أزمة

Arabic

Root
ء ز م (ʔ z m)
3 terms

Noun

أَزْمَة • (ʔazma) f (plural أَزَمَات (ʔazamāt))

1. dearth, scarcity
2. crisis

Declension

Declension of noun أَزْمَة (ʔazma)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَزْمَة ʔazma	الْأَزْمَة al-ʔazma	أَزْمَة ʔazmat
Nominative	أَزْمَةٌ ʔazmatun	الْأَزْمَةُ al-ʔazmatu	أَزْمَةُ ʔazmatu
Accusative	أَزْمَةً ʔazmatan	الْأَزْمَةَ al-ʔazmata	أَزْمَةَ ʔazmata
Genitive	أَزْمَةٍ ʔazmatin	الْأَزْمَةِ al-ʔazmati	أَزْمَةِ ʔazmati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَزْمَتَيْن ʔazmatayn	الْأَزْمَتَيْن al-ʔazmatayn	أَزْمَتَيْ ʔazmatay
Nominative	أَزْمَتَانِ ʔazmatāni	الْأَزْمَتَانِ al-ʔazmatāni	أَزْمَتَا ʔazmatā
Accusative	أَزْمَتَيْنِ ʔazmatayni	الْأَزْمَتَيْنِ al-ʔazmatayni	أَزْمَتَيْ ʔazmatay
Genitive	أَزْمَتَيْنِ ʔazmatayni	الْأَزْمَتَيْنِ al-ʔazmatayni	أَزْمَتَيْ ʔazmatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَزَمَات ʔazamāt	الْأَزَمَات al-ʔazamāt	أَزَمَات ʔazamāt
Nominative	أَزَمَاتٌ ʔazamātun	الْأَزَمَاتُ al-ʔazamātu	أَزَمَاتُ ʔazamātu
Accusative	أَزَمَاتٍ ʔazamātin	الْأَزَمَاتِ al-ʔazamāti	أَزَمَاتِ ʔazamāti
Genitive	أَزَمَاتٍ ʔazamātin	الْأَزَمَاتِ al-ʔazamāti	أَزَمَاتِ ʔazamāti

References

• Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “أزمة”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2^nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “أزمة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ء ز م
1 term

أزمة في الفلبين ― traffic in the Philippines

Etymology

From Arabic أَزْمَة (ʔazma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaz.me/, [ˈʔaz.me]
• IPA^(key): /ʔaz.ma/, [ˈʔaz.ma]

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Noun

أزمة • (ʔazme) f (plural أزمات (ʔazamāt))

1. crisis
2. traffic

   Synonym: سير (sēr)

3. traffic jam

   Synonym: زحمة (zaḥme)