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عز

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Arabic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Root
ع ز ز (ʕ z z)
10 terms

    Compare Hebrew עזז ('azáz, to make strong).

    Verb

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    عَزَّ (ʕazza) I (non-past يَعِزُّ (yaʕizzu), verbal noun عِزّ (ʕizz) or عِزَّة (ʕizza))

    1. to be powerful, to overpower
    2. to be dear, to be precious, to be rare
      رَجُلٌ فِي زَمَنٍ عَزَّ فِيهِ ٱلرِّجَالُ
      rajulun fī zamanin ʕazza fīhi r-rijālu
      a man at a time when real men are scarce
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    Etymology 2

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    Noun

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    عِزّ (ʕizz?

    1. verbal noun of عَزَّ (ʕazza) (form I)

    Persian

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Arabic عِزّ (ʕizz).

    Pronunciation

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    Readings
    Classical reading? izz
    Dari reading? izz
    Iranian reading? ezz
    Tajik reading? izz

    Noun

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    عز (ezz)

    1. (archaic) glory, grandeur
      • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 80:
        بر تخت دل نشسته و دارد ز عز و ناز
        در چین زلف صد حبش و زنگبار هم
        bar taxt-i dil nišasta u dārad zi izz u nāz
        dar čīn-i zulf sad habaš u zangbār ham
        Sitting on the throne of the heart, out of glory and pride, he possesses
        A hundred Ethiopias and Zanzibars in the fold of the locks of his hairs.
        (Classical Persian transliteration)

    Further reading

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    • Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “عز”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

    South Levantine Arabic

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    Root
    ع ز ز
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    Etymology

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    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ʕazz/, [ʕaz]
    • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

    Verb

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    عزّ (ʕazz) I (present بعزّ (biʕizz))

    1. to love
      Synonym: حبّ (ḥabb)
      Antonym: كره (kirih)

    Conjugation

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        Conjugation of عزّ (ʕazz)
    singular plural
    1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
    past m عزّيت (ʕazzēt) عزّيت (ʕazzēt) عزّ (ʕazz) عزّينا (ʕazzēna) عزّيتو (ʕazzētu) عزّو (ʕazzu)
    f عزّيتي (ʕazzēti) عزّت (ʕazzat)
    present m بعزّ (baʕizz) بتعزّ (bitʕizz) بعزّ (biʕizz) منعزّ (minʕizz) بتعزّو (bitʕizzu) بعزّو (biʕizzu)
    f بتعزّي (bitʕizzi) بتعزّ (bitʕizz)
    subjunctive m اعزّ (aʕizz) تعزّ (tʕizz) يعزّ (yʕizz) نعزّ (nʕizz) تعزّو (tʕizzu) يعزّو (yʕizzu)
    f تعزّي (tʕizzi) تعزّ (tʕizz)
    imperative m عزّ (ʕizz) عزّو (ʕizzu)
    f عزّي (ʕizzi)