Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

قَزَّ, [sec. pers., app., قَزُزْتَ,] aor. ـُ {يَقْزُزُ}, inf. n. قَزَازَةٌ, He felt, or had a sense of, or was moved with, shame, or pudency; his soul shrank from foul things: (M:) and [in like manner] تقزّز↓ he was scrupulous in shunning, or avoiding, unclean things, or impurities; (Ṣ, M;) he removed himself far from such things; (Ṣ, Mgh, Ḳ;) and قُزٌّ [an inf. n. of قَزَّ] signifies the same as تَقَزُّزٌ. (Ḳ, TA.) You say also, قَزَّ مِنَ الدَّنَسِ, inf. n. قُزٌّ, He removed himself far from what was unclean. (TḲ.) And قَزَّتْ نَفْسِى عَنِ الشَّىْءِ, and قَزَّتْهُ, with and without a prep., (M, TA,) inf. n. قَزٌّ, (M, Ḳ,) My soul, or mind, refused the thing, or rejected it; (M, Ḳ,* TA;) a meaning said by IḲṭṭ to be of the dial. of El-Yemen: (TA:) and it loathed the thing; which latter is the more common signification: (M, TA:) and [in like manner]تقزّز↓ عَنِ الشَّىْءِ he did not eat the thing, nor drink it, willingly: (M, TA:) andتقزّز↓ مِنْ أَكْلِ الضَّبِّ وَغَيْرِهِ [he loathed, or shunned, or avoided, the eating of the lizard called ضبّ &c.]. (Ṣ, Mgh, TA.)

قَزٌّ A quality, or thing, that is to be loathed, or shunned, or avoided, for its uncleanness, in food; as alsoقُزُّ↓ andقَزَازَةٌ↓. (M, TA.) See also 1.

A man who feels, or has a sense of, or is moved with, shame, or pudency; whose soul shrinks from foul things: (M, TA:) and, as alsoقُزٌّ↓ andقِزٌّ↓, a man scrupulous in shunning, or avoiding, unclean things, or impurities; (Ṣ;) who removes himself far from such things; (Ṣ, Ḳ;) who does not eat nor drink a thing willingly: (M:) and the same three epithets, (TA,) andقَزَزٌ↓ (Ḳ) andقُزَّازٌ↓, (IAạr, Ḳ,) a man well-bred, or polite, (ظَرِيفٌ,) who guards against vices or faults, and shuns acts of disobedience and afflictions, not through pride: (Ḳ, TA;) fem. قَزَّةٌ and قُزَّةٌ and قِزَّةٌ: (M, Ḳ:*) the pl. of قَزٌّ is أَقِزَّآءُ, which is anomalous. (M, TA.)

I. q. إِبْرِيسَمٌ [Silk: or raw silk:] (Ḳ:) or a kind thereof: (Ṣ:) or that whereof ابريسم is made; (Lth, Az, Mṣb, TA;) wherefore some say, that قزّ and ابريسم are like wheat and flour: (Mṣb:) a Persian word, [originally قَزْ,] (M, TA,) arabicized: (Ṣ, M, Mṣb:) pl. قُزُوزٌ. (M, TA.)

[Hence, دُودُ القَزِّ The silk-worm.]

قَزَّازٌ A seller of قَزّ, q. v. (Ḳ.)