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عاجِز

incapable, unable /ˈʕaː.dʒiz/

adjectiveB2#3458 most common

Also: powerless, helpless, disabled/infirm (of a person)

Example sentences

أنا عاجِز عن الفهم.
I am unable to understand.
هي عاجِزة عن الكلام الآن.
She is unable to speak right now.
الرجل العاجِز يحتاج إلى مساعدة يومية.
The disabled man needs daily help.
شعرتُ بأنني عاجِز عن تغيير الوضع.
I felt that I was powerless to change the situation.
الحكومة عاجِزة عن حل الأزمة الاقتصادية المستمرة.
The government is incapable of solving the ongoing economic crisis.
يبقى الإنسان عاجِزًا أمام قوى الطبيعة مهما بلغ من التقدم العلمي.
Man remains powerless before the forces of nature, no matter how far scientific progress advances.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeعاجِزٌعاجِزونَ
Genitiveعاجِزٍعاجِزينَ
Accusativeعاجِزًاعاجِزينَ
Vocativeيا عاجِزُيا عاجِزونَ

Word family

عَجَزَto be incapable, unable
عَجْزincapacity, inability
إعجازmiraculous inimitability, as in the inimitability of the Quran
معجزةmiracle
عَجَزةthe incapacitated, the disabled (plural)

Etymology

عاجِز is the active participle of the verb عَجَزَ, meaning to be incapable or unable to do something. The root ع-ج-ز runs through a small family of Arabic words tied to lack of power or ability. It is a native Semitic root, not a borrowing, so it has no Indo-European ancestor.

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