كز
1 كَزَّ, [second
Pers\. كَزُزْتَ,] (
K,)
aor. ـُ (
MS,
TA,)
inf. n. كَزَازَةٌ (
S,
A,
K) and كُزُوزَةٌ, (
A,
K,) It dried, or dried up; or became stiff, rigid, or tough; and contracted. (
S,
A,
K.) You say, كَزَّتْ يَدُهُ His hand became dry, or stiff, rigid, or tough, and contracted. (
A.)
b2: [Hence,] كَزَّتْ خُطَاهُ (
tropical:) His steps were [contracted, or] near together. (
A,
K.)
b3: [Hence also,] كَزَّتْ نَفْسُهُ and ↓ اكتزّت (
tropical:) [His soul became contracted; meaning, he became niggardly]. (
A.) And الرَّجُلُ ↓ اكتزّ (
tropical:) The man shrank [from giving]. (
K, *
TA.) You say, فُلَانٌ لَا
يَهْتَزُّ وَلٰكِنَّهُ يَكْتَزُّ (
tropical:) [Such a one does not rejoice, or is not active, or prompt, and brisk, or cheerfully excited, to give, but he shrinks from giving]. (
A,
TA.) [كَزَزٌ (
q. v. infra) seems to be an
inf. n. of which the verb is كَزَّ, second
Pers\. كَزِزْتَ,
aor. ـَ in the sense of ↓ اكتزّ as explained above.]
b4: كُزَّ He (a man) shrank, or became contracted, in consequence of the cold: (
S:) or he became affected by what is termed كُزَاز: (
A,
K:) or he became affected by a rheum. (
TA.)
A2: كَزَّهُ البَرْدُ and الدَّآءُ [The cold, and disease, made him to shrink, or become contracted, and to be affected with a tremour]. (
A.)
b2: كَزَّ الشَّىْءَ, (
S,
K,)
aor. ـُ
inf. n. كَزٌّ, (
TA,) He made the thing narrow, or strait. (
S,
K.)
b3: كَزَّتِ المَرْأَةُ دُمْلُجَهَا, (
A,
TA,)
aor. ـُ (
TA,) (
tropical:) The woman filled her armlet with her arm. (
A,
TA.) 4 اكزّهُ اللّٰهُ God smote him, or afflicted him, with what is termed كُزَاز. (
K.) 8 إِكْتَزَ3َ see 1, in three places.
كَزٌّ Dry, or dried up; or stiff, rigid, or tough; and contracted: (
A,
K:)
pl. كُزٌّ. (
K.) You say, يَدٌ كَزَّةٌ A dry, or stiff, rigid, or tough, and contracted, hand. (
A.) And خَشَبَةٌ كَزَّةٌ A stiff, rigid, or tough, (
TA,) or hard, (
A,) and crooked, piece of wood. (
A,
TA.) And قَنَاةٌ كَزَّةٌ A hard and crooked spear or spear-shaft. (
TA.) and قَوْسٌ كَزَّةٌ A stiff, rigid, or tough, bow: (
S,
A,
K:) or a bow whereof the arrow does not go far, by reason of the narrowness of the former: (
TA:) Aboo-Ziyád says, that the bow thus called is the smallest of bows: (
AHn,
TA:)
pl. قِسِىٌّ كُزَّاتٌ. (
A.) And بَكْرَةٌ كَزَّةٌ A narrow pulley-sheave, that makes a loud creaking (
S,
K) by reason of its narrowness. (
TA.) And ذَهَبٌ كَزٌّ Tough gold: (
A:) or very hard gold. (
K.) And جَمَلٌ كَزٌّ A hardy, strong camel. (
TA.)
b2: رَجُلٌ كَزٌّ, (
S,
A,) and كَزٌّ اليَدَيْنِ, (
S,
A,
K,) (
tropical:) A niggardly man. (
S,
A,
K,) of little beneficence, (
TA,) and of little compliance: (
A,
TA:)
pl. كُزٌّ. (
S.)
b3: وَجْهٌ كَزٌّ (assumed
tropical:) A foul, or an ugly, face. (
K.) كَزَزٌ Hardness and crookedness in a piece of wood, or in a spear or spear-shaft. (
TA.)
b2: (
tropical:) Niggardliness, (
K,) and littleness of compliance and of beneficence. (
TA.) See 1.
كُزَازٌ (
S,
A,
K) and ↓ كُزَّازٌ, (
IAar,
A,
K,) or,
accord. to
Az, the latter is the correct form, and the former is vulgar, (
A,) A contraction and tremour arising from cold: (
A:) or a tremour arising from intense cold: (
IAar,
K:) or a certain disease arising from intense cold; (
S,
K;) being a spasmodic contraction so occasioned: or,
accord. to the physicians, arising from the egress of much blood: (
TA:) or a certain disease arising from cold, in consequence of which the patient trembles until he dies. (
A.) كُزَّازٌ: see كُزَازٌ.
مَكْزُوزٌ Made narrow, or strait. (
S.)
b2: A man affected by what is termed كُزَاز: (
S,
A,
K:) or affected by a rheum. (
TA.)
