زوج

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

The root 'زوج' primarily relates to pairing, coupling, and duality. It encompasses concepts of two things being together, whether as a pair, a couple (male and female), or simply two items. It also extends to the idea of kinds, types, or species, and the act of marrying or being married.

Derived headwords

الزَّوْجnoun

1.
pair, coupleboth
Two things that are together, often implying a complementary relationship or a set.
2.
spouseboth
A husband or wife.
3.
kind, type, sortboth
A category or species of something.
4.
individual, single itemclassical
Paradoxically, it can refer to a single item when contrasted with 'odd' or 'single' (فرد).

زوجا نعال — a pair of sandals

زوجا حمام — a pair of doves

زَوْجَةnoun

1.
wifeboth
A woman married to a man.

وأمسك عليك زوجك — and keep your wife to yourself

أَزْوَاجnoun

1.
pairs, couplesboth
Plural of 'zawj', referring to multiple pairs or couples.
2.
spousesboth
Plural of 'zawj', referring to multiple wives or husbands.
3.
kinds, typesboth
Plural of 'zawj', referring to multiple kinds or categories.

ثمانية أزواج — eight pairs (or eight individuals)

قل لأزواجك — say to your wives

ازْدَوَجَverb

1.
to pair up, to coupleboth
To form a pair or couple, often used for animals mating or things being matched.
2.
to marrymodern
To get married, to enter into matrimony.

ازدوجت الطير — the birds paired up

ازدوجوا — they married each other

تَزَوَّجَverb

1.
to marry (a woman)both
To take a woman as a wife.
2.
to get marriedboth
To enter into marriage, often used reflexively or intransitively.

تزوج امرأة — he married a woman

تزوجت بامرأة — she married a woman (a dialectal usage)

زَوَّجَverb

1.
to give in marriageboth
To cause someone to marry, or to give a woman in marriage.
2.
to pair, to coupleboth
To join two things together, to match them.

وزوجناهم بحور عين — and We will pair them with beautiful, large-eyed women

زوجته إياها — he gave her to him in marriage

مُزْدَوَجadjective

1.
paired, coupledboth
Formed into a pair or couple.
2.
doublemodern
Consisting of two parts or elements.

فهي مزدوجة — and they are paired

مِزْوَاجadjective

1.
very married (woman)classical
A woman who marries frequently.

امرأة مزواج — a woman who marries frequently

تَزْوِيجnoun

1.
marriage (act of)both
The act of marrying or giving in marriage.
2.
pairing, classificationclassical
The act of classifying or grouping things into pairs or kinds.

التزويج التصنيف — classification

ازْدِوَاجnoun

1.
pairing, couplingboth
The act or state of being paired or coupled.
2.
marriagemodern
The state of being married.
3.
dualityclassical
The state of being two or having two parts.

ازدواج الطير ازدواجا — the birds pairing up

تَزَاوُجnoun

1.
mutual marriageboth
The act of marrying each other.
2.
likeness, resemblanceclassical
When words or clauses resemble each other in style or meaning.

تزاوج القوم — the people married each other

تزاوج الكلام — words resembling each other

زَوْجَانnoun

1.
a pairboth
Two things considered as a pair, often used for items like shoes or doves.

زوجان من الحمام — a pair of doves

زوجان من الخفاف — a pair of shoes

زَوَاجnoun

1.
marriageboth
The state or contract of being married.

Parallel reading

الزَّوْجُ: خِلَافُ الْفَرْدِ.

The pair: the opposite of the single.

يُقَالُ: زَوْجٌ أَوْ فَرْدٌ، كَمَا يُقَالُ: خَسَا أَوْ زَكَا، أَوْ شَفْعٌ أَوْ وَتَرٌ.

It is said: pair or single, just as it is said: odd or even, or even or odd.

وَأَنْبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِنْ كُلِّ زَوْجٍ بَهِيجٍ

And We have produced therein of every delightful pair.

وَكُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا أَيْضًا يُسَمَّى زَوْجًا

And each one of them is also called a pair.

وَعِنْدَهُ زَوْجَا نِعَالٍ وَزَوْجَا حَمَامٍ

And he has a pair of sandals and a pair of doves.

وَأَنَّهُ خَلَقَ الزَّوْجَيْنِ الذَّكَرَ وَالْأُنْثَى

And that He created the two pairs, the male and the female.

فَاسْلُكْ فِيهَا مِنْ كُلِّ زَوْجَيْنِ اثْنَيْنِ

So enter upon it, from every kind, two of each.

وَجَمْعُ الزَّوْجِ أَزْوَاجٌ وَأَزَاوِيجُ

And the plural of 'zawj' is 'azwaj' and 'azawij'.

وَقَدِ ازْدَوَّجَتِ الطَّيْرُ: افْتِعَالٌ مِنْهُ

And the birds have paired up: an 'ifti'al' form from it.

ثَمَانِيَةَ أَزْوَاجٍ*

eight pairs*

مِنْ أَيِّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقْنَا زَوْجَيْنِ

from everything We created pairs

فَاسْلُكْ فِيهَا مِنْ كُلِّ زَوْجَيْنِ اثْنَيْنِ

So enter upon it, from every kind, two of each.

