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زعج

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

The root زعج (z-'-j) primarily relates to causing disturbance, agitation, or unease. It encompasses concepts of unsettling someone, making them restless, or dislodging them from a place. The derived terms often describe a state of being disturbed or a person who causes such disturbance.

Derived headwords

أَزْعَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to disturbboth

    To cause someone to be unsettled, agitated, or uneasy.

  2. 2.
    to dislodgeclassical

    To force someone to leave their place or homeland.

زَعَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to agitateclassical

    To make someone restless or uneasy; to disturb.

انْزَعَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to be disturbedboth

    To become agitated, uneasy, or unsettled.

  2. 2.
    to be dislodgedclassical

    To be moved or forced from one's place.

ازْدَعَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to be agitatedclassical

    To be greatly disturbed or agitated.

الزَّعْجnoun
  1. 1.
    agitationclassical

    The state of being restless, uneasy, or disturbed.

الإزْعَاجnoun
  1. 1.
    disturbanceboth

    The act of disturbing or the state of being disturbed; the opposite of being settled or confirmed.

المُزْعِجadjective
  1. 1.
    disturbingboth

    Causing agitation, unease, or trouble.

المُزْعَاجadjective
  1. 1.
    restless (woman)classical

    A woman who does not stay settled in one place; a restless woman.

Parallel reading

الإزعاج: نقيض الإقرار
Disturbance: the opposite of confirmation.
تقول أزعجته من بلاده فشخص
You say: 'I dislodged him from his land, so he departed.'
وانزعج قليلا
And he was slightly disturbed.
ولو قيل انزعج وازدعج لكان قياسا
And if it were said 'he was disturbed' and 'he was greatly disturbed', it would be analogous.
يقال زعجه وأزعجه إذا أقلقه
It is said: 'He agitated him' and 'He disturbed him' if he made him restless.
والزعج: القلق
And agitation: restlessness.
وقد أزعجه الأمر إذا أقلقه
And the matter disturbed him if it made him restless.
رأيت عمر يزعج أبا بكر، رضي الله عنهم، إزعاجا يوم السقيفة أي يقيمه ولا يدعه يستقر حتى بايعه
I saw Umar disturbing Abu Bakr, may God be pleased with them, with a disturbance on the day of the Saqifah, meaning he kept him standing and did not let him settle until he pledged allegiance.
الحلف يزعج السلعة ويمحق البركة
An oath disturbs the commodity and erases the blessing.
يزعج السلعة يحطها
It disturbs the commodity by lowering its value.
أي ينفقها ويخرجها من يد صاحبها ويقلقها
Meaning it makes it sell quickly, takes it out of its owner's hand, and unsettles it.
والمزعاج: المرأة التي لا تستقر في مكان
And the restless one: the woman who does not settle in one place.