قَزَّ

Root: قز

Form: 1

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قَزَّI , [sec. pers., app., قَزُزْتَ,] Present.T قَزُزَ Verbal.Noun قَزَازَةٌ, He felt, or had a sense of, or was moved with, shame, or pudency; his soul shrank from foul things: and [in like manner] he was scrupulous in shunning, or avoiding, unclean things, or impurities; he removed himself far from such things; and قُزٌّ [an Verbal.Noun of قَزَّ] signifies the same as تَقَزُّزٌ. You say also, قَزَّ مِنَ الدَّنَسِ, Verbal.Noun قُزٌّ, He removed himself far from what was unclean. And قَزَّتْ نَفْسِى عَنِ الشَّىْءِ, and قَزَّتْهُ, with and without a prep., Verbal.Noun قَزٌّ, My soul, or mind, refused the thing, or rejected it; a meaning said by IKtt to be of the dial. of El-Yemen: and it loathed the thing; which latter is the more common signification: and [in like manner] عَنِ الشَّىْءِ he did not eat the thing, nor drink it, willingly: end مِنْ أَكْلِ الضَّبِّ وَغَيْرِهِ [he loathed, or shunned, or avoided, the eating of the lizard called ضبّ &c.].

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