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Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes individuals who are weak, elderly, or physically frail. It can also refer to someone who is stout, brave, or strong, and in a secondary sense, to a small-bodied person or a tick.

Derived headwords

القَعْضَمnoun
  1. 1.
    Weak, elderly personclassical

    An old, weak, and frail person, often having lost their teeth.

قَعْضَمَverb
  1. 1.
    To be stout and braveclassical

    To be large, bold, and strong.

القُشْعُومnoun
  1. 1.
    Small-bodied personclassical

    A person who is small in body or stature.

  2. 2.
    Tickclassical

    A type of parasitic arachnid, commonly known as a tick.

Parallel reading

القعضم، كجعفر، وزبرج أهمله الجوهري وهو الضعيف الهرم.
Al-qaḍam, like Ja'far, and zabraj, was neglected by Al-Jawhari, and it means the weak, aged person.
وهو بالباء: الضخم الجريء الشديد وقد تقدم.
And it, with the letter Ba', means stout, bold, and strong, as previously mentioned.
أو الشيخ المسن الذاهب الأسنان، وهو مقلوب القضعم الذي تقدم آنفا.
Or the old, elderly man who has lost his teeth, and it is an inversion of al-qaḍ'am which was previously mentioned.
ومما يستدرك عليه: القشعوم، كزنبور: الصغير الجسم.
And among what is to be added to it: Al-qush'ūm, like zunbūr, means small in body.
وأيضا: القراد، كالقشعوم كذا في المحكم.
And also: the tick, like al-qush'ūm, as stated in Al-Muḥkam.