قمز

Unknown. Possibilities:

• A form II intensive of Arabic قَفَزَ (qafaza, “to jump”), with a sporadic sound shift analogous to Maltese qabeż.
• A form II intensive of Arabic قَمَصَ (qamaṣa, “to rear one's legs; to saunter”), with ص (ṣ) > ز (z) as in Arabic لَزِقَ (laziqa, “to stick”), بَزَقَ (bazaqa, “to spit”) or newer North Levantine Arabic زَقَّف (“to clap”).

• IPA^(key): /ʔam.maz/, (Druze, coastal Syria) /qam.maz/

قمز • (ʔammaz) (non-past يقمز (yʔammiz), active participle مقمِّز (mʔammiz) or مقمَّز (mʔammaz))

1. to skip over [with عن ‘over’ or direct object]

   Synonym: قفى (ʔaffa)