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أَزْعَج
to disturb, to bother /ˈʔazʕadʒa/
verbB1#1492 most common
Also: to annoy, to trouble, to inconvenience
Example sentences
هٰذا الصوتُ أَزْعَجَني.
This noise bothered me.
لا تُزْعِجْ أخاكَ وهو نائم.
Don't disturb your brother while he is asleep.
أَزْعَجَني تأخُّرُ الحافلةِ هٰذا الصباحَ كثيرًا.
The bus being late this morning annoyed me a lot.
أعتذرُ إن كنتُ قد أَزْعَجْتُكَ بكثرةِ أسئلتي.
I apologize if I have bothered you with all my questions.
لم يقصِدْ أن يُزْعِجَ أحدًا، لكنّ تصرُّفاتِه أَزْعَجَتِ الجميع.
He didn't mean to bother anyone, but his behavior annoyed everyone.
ما أَزْعَجَني في كلمتِه لم يكن مضمونَها، بل نبرةُ الاستعلاءِ التي خاطبَ بها الحضور.
What disturbed me about his speech was not its content, but the condescending tone he used with the audience.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُزْعِجُ | أَزْعَجْتُ | سَأُزْعِجُ |
| 2sg | تُزْعِجُ | أَزْعَجْتَ | سَتُزْعِجُ |
| 3sg | يُزْعِجُ | أَزْعَجَ | سَيُزْعِجُ |
| 1pl | نُزْعِجُ | أَزْعَجْنَا | سَنُزْعِجُ |
| 2pl | تُزْعِجُونَ | أَزْعَجْتُمْ | سَتُزْعِجُونَ |
| 3pl | يُزْعِجُونَ | أَزْعَجُوا | سَيُزْعِجُونَ |
Word family
إِزْعَاجdisturbance, annoyance, trouble
مُزْعِجannoying, disturbing, troublesomeاِنْزَعَجَto be disturbed, to get annoyed
مُنْزَعِجannoyed, upset, disturbedEtymology
أَزْعَج is the Form IV (causative) verb from the triliteral root ز-ع-ج, which carries the idea of unrest and agitation. The base sense is to make someone restless or unsettled, which broadens to disturbing, bothering, and annoying. The same root yields the noun إزعاج (disturbance) and the participle مُزْعِج (annoying).
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