كَزَّ

Root: كز

Form: 1

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كَزَّI , [second pers. كَزُزْتَ,] Present.T كَزُزَ Verbal.Noun كَزَازَةٌ and كُزُوزَةٌ, It dried, or dried up; or became stiff, rigid, or tough; and contracted. You say, كَزَّتْ يَدُهُ His hand became dry, or stiff, rigid, or tough, and contracted.
2 [Hence,] كَزَّتْ خُطَاهُ His steps were [contracted, or] near together.
3 [Hence also,] كَزَّتْ نَفْسُهُ and [His soul became contracted; meaning, he became niggardly]. And الرَّجُلُ The man shrank [from giving]. You say, فُلَانٌ لَا يَهْتَزُّ وَلٰكِنَّهُ يَكْتَزُّ [Such a one does not rejoice, or is not active, or prompt, and brisk, or cheerfully excited, to give, but he shrinks from giving]. [كَزَزٌ seems to be an Verbal.Noun of which the verb is كَزَّ, second pers. كَزِزْتَ, Present.T كَزَزَ in the sense of as explained above.]
4 كُزَّ He shrank, or became contracted, in consequence of the cold: or he became affected by what is termed كُزَاز: or he became affected by a rheum.

def.2 كَزَّهُ البَرْدُ and الدَّآءُ [The cold, and disease, made him to shrink, or become contracted, and to be affected with a tremour].
2 كَزَّ الشَّىْءَ, Present.T كَزُزَ Verbal.Noun كَزٌّ, He made the thing narrow, or strait.
3 كَزَّتِ المَرْأَةُ دُمْلُجَهَا, Present.T كَزُزَ The woman filled her armlet with her arm.

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