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هَزّ
to shake /ˈhazza/
verbB2#4212 most common
Also: to jolt, to rock, to nod/shake (the head)
Example sentences
هَزَّ الوَلَدُ الشَّجَرَةَ.
The boy shook the tree.
هَزَّتِ الرِّيحُ البَابَ.
The wind shook the door.
هَزَّ رَأْسَهُ مُوافِقًا.
He nodded his head in agreement.
هَزَّ الزِّلزالُ المَدينَةَ بِقُوَّةٍ.
The earthquake shook the city violently.
هَزَّ الخَبَرُ المُفاجِئُ الرَّأْيَ العامَّ.
The surprising news shook public opinion.
هَزَّتِ الفَضيحَةُ الماليَّةُ أَركانَ الحُكومَةِ.
The financial scandal shook the pillars of the government.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَهُزُّ | هَزَزْتُ | سَأَهُزُّ |
| 2sg | تَهُزُّ | هَزَزْتَ | سَتَهُزُّ |
| 3sg | يَهُزُّ | هَزَّ | سَيَهُزُّ |
| 1pl | نَهُزُّ | هَزَزْنا | سَنَهُزُّ |
| 2pl | تَهُزُّونَ | هَزَزْتُم | سَتَهُزُّونَ |
| 3pl | يَهُزُّونَ | هَزُّوا | سَيَهُزُّونَ |
Word family
هَزَّةa shake, tremor, jolt
اهْتَزَّto shake, vibrate, tremble (intransitive)
مَهْزوزshaken
هَزّازshaker, vibrator (device)
اهْتِزازvibration, shaking motion
Etymology
هَزّ comes from the Arabic triliteral root ه-ز-ز, a geminate root built around the idea of moving something back and forth. Classical dictionaries such as Lisan al-Arab already list هَزّ as the basic verb for shaking an object. The same root gives Arabic the noun هَزَّة (a tremor or jolt) and the Form VIII verb اهْتَزَّ (to shake, to vibrate). Arabic is a Semitic language, not an Indo-European one, so it has no Proto-Indo-European ancestor.
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