إِوَزٌّ

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إِوَزٌّ and إِوَزَّةٌ, or the latter is the n. un. of the former, [which is a coll. gen. n.,] i. q. بَطٌّ [The goose, or geese; and the duck, or ducks; but اوزّ is generally applied to the former of these birds; and بطّ, to the latter; agreeably with a statement in the Jm, that بَطٌّ is applied by the Arabs to the small, and إِوَزٌّ to the large]; as also وَزٌّ, of which the n. un. is وَزَّةٌ: إِوَزٌّ is of the measure فِعَلٌّ: [but see what follows:] the pl. is إِوَزُّونَ, a form which is sometimes used, and which is anomalous. [See also كُرْكِىٌّ.]
2 [Hence,] إِوَزٌّ also signifies Short and thick: fleshy without being tall: fem. with ة. El-'Okberee asserts that the أ is augmentative, because it is followed by three radical letters: but ISd says that it is of the measure فِعَلٌّ, and may not be of the measure إِفْعَلٌ, [i. e., originally إِوْزَزٌ,] because this does not occur as the measure of an epithet. [It seems, however, that اوزّ is in this case a subst. used tropically as an epithet, after the manner of many nicknames.]
3 Also, applied to a man, and to a horse, and to a camel, Firm in make: or, applied to a horse, compact and strong in make.

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