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عَزِيز
dear, precious /ʕaˈziːz/
adjectiveA1#283 most common
Also: beloved, mighty, powerful, scarce, hard to find
Example sentences
هَذَا صَدِيقٌ عَزِيزٌ.
This is a dear friend.
أَنْتَ عَزِيزٌ عَلَيَّ.
You are dear to me.
الْمَاءُ عَزِيزٌ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ.
Water is scarce in the desert.
أَصْدِقَائِي الْأَعِزَّاءُ يَعْرِفُونَ الْحَقِيقَةَ.
My dear friends know the truth.
الْوَقْتُ عَزِيزٌ، فَلَا تُضَيِّعْهُ.
Time is precious, so do not waste it.
كَانَ مَلِكًا عَزِيزًا لَا يُقْهَرُ.
He was a mighty king who could not be conquered.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | عَزِيزٌ | أَعِزَّاءُ |
| Genitive | عَزِيزٍ | أَعِزَّاءَ |
| Accusative | عَزِيزًا | أَعِزَّاءَ |
| Vocative | يَا عَزِيزُ | يَا أَعِزَّاءُ |
Word family
عِزَّة (ʿizza)pride, dignity, honor
عِزّ (ʿizz)glory, might
أَعَزَّ (aʿazza)to honor, to hold dear
عَزَّزَ (ʿazzaza)to strengthen, to reinforce
عَزِيزَة (ʿazīza)dear, precious (feminine)
Etymology
The word grows from the triliteral Semitic root ʿ-z-z, which joins two ideas: being strong and being rare. What is scarce tends to be prized, so the sense slid from "mighty" to "precious, dear." The same root supplies the divine name al-ʿAzīz, "the Mighty," and the common given name Aziz.
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