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عَضّ
biting /ˈʕadˤdˤ/
nounA1#85 most common
Also: a bite, the act of biting
Example sentences
العَضُّ مَمنوع.
Biting is forbidden.
عَضُّ الأَظافِرِ عادَةٌ سيِّئة.
Nail-biting is a bad habit.
سبَّبَ عَضُّ الكَلبِ جُرحاً مُؤلِماً في يَدِه.
The dog's bite caused a painful wound in his hand.
يُحذِّرُ الأطباءُ مِن عَضِّ الأقلامِ لأنَّه يَنقُلُ الجَراثيم.
Doctors warn against biting pens because it transmits germs.
يرى علماءُ النَّفسِ أنَّ عَضَّ الشِّفاهِ قد يكونُ علامةً على القَلقِ المَكبوت.
Psychologists hold that lip-biting may be a sign of suppressed anxiety.
لم يَترُك عَضُّ الأفعى أثراً ظاهراً، غيرَ أنَّ سُمَّها كان قد سرى في عُروقِه قبلَ أن يُدرِكَ أحدٌ خُطورةَ الموقف.
The snake's bite left no visible mark, yet its venom had already coursed through his veins before anyone grasped the gravity of the situation.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | عَضٌّ | None |
| Genitive | عَضٍّ | None |
| Accusative | عَضّاً | None |
| Vocative | يا عَضُّ | None |
Word family
عَضَّto bite
عَضّةa bite (single instance)
عَضوضbiting; oppressive (of rule)
عاضّbiter; one who bites
مَعْضوضbitten
Etymology
عَضّ is the verbal noun (maṣdar) of the Form-I verb عَضَّ 'to bite,' built on the فَعْل pattern from the geminate Semitic root ʿ-ḍ-ḍ. The doubled final radical reflects the root's reduplicative character, and the word denotes the act or instance of seizing with the teeth. It anchors a productive family of derivations all centered on biting.
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