كَاظَّ

Root: كظ

Form: 3

Full Definition

كَاظَّIII , Verbal.Noun مُكَاظَّةٌ and كِظَاظٌ, The people, or company of men, straitened one another, or crowded together, and clave together, in the place of fight, in war; as also . كِظَاظٌ signifies [likewise] Long cleaving, or holding fast, notwithstanding difficulty: and vehement striving for the mastery in war or fight; as also مُكَاظَّةٌ: and the latter, [or both,] the exceeding the ordinary bounds in enmity; as also . You say, بَيْنَهْمْ كِظَاظٌ [Between them is vehement striving for the mastery in fight]. And it is said in a prov., لَيْسَ أَخُو الكِظَاظِ مَنْ يَسْأَمُهُ [He who is fitted for vehement striving for the mastery is not he who turns away from it with disgust]: meaning كَاظِّهِمْ مَا كَاظُّوكَ [Strive thou vehemently for the mastery with them as long as they so strive with thee]; i. e. do not thou turn away from them with disgust unless they so turn away from thee. [Meyd relates it thus: أَخُو الكِظَاظِ مَنْ لَا يَسْأَمُهُ He who is fitted for vehement striving for the mastery is he who does not turn away from it with disgust.] You say also, القَوْمُ The people, or company of men, exceeded the ordinary bounds in enmity. See also كِظَاظٌ below.

Lane's Lexicon + Hans Wehr + Mufradat

Three dictionaries. One search.

"The product of over thirty years of unrelenting labor — to this day supreme in the field of Arabic lexicography."

47,000+ classical entries Root-based navigation Full text search Hyperlinked definitions

Try Now

Trusted by researchers at University of Michigan, Duke, Alberta & more

Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

Full Definition

Related Words from the Same Root

Verbs

Nouns