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عنزق

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe someone of bad character or disposition. It also relates to the concept of making things difficult or constricting for someone.

Derived headwords

العَنَزَقadjective
  1. 1.
    Bad-temperedboth

    Describing someone who has a poor disposition or bad character.

عَنَزَقَ عَلَيْهِverb
  1. 1.
    To make difficultclassical

    To make a situation or matter difficult or constricting for someone.

عَنْزَقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Constrictionclassical

    The act of making something difficult or constricting for someone; a state of hardship imposed.

Parallel reading

العنزق السيء الخلق
The bad-tempered one is of bad character.
عنزق عليه عنزقة
He made things difficult for him, a constriction.