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معذرة

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Arabic

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Root
ع ذ ر (ʕ ḏ r)
12 terms

Etymology

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    Verbal noun of عَذَرَ (ʕaḏara, to absolve from guilt).

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    مَعْذِرَة (maʕḏiraf (plural مَعَاذِر (maʕāḏir) or مَعَاذِير (maʕāḏīr))

    1. verbal noun of عَذَرَ (ʕaḏara) (form I)
    2. excuse
      • أَعْدَدْتُ لِلضِّيفَانِ كَلْبًا ضَارِيًا
        عِنْدِي وَفَضْلَ هِرَاوَةٍ مِنْ أَرْزَنِ
        وَمَعَاذِرًا كَذِبًا وَوَجْهًا بَاسِرًا
        مُتَشَكِّيًا عَضَّ الزَّمَانِ الْأَلْزَنِ
        ʔaʕdadtu li-ḍ-ḍīfāni kalban ḍāriyan
        ʕindī wafaḍla hirāwatin min ʔarzani
        wamaʕāḏiran kaḏiban wawajhan bāsiran
        mutašakkiyan ʕaḍḍa z-zamāni l-ʔalzani
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    3. forgiveness, pardon

    Declension

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    Descendants

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    • Azerbaijani: məzirət
    • Ottoman Turkish: معذرت (maʾẕeret)
    • Persian: معذرت (ma'zerat)