جائز

Arabic

Etymology

active participle of جَازَ (jāza) from the root ج و ز (j w z).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaː.ʔiz/

Adjective

جَائِز • (jāʔiz) (feminine جَائِزَة (jāʔiza), masculine plural جَائِزُونَ (jāʔizūna), feminine plural جَائِزَات (jāʔizāt))

1. permissible, possible, conceivable, permitted

Declension

Declension of adjective جَائِز (jāʔiz)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	جَائِز jāʔiz	الْجَائِز al-jāʔiz	جَائِزَة jāʔiza	الْجَائِزَة al-jāʔiza
Nominative	جَائِزٌ jāʔizun	الْجَائِزُ al-jāʔizu	جَائِزَةٌ jāʔizatun	الْجَائِزَةُ al-jāʔizatu
Accusative	جَائِزًا jāʔizan	الْجَائِزَ al-jāʔiza	جَائِزَةً jāʔizatan	الْجَائِزَةَ al-jāʔizata
Genitive	جَائِزٍ jāʔizin	الْجَائِزِ al-jāʔizi	جَائِزَةٍ jāʔizatin	الْجَائِزَةِ al-jāʔizati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	جَائِزَيْن jāʔizayn	الْجَائِزَيْن al-jāʔizayn	جَائِزَتَيْن jāʔizatayn	الْجَائِزَتَيْن al-jāʔizatayn
Nominative	جَائِزَانِ jāʔizāni	الْجَائِزَانِ al-jāʔizāni	جَائِزَتَانِ jāʔizatāni	الْجَائِزَتَانِ al-jāʔizatāni
Accusative	جَائِزَيْنِ jāʔizayni	الْجَائِزَيْنِ al-jāʔizayni	جَائِزَتَيْنِ jāʔizatayni	الْجَائِزَتَيْنِ al-jāʔizatayni
Genitive	جَائِزَيْنِ jāʔizayni	الْجَائِزَيْنِ al-jāʔizayni	جَائِزَتَيْنِ jāʔizatayni	الْجَائِزَتَيْنِ al-jāʔizatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	جَائِزِين jāʔizīn	الْجَائِزِين al-jāʔizīn	جَائِزَات jāʔizāt	الْجَائِزَات al-jāʔizāt
Nominative	جَائِزُونَ jāʔizūna	الْجَائِزُونَ al-jāʔizūna	جَائِزَاتٌ jāʔizātun	الْجَائِزَاتُ al-jāʔizātu
Accusative	جَائِزِينَ jāʔizīna	الْجَائِزِينَ al-jāʔizīna	جَائِزَاتٍ jāʔizātin	الْجَائِزَاتِ al-jāʔizāti
Genitive	جَائِزِينَ jāʔizīna	الْجَائِزِينَ al-jāʔizīna	جَائِزَاتٍ jāʔizātin	الْجَائِزَاتِ al-jāʔizāti

Descendants

• Egyptian Arabic: جايز (gāyiz)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਜਾਇਜ਼ (jāiza)

  Shahmukhi script: جائز (jā'iz)

• → Turkish: caiz

References

• Баранов, Х. К. (2011) “جائز”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “جائز”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “جائز”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic جَائِز (jāʔiz).

Adjective

جائز • (jāʔez) (feminine جائزة (jāʔze))

1. possible

   Synonym: ممكن (mumken)

   Antonym: مستحيل (mustaḥīl)