Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Cf. قَفَزَ (qafaza).

Noun

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جَمْز (jamzm

  1. a large, quick pace
    Alternative form: جَمْزَة (jamza)
Declension
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Verb

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جَمَزَ (jamaza) I, non-past يَجْمِزُ‎ (yajmizu)

  1. to go with large or quick pace, to run, to jump
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Noun

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جُمَز (jumazpl

  1. plural of جُمْزَة (jumza, a handful of dates of cheese)

Etymology 2

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Noun

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جَمَز (jamazm

  1. Obsolete form of جَمَشْت (jamašt, amethyst).
    • a. 1348, Ibn Al-ʔAkfānīy, كتاب نخب الذخائر في أحوال الجواه:
      القول على الجمز
      ويقال جمست هو حجر يشبه الياقوت البنفسجي وأعلاه ما غلبت عليه الوردية ومعدنه بقرية صفراء بالحجاز، ويوجد مغشى ببياض كالثلج على وجهه حمرة ووجد منه قدر الرطل وأكثر ينفع وجع المعدة تعليقاً والشرب بآنيته يبطي بالسكر وقيمته رخيصة.
      About the amethyst jamaz. It is as well called jamast. It is a rock similar to corundum. The most precious is the one of rosy colour. The mine where it hails from is near Aṣ-Ṣafrāʔ in the Ḥijāz, and one finds it covered in white like snow with a red hue upon its surface. One has found amethysts weighing a rottol (406.25 g) and more. It helps stomach aches when hanged around or when drunk from amethyst vessels it slows inebriation. Their price is cheap.
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