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عيذ

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to seeking refuge, protection, or shelter. It extends to concepts of avoiding or escaping something, and by extension, can describe someone who is difficult to approach or who is ill-mannered.

Derived headwords

العِيَاذُnoun
  1. 1.
    refugeboth

    Seeking protection or shelter from harm or danger.

  2. 2.
    protectionboth

    The act of being protected or defended.

عَاذَverb
  1. 1.
    to seek refugeboth

    To seek protection, shelter, or safety from someone or something.

  2. 2.
    to avoidboth

    To keep away from or refrain from.

مَعَاذَnoun
  1. 1.
    refugeboth

    A place or means of protection from danger or hardship.

  2. 2.
    sanctuaryboth

    A sacred place or a place of refuge.

العِيَاذَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    protectionclassical

    The act of seeking or providing protection.

العَائِذُadjective
  1. 1.
    seeking refugeboth

    One who is seeking protection or shelter.

العِيْذَانُadjective
  1. 1.
    ill-manneredclassical

    Having bad character or disposition; ill-bred.

  2. 2.
    difficult to approachclassical

    Someone who is hard to get close to or deal with, often due to their unpleasant nature.

بِيذَارَةadjective
  1. 1.
    cowardlyclassical

    Lacking courage; easily frightened.

شَنُوَّةname
  1. 1.
    name of a tribeclassical

    A proper noun referring to a specific Arab tribe.

Parallel reading

العيذان: السيء الخلق
Al-'aydhān: ill-mannered.
فإنه رجل بيذارة عيذان شنوءة
For he is a man of cowardice, ill-mannered, of the tribe of Shinū'ah.