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ع ز م

3 verbs · 11 nouns and adjectives

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Nouns and adjectives

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 18 entries
  • عَزَمَ عَلَيْهِ Form I He determined, resolved, or decided, upon it, or upon doing it
    , (S, Msb, K,) aor. , (Msb, K,) inf. n. عَزْمٌ (S, Msb, K) and عُزْمٌ (S, K) and عَزْمَةٌ (TA) and عُزْمَانٌ (K) and عَزِيمَةٌ and عَزِيمٌ (S, K) and مَعْزَمٌ and مَعْزِمٌ; (K;) and عَزَمَهُ; (Msb, K;) both signify the same; (IB, TA;) and ↓ اعتزم عَلَيْهِ, (S, K,) and ↓ اعتزمهُ; and ↓ تعزّم [app. تعزّم عليه, but accord. to the TK تعزّمهُ]; (K;) [He determined, resolved, or decided, upon it, or upon doing it, namely, an affair;] he desired to do it, and decided, or determined, upon it; (S, K;) he settled, or determined, his heart, or mind, firmly (عَقَدَ ضَمِيرَهُ) upon doing it: (Msb:) or he strove, laboured, or toiled, in it, namely, an affair; or exerted himself or his power or efforts or endeavours or ability therein: (K:) or so عَزَمَ: (TA:) or عَزَمَ, inf. n. عَزِيمَةٌ and عَزْمَةٌ, signifies also he strove, &c., in his affair: (Msb:) and عَزَمَ الأَمْرَ signifies he made the affair to have, or take, effect; and settled it firmly: (Har p. 3:) or, accord. to Ktr, he so settled it, and confirmed it. (Id. p. 105.) [See also عَزْمٌ and عَزِيمَةٌ, below.] وَلَمْ نَجِدْ لَهُ عَزْمًا, in the Kur [xx. 114], means [And we found him not to have] a quality of deciding an affair. (S.) [قَدْ أَحْزِمُ لَوْ أَعْزِمُ, a prov.: see expl. in art. حزم.] ― -b2- One says also, عَزَمَ الأَمْرُ, meaning عُزِمَ عَلَيْهِ: (K, TA:) and hence, in the Kur [xlvii. 23], فَإِذَا عَزَمَ الأَمْرُ [And when the affair is determined upon]: or the meaning may be, فَإِذَا عَزَمَ أَرْبَابُ الأَمْرِ [and when the disposers of the affair determine upon it]: but accord. to Zj, the meaning is, and when the affair is serious, or earnest, and the command to engage in fight becomes obligatory. (TA.) ― -b3- عَزَمَ عَلَى الرَّجُلِ means He conjured the man: (S, * K, TA:) or he commanded him, or enjoined him, earnestly: لَيَفْعَلَنَّ كَذَا [that he should surely do such a thing]: (TA:) or عَزَمْتُ عَلَيْكَ means I make thy informing me to be a decided thing in which there shall be no exception: and one says also, عَزَمْتُ عَلَيْكَ إِلَّا فَعَلْتَ and لَمَّا فَعَلْتَ [virtually meaning I conjure thee to do such a thing]; as though one said, By Allah, I demand not of thee [aught] save [thy doing] this: so says Mtr, referring to “ the Book ” of Sb. (Har pp. 21 and 22. [But عَزَمَ is there, inadvertently, put for إِلَّا.]) ― -b4- And one says, عَزَمَ الرَّاقِى The charmer recited عَزَايأِم, meaning charms, or spells, [for the cure of a disease, &c.;] (K, TA;) as though he conjured the disease [&c.]: and in like manner, عَزَمَ الحَوَّآءُ [The serpent-charmer recited charms, or spells,] is said when he draws forth the serpent; as though he conjured it. (TA.) [See an ex. voce دَادَ, in art. دود. ― -b5- Hence, عَزَمَ is used in the present day as meaning He invited to an entertainment. ― -b6- And Freytag mentions its occurring often in the book entitled بغية المستفيد فى مدينة زبيد as signifying He went, or tended, to, or towards, (إِلَى,) some place: but this signification is probably post-classical: it is correctly expressed by 8, q. v.]
  • تَعَزَّمَ Form V Open entry
    see the preceding paragraph, first sentence.
