tazammut
primness, composure
تَزَمُّت
Word
Noun · pattern تَفَعُّلRoot
ز م تIn the library
وكانت قد التزمت خشبة في مؤخر الجنك.
The Travels, page 296 →From the same root
All words from ز م ت →Lane's Lexicon
Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 5 entries-
زَمُتَ Form I He was, or became, grave, staid, steady, sedate, or calm
, aor. , inf. n. زَمَاتَهُ, He was, or became, grave, staid, steady, sedate, or calm. (A, K.) -
تزمّت Form V He showed, exhibited, or manifested, gravity, staidness, steadiness, sedateness, or calmness
i. q. تَوَقَّرَ [He showed, exhibited, or manifested, gravity, staidness, steadiness, sedateness, or calmness; or he endeavoured, or constrained himself, to be grave, staid, &c.]. (A.) One says, مَا أَشَدَّ تَزَمُّتَهُ [How great is his show of gravity, &c.! or his endeavour, or constraint of himself, to be grave, &c.!]. (Fr, S.) -
زَمِيتٌ Grave, staid, steady, sedate, or calm
Grave, staid, steady, sedate, or calm, (IAar, S, A, K, TA,) in his sitting-place: (IAar, TA:) pl. رُمَتَآءُ, (A,) or زمت [app. زُمْتٌ or زُمُتٌ, if not a mistranscription for زُمَتَآءُ, which I rather think it to be]. (TA.) -
زِمِّيتٌ Very grave, staid, steady, sedate, or calm
Very grave, staid, steady, sedate, or calm: (S, K, TA:) forbearing, or clement; quiet; of few words; like صِمِّيتٌ: or, as some say, silent. (TA.) -
فُلَانٌ أَزْمَتُ النَّاسِ Such a one is the most grave, staid, steady, sedate, or calm, of men
Such a one is the most grave, staid, steady, sedate, or calm, of men. (S.)
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