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أَذَى
harm /ʔaˈðaː/
nounB1#2161 most common
Also: injury, hurt, annoyance
Example sentences
لا أُريدُ أَذَىً.
I do not want any harm.
لَمْ يُصِبْهُ أَذَى.
No harm came to him.
الكلمةُ الطيّبةُ تَدفَعُ الأَذَى.
A kind word wards off harm.
حاوَلَ أن يَحمِيَ عائلتَهُ مِن كُلِّ أَذَى.
He tried to protect his family from all harm.
الصبرُ على الأَذَى مِن علاماتِ القوّةِ.
Patience with harm is a sign of strength.
مَن أماطَ الأَذَى عن الطريقِ فقد نفَعَ الناسَ.
Whoever removes harm from the road has benefited people.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | أَذًى | — |
| Genitive | أَذًى | — |
| Accusative | أَذًى | — |
| Vocative | يا أَذَى | — |
Word family
آذىto hurt, to harm
أَذِيَّةharm, injury
مُؤْذٍharmful, hurtful
تَأَذَّىto be hurt, to suffer harm
Etymology
أَذَى comes from the triliteral Arabic root أ-ذ-ي, which carries the sense of hurting or causing distress. The noun names the harm itself, while the related verb آذى means to hurt someone. The word is old and appears throughout classical Arabic and the Quran.
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