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أَزْمَة
crisis /ˈʔaz.ma/
nounB1#2295 most common
Also: emergency, acute shortage, attack (medical, e.g. of an illness)
Example sentences
هٰذِهِ أَزْمَة.
This is a crisis.
عِنْدَنا أَزْمَة كَبيرَة.
We have a big crisis.
تُواجِهُ البِلادُ أَزْمَةً اقْتِصادِيَّةً.
The country faces an economic crisis.
تَفاقَمَتِ الأَزْمَةُ بَعْدَ ارْتِفاعِ الأَسْعارِ.
The crisis worsened after prices rose.
لَمْ تَنْجَحِ الحُكومَةُ في احْتِواءِ الأَزْمَةِ المالِيَّةِ.
The government failed to contain the financial crisis.
تَتَطَلَّبُ هٰذِهِ الأَزْمَةُ الدِّبْلوماسِيَّةُ حَلًّا يُرْضي جَميعَ الأَطْرافِ دونَ إراقَةِ ماءِ الوَجْهِ.
This diplomatic crisis demands a solution that satisfies all parties without loss of face.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | أَزْمَةٌ | أَزَماتٌ |
| Genitive | أَزْمَةٍ | أَزَماتٍ |
| Accusative | أَزْمَةً | أَزَماتٍ |
| Vocative | يا أَزْمَةُ | يا أَزَماتُ |
Word family
أَزَمَto be severe (of a year or famine); to bite
تَأَزَّمَto worsen, to reach crisis point
تَأَزُّمaggravation, deterioration
مُتَأَزِّمin crisis, worsening
مَأْزِمnarrow pass, predicament
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic triliteral root أ-ز-م, which carries the sense of biting down, tightening, and pressing hard. A crisis is thus a time that clamps shut and squeezes. The same root gives the verb أَزَمَ, said of a harsh year or a severe famine.
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