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ك ظ م

Root entry · 20 derived lemmas

The root ك ظ م primarily relates to holding back, restraining, or suppressing something, often emotions like anger, or physical actions like swallowing or closing. It extends to concepts of being burdened, silent, or blocked, and also refers to physical structures that block or channel water.

Derived headwords

كَظَمَ غَيْظَهُ يَكْظِمُهُ كَظْمًاverb
  1. 1.
    to swallow angerboth

    To suppress and hold back one's anger, swallowing it down.

  2. 2.
    to hold backboth

    To restrain or hold back something, like a physical object or an emotion.

كظم غيظه يكظمه كظما: اجترعه — He swallowed his anger, suppressing it.
كَظْمًاnoun
  1. 1.
    suppressionboth

    The act of suppressing or holding back, particularly anger.

كَظَمَ البَابَ يَكْظِمُهُ كَظْمًاverb
  1. 1.
    to close a doorboth

    To close a door by standing by it and shutting it, either personally or with an object.

كظم الباب يكظمه كظما: أغلقه — He closed the door.
كَظَمَ النَّهْرَ وَالخَوْخَةَ كَظْمًاverb
  1. 1.
    to block a channelboth

    To block or dam up a river, channel, or small opening (khawkha).

كظم النهر والخوخة كظما: سدهما — He blocked the river and the opening.
كَظَمَ البَعِيرُ كُظُومًاverb
  1. 1.
    to hold back cudboth

    When a camel holds back its cud from regurgitating, keeping it in its throat.

كظم البعير كظوما إذا أمسك عن الجرة — The camel held back its cud.
كَظِيمٌ وَمَكْظُومٌadjective
  1. 1.
    distressedboth

    A person who is distressed, burdened by sorrow that has seized their throat or breath.

ظل وجهه مسودا وهو كظيم — His face became dark, and he was suppressed (with grief).
الكِظْمُ (مُحَرَّكَة)noun
  1. 1.
    throatboth

    The throat, mouth, or the exit point of breath.

  2. 2.
    breathclassical

    The point of breath's exit, signifying the end of life.

أخذ بكظمه أي: بحلقه — He seized him by his throat.
كَظَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to be silentboth

    To refrain from speaking, to be silent.

كظم كظوما إذا سكت — He was silent.
قَوْمٌ كُظَّمٌadjective
  1. 1.
    silent peopleboth

    A group of people who are silent, refraining from idle talk or obscenity.

ورب أسراب حجيج كظم ... عن اللغا ورفث التكلم — And perhaps flocks of silent pilgrims... refraining from idle talk and obscenity.
الكِظَامَة (بالكسر)noun
  1. 1.
    river mouthclassical

    The mouth of a valley from which water emerges.

  2. 2.
    water channelboth

    A channel or conduit, especially one underground, that carries water, often connecting wells.

  3. 3.
    female urinary meatusclassical

    The opening for urine in a woman.

  4. 4.
    wellsideclassical

    A well situated next to another well, with an underground passage connecting them.

  5. 5.
    balance scale partboth

    A ring or loop on a balance scale where the threads are gathered, or the pin around which the tongue rotates.

  6. 6.
    bowstring loopclassical

    A braided cord attached to the bowstring and looped around the upper end of the bow.

  7. 7.
    camel nose ropeboth

    A rope used to tie a camel's nose.

  8. 8.
    arrow fletching partclassical

    The part of an arrow that secures the fletching, or the fletching itself.

الكِظَامَة، بالكسر: فم الوادي — The kizamah: the mouth of the valley.
الكِظَامnoun
  1. 1.
    stopperboth

    A plug or stopper for something, like a water channel or a container.

الكِظَام، ككتاب: سداد الشيء — Al-kizam: the stopper of something.
كَاظِمَةname
  1. 1.
    Kazimah (place name)both

    A place name, referring to a location on the sea coast near Basra.

وأن تسكن كاظمة البحور — And to reside in Kazimah of the seas.
أَخَذَ بِكِظَامِ الأَمْرِphrase
  1. 1.
    to take charge ofclassical

    To take firm control or grasp of a matter, to handle it reliably.

