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إِبْزِيمٌ

Root: بزم

Full Definition

إِبْزِيمٌ and إِبْزَامٌ [A buckle;] the thing that is at the head [or end] of the [zone, or waist-belt, called] مِنْطَقَة and the like, and that has a tongue, into which [thing] the other extremity [of the منطقة] enters; a ring with a tongue, which is at the head of the منطقة and the like, and with which it is fastened; the ring that has a tongue which enters into the hole in the lowest part of the shoulderbelt of the sword, and upon which the ring then bites, or presses; the ring altogether [with the tongue] being termed ابزيم; the iron thing that is at the end of the girth of the horse's saddle, which is fastened therewith; and sometimes it is at the end of the منطقة: pl. أَبَازِيمُ.
2 Also A lock; and so إِبْزِينٌ.
3 You say, إِنَّ فُلَانًا لَإِبْزِيمٌ, meaning Verily such a one is a niggard.


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