ز • م • ع

, aor. زَمَعَ , inf. n. زَمَعٌ, He became confounded, or perplexed, and unable to see his right course; or he became bereft of his reason or intellect; in consequence of fear: (S, Msb, * K: *) he feared, or was afraid: (K:) he was impatient; or had not sufficient strength to bear what befell him, and found not patience: (L:) he became disquieted, disturbed, agitated, flurried, or in a state of commotion. (Lh.) -A2- زَمَعَتِ الأَرْنَبُ, aor. زَمَعَ , (TA,) inf. n. زَمَعَانٌ, (Lth, K, TA,) The hare was light, or active, and quick, or swift: (Lth, K, TA:) and ↓ ازمعت it ran, (S, TA,) and was light, or active. (TA.) And زَمَعَ, aor. زَمَعَ , inf. n. زَمَعَانٌ, He went slowly. (ISk, S, K.) Thus the verb has two contr. significations. (K.) And He went with short steps; as also ↓ تزمّع. (TA.)

, and أَزْمَعْتُ عَلَى الأَمْرِ; (S, K;) the former accord. to Ks.; the latter accord. to Kh, but disallowed by Ks; both, however, are authorized by Fr, as meaning the same, like أَجْمَعْتُهُ and أَجْمَعْتُ عَلَيْهِ; (S;) and أَزْمَعْتُ بِهِ; (TA;) I determined, resolved, or decided, upon the affair: (Fr, S, K:) my determination, resolution, or decision, became fixed upon the affair, (Lth or Kh, S, TA,) to execute it, or perform it, of necessity: (Lth, TA:) or I kept constantly, firmly, steadily, steadfastly, or fixedly, to the affair: syn. ثَبَتُّ عَلَيْهِ: (K:) and ↓ زَمَّعْتُ, (Ibn-'Abbád, K, [in the CK written without teshdeed,]) followed by عَلَى before the object, inf. n. تَزْمِيعٌ, (TA,) signifies the same: (Ibn- 'Abbád, K:) ازمع may be formed by transposition from عزم, or the ز may be a substitute for ج (IF.) You say, ازمع المَسِيرَ [and عَلَى المَسِيرِ] He determined, resolved, or decided, upon going, journeying, or departing. (Mgh.) -A2- See also 1. -A3- ازمعت الحُبْلَةُ (assumed tropical:) [The grape-vine, or its branch,] became large in its زَمَعَة, i. e. knot, or gem, [see زَمَعٌ,] (ISh, K, TA,) and its fruit-stalk was near to coming forth. (ISh, TA.) And ازمع النَّبْتُ The herbage made its first appearance in a scattered state: (S:) or was not all of it equal, or uniform, but consisted of scattered portions, (K, TA,) at its first appearance, (TA,) one part surpassing another. (K, TA.)

, [or مُزْمِعٌ أَمْرًا, or both, and مُزْمِعٌ بِأَمْرٍ, I am determining, resolving, or deciding, upon an affair: or] my determination, resolution, or decision, is fixed upon an affair. (Kh, S.) [See 4.]

He is more sharp, vigorous, or effective, in determination, resolution, or decision, than he. (Mgh.) -A2- See also زَمَعٌ, last sentence but one.

Penetrating energy, or sharpness, vigorousness, and effectiveness, in the performance of an affair, and determination, resolution, or decision, to do it; (L, K;) as also ↓ زِمَاعٌ and ↓ زَمَعٌ: (K:) and courage, such that when one has determined, resolved, or decided, upon an affair, he does not turn from it: (K:) and good judgment, with boldness to undertake affairs, (K, TA,) such that when one purposes an affair, he acts with a penetrating energy, or sharpness, vigorousness, and effectiveness, in performing it: (TA:) or courage, and great boldness: (S:) and quickness, and hastiness. (S, K.)

; see زَمَاعٌ. -A2- Also pl. [or rather coll. gen. n.] of ↓ زَمَعَةٌ, which [is the n. un. of the former, and] signifies A certain excrescence bekind the cloven hoof: (AZ, S, Msb, * K:) or a thing like the nails of sheep or goats, in the part between the shank and foot; every leg having upon it two of the things thus termed (زَمَعَتَانِ), as though they were formed of pieces of horn: (Lth, K:) or a certain excrescence projecting above the hoof of the sheep or goat: (TA:) or the pendent hairs in the kinder part of the kind leg, or kind foot, of the sheep or goat, and of the gazelle, and of the hare: (K:) [the pl. of ↓ زَمَعَةٌ is زَمَعَاتٌ (occurring in the S and K in the present art., and in the K in art. زود &c.), and] the pl. of زَمَعٌ is زِمَاغٌ: (AZ, S, K:) see زَمُوعٌ. Hence, as being compared to the زَمَع of the cloven hoof, (L,) زَمَعٌ also signifies (assumed tropical:) The lower, or baser, or the lowest, or basest, or the refuse, of mankind: (S, L, K:) pl. أَزْمَاعٌ. (L.) One says, هُوَ مِنْ زَمَعِهِمْ, meaning (assumed tropical:) He is of the last of them; (S, L;) and of their followers. (L.) Also, i. e. زَمَعٌ The hairs behind the fetlock [-joint]; (K;) and so زَمَعَاتٌ [pl. of the n. un. ↓ زَمَعَةٌ]. (TA.) Also (tropical:) Knots, gems, or buds, in the places whence the racemes of the grape-vine come forth: (ISh, K, TA:) accord. to Et-Táïfee, (L in art. كمح,) [the n. un.] ↓ زَمَعَةٌ signifies the knot, or gem, in the place whence the raceme of grapes grows forth: (L ubi suprà, and TA:) or, as some say, the berry when it is like the head of a young ant; and the pl. is زَمَعَاتٌ and [coll. gen. n.] زَمَعٌ: (TA:) and (assumed tropical:) the gem of a leaf: (L in art. كمخ:) and زَمَعُ الكَرْمِ (assumed tropical:) The leaves that cover what is within them of the raceme of the grape-vine. (TA voce كَافُورٌ.) Also (assumed tropical:) An excrescence, or a redundance, (زِيَادَةٌ,) in the fingers or toes: and the epithet [applied to him who has such] is ↓ أَزْمَعُ. (K.) And Scattered portions of herbage, here and there; like portions of clouds in the sky. (TA.)

: see the next preceding paragraph, in four places.

A man sharp, vigorous, or effective, in determination, resolution, or decision: (Mgh:) a courageous man, who, when he has determined, resolved, or decided, upon an affair, does not turn from it: (Lth, K: [in the CK, يَزْمَعُ is a mistake for يُزْمِعُ:]) and having good judgment, with boldness to undertake affairs, (K, TA,) so that when he has purposed an affair, he acts with a penetrating energy, or sharpness, vigorousness, and effectiveness, in performing it: (TA:) or زَمِيعُ الرَّأْىِ signifies a man having good judgment: (S:) and زَمِيعٌ signifies also quick; (K;) quick, and hasty; (S;) and so ↓ زَمُوعٌ: (S, K:) pl. of the former زُمَعَاءُ. (S, K.)

: see زَمِيعٌ. Also A hare that runs with short steps, as though it ran upon its ↓ زَمَعَات, (As, T, S, K,) i. e. the pendent hairs on the kinder parts of its kind legs: (T, TA:) or such as, when it approaches its habitation, goes upon its زَمَعَة, (K, TA,) and with short steps, (TA,) in order that its foot-marks may not be traced: (K, TA:) and (K, TA, but in the CK “ or ”) such as is quick, or swift, and brisk, or sprightly. (K, TA.)

: see the next preceding paragraph.