  • إِعْتَزَمَ Form VIII kept to the course, or right course
    see 1, first sentence, in two places. ― -b2- اعتزم signifies also He (a man, K) kept to the course, or right course, (القَصْد,) (S, K,) in a thing, (S,) in running, and walking, &c. (K.) And اعتزم الطَّرِيقَ He went along upon the road without turning aside. (TA.) ― -b3- Also He tended, repaired, or betook himself, to, or towards, him, or it, either in a direct course, or indirectly. (IJ; M and L in art. قصد.) ― -b4- And اعتزم, (K, TA,) or اعتزم فِى عِنَانِهِ, (Har p. 3,) said of a horse, He went along overcoming his rider, (K, TA, Har,) in his running, not complying with the desire of his rider when he pulled him in, (TA,) [and] not turning aside. (Har.) ― -b5- And اعتزم لَهُ He bore it, and endured it with patience; or he bore, and was patient, with him. (TA.)
  • عَزْمٌ Those, of the apostles, who determined upon doing what God had enjoined them
    an inf. n. of 1. (S, Msb, K, &c.) [Hence,] أُولُو العَزْمِ مِنَ الرُّسُلِ, (K, &c.,) mentioned in the Kur [xlvi. 34], (TA,) Those, of the apostles, who determined upon doing what God had enjoined them: or they were Noah and Abraham and Moses and Mohammad; (K, TA;) to which several add and Jesus: (TA:) or those, of the apostles, who were endowed with earnestness and constancy and patience: (Ksh, K, TA:) عَزْمٌ in the dial. of Hudheyl meaning patience; as in their saying, مَا لِى عَنْكَ عَزْمٌ [I have not patience of separation from thee]: (TA:) or, (K,) it is said, (Ksh,) they were Noah and Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and Joseph and Job and Moses and David and Jesus: (Ksh, K:) or Noah and Hood and Abraham and Mohammad: thus accord. to Aboo-Is-hák. (Yoo, R, TA.) ― -b2- See also عَزِيمَةٌ, in three places. ― -b3- عَزْمٌ is expl. by Lth as meaning An affair upon the doing of which one's heart, or mind, is firmly settled or determined. (TA.) -A2- Also The dregs of pressed raisins: pl. عُزُمٌ. (K.)
  • أُمُّ العِزْمِ anus, or podex
    , (K,) or أُمُّ عزمٍ, (T in art. ام,) and ↓ عِزْمَةُ, and ↓ أُمُّ عِزْمَةَ, (K,) and ↓ العَزُومُ, (TA,) The اِسْت [i. e. anus, or podex, app. the former]. (K, TA.)
  • عَزْمَةٌ A striving, labouring, or toiling, in an affair
    is an inf. n. of 1, meaning A striving, labouring, or toiling, in an affair; (Msb, TA;) and strength. (TA.) ― -b2- And one says, مَا لَهُ ↓ عَزْمَةٌ وَلَا عَزِيمَةٌ, meaning He has not [determination, or resolution, or] a deliberate way of acting or proceeding, nor patience, in that upon which he determines, or resolves, or decides: (Ham p. 31:) or ↓ مَا لِفُلَانٍ عَزِيمَةٌ means Such a one will not keep constantly, firmly, or steadily, [or rather has not the quality of keeping constantly, &c.], to an affair upon which he determines. (TA.) ― -b3- See also عَزِيمَةٌ. ― -b4- عَزْمَةٌ مِنْ عَزَمَاتِ ٱللّٰهِ, (K, TA,) such, in a trad., the poor-rate is said to be, (TA,) means A due of the dues of God; i. e. [in the CK “ or ”] a thing that is obligatory, of the things that God has made obligatory. (K, TA.)
  • عُزْمَةٌ near kinsmen
    A man's أُسْرَة [or near kinsmen; or his near kinsmen on the father's side]: and his قَبِيلَة [or tribe]: pl. عُزَمٌ. (K.)
  • عِزْمَةُ Open entry
    , and أُمُّ عِزْمَةَ: see أُمُّ العِزْمِ, above.
  • عَزَمَةٌ Open entry
    a pl. of عَازِمٌ [q. v.]. (TA.)
  • عَزْمِىٌّ who fulfils his promise
    A man who fulfils his promise; (K, TA;) who, when he promises a thing, performs it, and fulfils it. (TA.) -A2- And A seller of عَزْم, meaning dregs of pressed raisins. (K.)
  • عَزُومٌ Determined, or resolute
    [Determined, or resolute;] one who perseveres in his determination until he attains that which he seeks, or desires. (Ham p. 532.) ― -b2- See also عَوْزَمٌ, in two places. ― -b3- And see أُمُّ العِزْمِ.