وَقَالَ ابْنُ شِمَيْلٍ: الزَّوْجُ اثْنَانِ، كُلُّ اثْنَيْنِ زَوْجٌ

And Ibn Shumayl said: The pair is two; every two is a pair.

وَيُقَالُ لِلرَّجُلِ وَالْمَرْأَةِ: الزَّوْجَانِ.

And the man and woman are called: the couple.

وَأَنَّهُ خَلَقَ الزَّوْجَيْنِ الذَّكَرَ وَالْأُنْثَى

And that He created the two pairs, the male and the female.

وَإِنْ أَرَدْتُمْ اسْتِبْدَالَ زَوْجٍ مَكَانَ زَوْجٍ

And if you wish to replace a wife with another wife

يَا صَاحِ، بَلِّغْ ذَوِي الزَّوْجَاتِ كُلِّهِمْ

O companion, convey to all the husbands

وَإِنَّ الَّذِي يَسْعَى يُحَرِّشُ زَوْجَتِي

And indeed, he who strives incites my wife

حَتَّى يَلِجَ الْجَمَلُ فِي سَمِّ الْخِيَاطِ

until the camel should pass through the eye of the needle

فَقَالَ: هُوَ زَوْجُ النَّاقَةِ

So he said: It is the she-camel's mate.

يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ قُلْ لِأَزْوَاجِكَ

O Prophet, say to your wives

وَزَوَّجْنَاهُمْ بِحُورٍ عِينٍ

And We will pair them with beautiful, large-eyed women

احْشُرُوا الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا وَأَزْوَاجَهُمْ

Gather those who did wrong, and their kinds

وَقَالَ الْفَرَّاءُ: تَزَوَّجْتُ بِامْرَأَةٍ، لُغَةٌ فِي أَزْدِ شَنُوءَةَ.

And Al-Farra' said: I married a woman, a dialectal usage of Azd Shanu'ah.

وَتَزَاوَجَ الْقَوْمُ وَازْدَوَجُوا: تَزَوَّجَ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا

And the people married each other and paired up: some of them married others.

وَامْرَأَةٌ مِزْوَاجٌ: كَثِيرَةُ التَّزَوُّجِ وَالتَّزَاوُجِ

And a woman 'mizwaj': frequently marrying and remarrying.

وَازْدَوَجَ الْكَلَامُ وَتَزَاوَجَ: أَشْبَهَ بَعْضُهُ بَعْضًا فِي السَّجْعِ أَوِ الْوَزْنِ

And speech 'izdawaja' and 'tazawaja': some of it resembled some of it in rhyme or meter.

وَزَوَّجَ الشَّيْءَ بِالشَّيْءِ، وَزَوَّجَهُ إِلَيْهِ: قَرَنَهُ.

And he paired a thing with a thing, and paired it to it: he joined it.

وَقَالَ الزَّجَّاجُ فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: احْشُرُوا الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا وَأَزْوَاجَهُمْ

And Al-Zajjaj said regarding the Almighty's saying: Gather those who did wrong, and their kinds

وَكُلُّ شَيْئَيْنِ اقْتَرَنَ أَحَدُهُمَا بِالْآخَرِ: فَهُمَا زَوْجَانِ.

And every two things that are joined together: they are a pair.

وَقَالَ أَبُو مَنْصُورٍ: أَرَادَ بِالتَّزْوِيجِ التَّصْنِيفَ؛ وَالزَّوْجُ: الصِّنْفُ.

And Abu Mansur said: He intended by 'tazwij' classification; and 'zawj' is the kind.

وَكَانَ الْأَصْمَعِيُّ لَا يُجِيزُ أَنْ يُقَالَ لِفَرْخَيْنِ مِنْ حَمَامٍ وَغَيْرِهِ: زَوْجٌ، وَلَا لِلنَّعْلَيْنِ زَوْجٌ، وَيُقَالُ فِي ذَلِكَ كُلِّهِ: زَوْجَانِ لِكُلِّ اثْنَيْنِ.

And Al-Asma'i did not permit it to be said for two chicks of doves or others: a pair, nor for two shoes: a pair, and for all of that it is said: a pair for every two.

لَهَا وَلَدٌ مِنْ زَوْجِهَا، وَهِيَ عَاقِرٌ

She has a child from her husband, and she is barren

أَرَادَتْ مِنْ زَوْجِ حَمَامٍ لَهَا، وَهِيَ عَاقِرٌ

She meant from a pair of doves she had, and she is barren.

وَالزَّوْجُ: الصِّنْفُ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ.

And 'zawj': the kind of everything.

وَأَنْبَتَتْ مِنْ كُلِّ زَوْجٍ بَهِيجٍ

And produced from every delightful kind

وَآخَرَ مِنْ شَكْلِهِ أَزْوَاجٌ

And others of its kind, in pairs

وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمُ: الزَّوْجُ هُنَا النَّمَطُ يُطْرَحُ عَلَى الْهُودَجِ

And some of them said: 'Zawj' here means the patterned cloth thrown on the howdah.