أخذ بكظام الأمر، بالكسر أي: بالثقة — He took hold of the matter with confidence.
الكُظَيْمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    waterskinboth

    A waterskin or leather bag, whose mouth is closed or sealed.

الكُظَيْمَة: المزادة — The kuzaymah: the waterskin.
كَظَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to hold oneself backboth

    To restrain oneself, to hold back one's actions or words.

إذا تثاءب أحدكم فليكظم ما استطاع. أي: ليحبسه — If one of you yawns, let him suppress it as much as he can. Meaning: let him hold it back.
الكَاظِمُadjective
  1. 1.
    silentboth

    One who is silent.

  2. 2.
    thirsty camelclassical

    A camel that is thirsty and has a dry throat.

الإمام موسى بن جعفر الصادقname
  1. 1.
    Al-Kazimboth

    A title of honor given to Imam Musa ibn Ja'far al-Sadiq, meaning 'the one who suppresses his anger'.

نَاقَةٌ كَظُومٌadjective
  1. 1.
    non-ruminating camelboth

    A female camel that does not ruminate or bring up its cud.

فهن كظوم ما يفضن بجرة — They are non-ruminating, not releasing their cud.
كَظَمَ القِرْبَةَverb
  1. 1.
    to fill and seal a waterskinboth

    To fill a waterskin and seal its opening.

وكظم القربة: ملأها وسد فاها — And he filled the waterskin and sealed its mouth.
الكِظَامَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    water conduitboth

    A water conduit or channel, especially one underground.

  2. 2.
    door plugboth

    A plug or stopper for a door.

الكظامة: السقاية — The kizamah: the water conduit.

Parallel reading

كظم غيظه يكظمه كظما: اجترعه
He swallowed his anger, suppressing it.
والكاظمين الغيظ والعافين عن الناس
And those who restrain anger and pardon people.
ما من جرعة يتجرعها الإنسان أعظم أجرا من جرعة غيظ في الله عز وجل
There is no gulp that a person swallows that is greater in reward than a gulp of anger in Allah the Almighty.
كظم الباب يكظمه كظما: قام عليه وأغلقه بنفسه أو بغير نفسه
He closed the door by standing by it and shutting it, either personally or with an object.
كظم النهر والخوخة كظما: سدهما
He blocked the river and the opening.
كظم البعير كظوما إذا أمسك عن الجرة
The camel held back its cud.
إذ نادى وهو مكظوم
When he called out, and he was suppressed (with grief).
ظل وجهه مسودا وهو كظيم
His face became dark, and he was suppressed (with grief).
أخذ بكظمه أي: بحلقه
He seized him by his throat.
له التوبة ما لم يؤخذ بكظمه
He has repentance as long as his breath has not been taken.
ورب أسراب حجيج كظم ... عن اللغا ورفث التكلم
And perhaps flocks of silent pilgrims... refraining from idle talk and obscenity.
وكل امرئ يوما إلى الله صائر ... قضاء إذا ما كان يؤخذ بالكظم
And every person will one day return to God, a decree when one is compelled (to face the inevitable).
فيا ليت داري بالمدينة أصبحت ... بأعفار فلج أو بسيف الكواظم
Oh, I wish my home in the city had become... in the dusty plains of Falaj or by the Kazimah of the seas.
إذا رأيت مكة قد بعجت كظائم، وساوى بناؤها رؤوس الجبال، فاعلم أن الأمر قد أظلك
When you see Mecca with its channels dug, and its buildings level with the mountain tops, know that the matter has overshadowed you.
عقد الخيوط في كظامتي الميزان
He tied the threads in the two rings of the balance scale.
شدت على حز الكظامة بالكظر
It was tied at the notch of the kizamah with the kazar.
إذا تثاءب أحدكم فليكظم ما استطاع
If one of you yawns, let him suppress it as much as he can.
له فخر يكظم عليه
He has a pride that he keeps to himself.
أتى كظامة قوم فتوضأ منها
He came to a water conduit of a people and performed ablution from it.