kaẓīm

repressing anger

كَظِيم

Word

Noun · pattern فَعِيل

Root

ك ظ م

In the library

وَتَوَلَّىٰ عَنْهُمْ وَقَالَ يَا أَسَفَىٰ عَلَىٰ يُوسُفَ وَابْيَضَّتْ عَيْنَاهُ مِنَ الْحُزْنِ فَهُوَ كَظِيمٌ

The Qurʾān, page 245 →

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 3 entries
  • كظم Open entry
    See Supplement
  • كَظَمَ غَيْظَهُ Form I He repressed, or restrained, his wrath, or rage
    He repressed, or restrained, his wrath, or rage. (K.) ― -b2- كَظَمَ, aor. , inf. n. كَظْمٌ, He restrained himself. (TA.) ― -b3- مَا يَكْظِمُ عَلَى جِرَّةٍ; and لَا يَكْظِمٌ عَلَى جِرَّتِهِ: see جِرَّةٌ. ― -b4- كَظَمَ عَلَى غَيْظِهِ i. q. كَظَمَ غَيْظَهُ. (TA.)
  • كَظَايأِمُ Subterranean conduits for water
    [pl. of كِظَامَةٌ] Subterranean conduits for water. (TA in art. قنو.)

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