Arabic

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Etymology

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Root
ز م ت (z-m-t)

Derived from the active participle of تَزَمَّتَ (tazammata, to be prim, to be sedate).

Adjective

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مُتَزَمِّت (mutazammit) (feminine مُتَزَمِّتَة (mutazammita), masculine plural مُتَزَمِّتُونَ (mutazammitūna), feminine plural مُتَزَمِّتَات (mutazammitāt))

  1. prim, strict
  2. narrow-minded, intolerant
  3. sedate

Declension

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References

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  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “زمت”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN