لزن

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

The root لزن (l-z-n) primarily denotes concepts of crowding, congestion, and scarcity. It describes situations where people gather densely, leading to a lack of space or resources, and extends to hardship, famine, and difficult times.

Derived headwords

لَزَنَverb

1.
to crowd togetherclassical
A group of people gathered densely at a well for drawing water, to the point of congestion.

لُزُونٌnoun

1.
crowdingclassical
The act of people gathering densely, especially at a water source, causing congestion.

فَرَحٌnoun

1.
crowdingclassical
The act of people gathering densely, especially at a water source, causing congestion.

تَلَازَنَverb

1.
to jostle each otherclassical
To crowd or jostle against one another, implying a state of congestion.

مَشْرَبٌ لَزِنٌadjective

1.
congestedclassical
A place for drinking or a water source that is crowded and congested.

مَشْرَبٌ لِزْنٌadjective

1.
congestedclassical
A place for drinking or a water source that is crowded and congested.

مَلْزُونٌadjective

1.
congestedclassical
A place for drinking or a water source that is crowded and congested.

لَزْنَةٌnoun

1.
hardshipclassical
A difficult, narrow, or constricted time, often due to hunger or fear.
2.
coldclassical
A night that is cold and uncomfortable.

لُزْنَةٌnoun

1.
hardshipclassical
A difficult, narrow, or constricted time, often due to hunger or fear.

لُزْنَةٌnoun

1.
scarcityclassical
A severe, difficult, and scarce year, implying famine or extreme hardship.

لُزْنَةٌnoun

1.
hardshipclassical
General hardship and distress.

لُزُنٌnoun

1.
hardshipsclassical
Plural of 'luznah', referring to severe hardships or difficult times.

زَمَانٌ أَلْزَنُadjective

1.
severely coldclassical
A time or period characterized by intense, biting cold, like a severe winter.

لِزْنٌnoun

1.
hardshipclassical
A state of difficulty and scarcity in livelihood, requiring great effort to obtain.

Parallel reading

لَزَنَ القَوْمُ، كَنَصَرَ وَفَرِحَ، لُزُونًا وَلُزَانًا

The people crowded together, as in 'nasara' and 'fariha', with a crowding and congestion.

اجْتَمَعُوا عَلَى البِئْرِ لِلِاسْتِقَاءِ حَتَّى ضَاقَتْ بِهِمْ

They gathered at the well for drawing water until it became too crowded for them.

وَتَلَازَنُوا: تَزَاحَمُوا

And they jostled each other: they crowded together.

وَمَشْرَبٌ لَزِنٌ، بِالْفَتْحِ، وَلِزْنٌ، كَكُتُفٍ، وَمَلْزُونٌ: أَيْ مُزْدَحَمٌ عَلَيْهِ

And a congested drinking place, with 'fath', and 'lizn', like 'kutuf', and 'malzun': meaning crowded upon.

فِي مَشْرَبٍ لَا كَدِرٌ وَلَا لَزِنٌ

In a drinking place that is neither turbid nor congested.

وَلَيْلَةٌ لَزِنَةٌ، كَفَرِحَةٍ، وَلُزْنَةٌ، بِالْفَتْحِ وَتُكَسَّرُ: أَيْ ضَيِّقَةٌ مِنْ جُوعٍ أَوْ مِنْ خَوْفٍ، أَوْ بَارِدَةٌ

And a constricted night, like 'farhah', and 'luznah', with 'fath' and it can be 'kasr': meaning narrow from hunger or from fear, or cold.

وَاللُّزْنَةُ: هِيَ السَّنَةُ الشَّدِيدَةُ الضَّيِّقَةُ

And 'al-luznah': it is the severe, constricted year.

وَأَيْضًا: الشِّدَّةُ وَالضِّيقُ، ج لُزُنٌ

And also: hardship and distress, plural 'luzun'.

وَيَقْبَلُ ذُو البَثِّ وَالرَّاغِبُونَ فِي لَيْلَةٍ هِيَ إِحْدَى اللُّزْنِ

And the distressed and the eager ones approach on a night which is one of the hardships.

أَيْ إِحْدَى لَيَالِي اللُّزْنِ

Meaning one of the nights of hardship.

وَالزَّمَانُ الأَلْزَنُ: الشَّدِيدُ الكَلَبُ

And the severely cold time: intensely biting cold.

أَصَابَهُمْ لُزْنٌ مِنَ العَيْشِ: أَيْ ضِيقٌ لَا يُنَالُ إِلَّا بِمَشَقَّةٍ

They were afflicted with a scarcity of livelihood: meaning a constriction that can only be obtained with difficulty.

وَيَقُولُونَ فِي الدُّعَاءِ عَلَى الإِنْسَانِ: مَا لَهُ سُقِيَ فِي لُزْنِ ضَاحٍ

And they say in a curse against a person: May he not be given water in the heat of a bright day.

أَيْ فِي ضِيقٍ مَعَ حَرِّ الشَّمْسِ

Meaning in constriction with the heat of the sun.