth

    Shortness of stature, both for men and women.

قَزَمٌadjective
  1. 1.
    Mean, baseboth

    Describing a person as mean, base, and ignoble.

  2. 2.
    Smallboth

    Describing a person as physically small.

رجل قزم — A mean man
امرأة قزم — A mean woman
قَزَمَةٌadjective
  1. 1.
    Shortboth

    Describing a woman as short in stature.

امرأة قزمة — A short woman
أَقْزَامٌnoun
  1. 1.
    Lowly peopleboth

    The plural of 'qazm', referring to the base and lowly among people.

قُزَامٌnoun
  1. 1.
    The ignobleclassical

    Referring to the ignoble and base people.

قُزَامٌnoun
  1. 1.
    One who is not overcomeclassical

    One who is not overcome by anyone, implying strength or resilience.

القُزَامُnoun
  1. 1.
    Sudden deathclassical

    Sudden and swift death.

قَزَمٌnoun
  1. 1.
    Small and ignoble personboth

    A person who is small in stature and ignoble, lacking any capability or worth.

قَزَمَverb
  1. 1.
    To be mean, baseboth

    To be mean, base, and ignoble.

  2. 2.
    To be shortboth

    To be short in stature.

قَزِمٌadjective
  1. 1.
    Small-bodied, ignobleboth

    Describing someone as small in body and ignoble.

قَزَمَverb
  1. 1.
    To find fault withboth

    To find fault with someone or something, to criticize.

قَزَمَهُ قَزْمًا — He found fault with him.
قُزْمَانname
  1. 1.
    Qazman ibn al-Harithclassical

    A name of a person, Qazman ibn al-Harith al-Absi, who was a hypocrite and killed at Uhud. Some incorrectly listed him as a companion.

شاة قَزِمَةadjective
  1. 1.
    Small, poor sheepclassical

    A sheep that is small and of poor quality.

غَنَمٌ أَقْزَامٌnoun
  1. 1.
    Worthless sheepclassical

    Sheep that are of no good, considered worthless.

سُؤَدَدٌ أَقْزَمٌadjective
  1. 1.
    Not ancient leadershipclassical

    Leadership or authority that is not ancient or established, implying it is recent or weak.

التَّقَزُّمُnoun
  1. 1.
    Plunging into mattersclassical

    The act of plunging into matters with intensity or force.

قُزْمَانname
  1. 1.
    A place nameclassical

    A place name.

Parallel reading

القزم، محركة: الدناءة والقماءة
Al-qazm (with harakah): meanness and baseness.
وفي الحديث: " كان يتعوذ من القزم "
And in the hadith: 'He used to seek refuge from al-qazm'.
وهو اللؤم والشح
It is stinginess and avarice.
أو صغر الجسم في الماء وصغر الأخلاق في الناس
Or smallness of body in water and smallness of character in people.
ورذال الناس وسفلتهم
And the base and lowly among people.
وهم إذا الخيل جالوا في كواثبها ... فوارس الخيل لا ميل ولا قزم
And they, when the horses charged in their flanks... are the horsemen, not weak nor base.
يقال: رجل قزم وامرأة قزم
It is said: a mean man and a mean woman.
ورجلان قزمان، وامرأة قزمة، ورجال أقزام
And two men are qazman, and a woman is qazimah, and men are aqzam.
وقيل: الجمع: أقزام (وقزامى) كسكارى (وقزم) بضمتين
And it is said: the plural is aqzam (and quzama) like sukara (and qazm) with two dammahs.
ومنهم من خصه فقال: صغار الغنم، وهي الحذف
And some specified it as small sheep, which are called 'al-hudhaf'.
القزام: اللئام
Al-qazam: the ignoble.
أحصنوا أمهم من عبدهم ... تلك أفعال القزام الوكعه
They married their mothers to their slaves... those are the actions of the ignoble, the base.
القزام: الذي لا يغلبه أحد
Al-qazam: one who is not overcome by anyone.
الموت الوحي
Sudden death.
جفاة طغام عبيد أقزام
Harsh, ignoble, slaves, base people.
وقد قزم، كفرح فهو قزم
And he was mean, like faraha, so he is qazm.
والقزم: أردأ المال وصغاره
And al-qazm: the worst and smallest of possessions.
ورجل وامرأة قزمة، محركة
And a man and a woman are qazimah, with harakah.
وقزمه قزما: عابه، كقرمه
And he qazama qazman: he found fault with him, like qarmuhu.
إن الله ليؤيد هذا الدين بالرجل الفاجر
Indeed, Allah supports this religion with a wicked man.