  • عَزِيمٌ A vehement running
    A vehement running. (K, TA. [In the CK, العَدُوُّ is erroneously put for العَدْوُ.]) Rabeea Ibn-Makroom Ed-Dabbee says, " لَوْلَا أُكَفْكِفُهُ لَكَادَ إِذَا جَرَى مِنْهُ العَزِيمُ يُدُقُّ فَأْسَ المِسْحَلِ " [If I did not restrain him, when he runs, his vehement running would almost break the piece of iron that stands up in the mouth from the middle of the bit-mouth: see مِسْحَلٌ]. (TA.)
  • عَزِيمَةٌ Determination, resolution, decision, or fixed purpose of the mind
    an inf. n. of عَزَمَ in the sense first expl. above. (S, K.) [As a simple subst., it signifies Determination, resolution, decision, or fixed purpose of the mind; as also ↓ عَزْمٌ and ↓ عَزْمَةٌ: or] the disposition and subjection of the mind to the wish, or thing desired: (Ham p. 336:) or it is a subst. [signifying the making an affair to have, or take, effect; and settling it firmly;] from عَزَمَ الأَمْرَ meaning أَمْضَاهُ and أَحْكَمَهُ: or, as in the Mj, the settling, or determining, the heart, or mind, firmly upon the thing that one desires to do; as also ↓ عَزْمٌ: or, accord. to El-Ghooree, ↓ عَزْمٌ signifies the preceding desire to dispose and subject the mind to the act. (Har p. 3.) [The pl., in all the senses, is عَزَايأِمُ. Hence,] اِشْتَدَّتِ العَزَايأِمُ means The determinations (عَزَمَات) of the commanders in the hostile and plundering expedition to distant parts, and their taking to them, became strong. (TA. [Probably from a trad.]) ― -b2- See also عَزْمَةٌ, in two places. ― -b3- عَزَايأِمُ ٱللّٰهِ means The obligatory statutes or ordinances of God: (Mgh, Msb, K, TA:) sing. عَزِيمَةٌ. (Msb.) ― -b4- And, accord. to Er-Rághib, عَزِيمَةٌ signifies A charming; syn. تَعْوِيذٌ; as though thou imaginedst thy having imposed an obligation [thereby] upon the devil, lest [for اى in my original I read أَنْ as meaning لِيأَلَّا] he should execute his desire upon thee: pl. عَزَايأِمُ: (TA:) or عَزَايأِمُ signifies charms, or spells, (S, K,) that are recited [for the cure of diseases, &c.]: or certain verses of the Kur-án that are recited over persons affected with diseases, or the like, in the hope of cure: (K, TA:) these are termed عَزَايأِمُ القُرْآنِ: but عَزَايأِمُ الرُّقَى are those [charms, or spells,] by which one conjures the jinn, or genii, and spirits. (TA.) ― -b5- عَزَايأِمُ السُّجُودِ is an appellation of Certain portions of the Kur-án, which are المّ تَنْزِيلُ [chap. xxxii.] and حمٓ السَّجْدَةُ [chap. xli.] and النَّجْمُ [chap. liii.] and اِقْرَأْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ [chap. xcvi.]; (Mgh;) [thus called because] they are those in [the reciting of] which one is commanded to prostrate himself. (Msb.)
  • العَزَّامُ The lion
    The lion; as also ↓ المُعْتَزِمُ. (K.)
  • عَازِمٌ Such as act with determination, resolution, or decision
    sing. of عَزَمَةٌ, (TA,) which signifies [Such as act with determination, resolution, or decision. And particularly] Such as are sound, or true, in love, or affection. (K, TA.) ― -b2- [And sing. of عَوَازِمُ applied to affairs.] خَيْرُ الأُمُورِ عَوَازِمُهَا means The best of affairs are those in which is determination, resolution, or decision: or upon which one has confirmed his determination, and in which one has fulfilled what God has enjoined. (TA.)
  • عَوْزَمٌ advanced in age
    A she-camel advanced in age, (As, S, K, TA,) and so عَوْزَمَةٌ as expl. by IAar, (TA,) but having somewhat remaining of youthful vigour; (As, S, K, TA;) as also ↓ عَزُومٌ; (K, TA;) of which the pl. is عُزُمٌ: (TA:) or one whose teeth have been eroded by old age: or one extremely aged, such as is termed دِلْقِمٌ: [but see دَلُوقٌ:] the pl. is عَوَازِمُ. (TA.) ― -b2- And (assumed tropical:) An old woman; (S, K;) as also ↓ عَزُومٌ. (K.) ― -b3- And Short, as an epithet applied to a woman. (K, * TA.)
  • مُعَزِّمٌ Charming, or a charmer
    Charming, or a charmer, (K, TA,) by means of spells. (TA.)
  • المُعْتَزِمُ Open entry
    : see العَزَّامُ.

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