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قَزِم
dwarfish (stunted, undersized in stature or growth) /qaˈzim/
adjectiveB2#3864 most common
Also: stunted, puny, undersized
Example sentences
هُوَ رَجُلٌ قَزِمٌ.
He is a dwarfish man.
رَأَيْتُ رَجُلاً قَزِماً فِي السُّوقِ.
I saw a dwarfish man at the market.
تَبْدُو هٰذِهِ الشَّجَرَةُ قَزِمَةً بِجَانِبِ أَخَوَاتِهَا.
This tree looks stunted next to its sister trees.
يَزْرَعُ جَدِّي أَشْجَارًا قَزِمَةً فِي حَدِيقَةِ الْمَنْزِلِ.
My grandfather grows dwarf trees in the house garden.
يَسْتَخْدِمُ عُلَمَاءُ السِّيَاسَةِ مُصْطَلَحَ "الدُّوَلِ الْقَزِمَةِ" لِوَصْفِ الْكِيَانَاتِ ذَاتِ التَّأْثِيرِ الْمَحْدُودِ.
Political scientists use the term 'dwarf states' to describe entities with limited influence.
وَصَفَ النَّاقِدُ الرِّوَايَةَ بِأَنَّهَا قَزِمَةُ الطُّمُوحِ رَغْمَ ضَخَامَةِ حَجْمِهَا.
The critic described the novel as dwarfish in ambition despite its great length.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | قَزِمٌ | أَقْزَامٌ |
| Genitive | قَزِمٍ | أَقْزَامٍ |
| Accusative | قَزِماً | أَقْزَاماً |
| Vocative | يَا قَزِمُ | يَا أَقْزَامُ |
Word family
قَزَمdwarf, midget
أَقْزَامdwarfs (plural)
تَقَزَّمَto become stunted or dwarfed
تَقَزُّمdwarfism, stunting
مُتَقَزِّمstunted, shrunken
Etymology
قَزِم comes from the triliteral Semitic root ق-ز-م (q-z-m), which carries the sense of smallness or stunted growth. It is cast in the فَعِل (CaCiC) adjective pattern, the same shape used for inherent traits like تَعِب (tired) or فَرِح (happy). Classical Arabic dictionaries already list the related noun قَزَم for a person of unusually short stature, showing the root was established in this sense well before modern usage.
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