العزب

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the state of being alone, unmarried, or separated from family and possessions. It extends to concepts of absence, remoteness, and even specific geographical locations or animals associated with this state of separation.

Derived headwords

العَزَبadjective

1.
unmarriedboth
Describing someone who has no family or is single. It can also refer to someone with few possessions.

المَعْزَبَةnoun

1.
female slaveclassical
A female slave.
2.
man's wifeclassical
A man's wife.

العَزِيبadjective

1.
separated from familyclassical
A man who is separated from his family and property.
2.
wandering livestockclassical
Camels or sheep that wander away from their owners in the pasture.

إِبِلٌ عَزِيبnoun

1.
livestock that doesn't returnclassical
Camels that do not return to the camp/family.

أَعْزَبَverb

1.
to become distantboth
To become distant or far away.
2.
livestock strayedclassical
A group's livestock strayed away.

المَعْزَابَةadjective

1.
long separatedclassical
One whose separation has been prolonged.
2.
herdsmanclassical
One who tends to his livestock, keeping them separate.

العَزُوبَةnoun

1.
unmarried stateboth
The state of being unmarried or single.
2.
absenceclassical
Absence or remoteness.
3.
distant pastureclassical
A distant pastureland, far from the settlement.

تَعَزَّبَverb

1.
to abstain from marriageboth
To abstain from marriage.

العَزُوبnoun

1.
absenceclassical
Absence or remoteness.
2.
departureclassical
Departure or going away.

عَزَبَverb

1.
to be absentboth
To be absent or distant.
2.
to go awayclassical
To go away or depart.

العَازِبadjective

1.
distant pastureclassical
Distant pasture grass.
2.
mountainclassical
A mountain.

المُعْزِبadjective

1.
away from homeclassical
One who is away from home.

عَزَبَ طُهْرُ المَرْأَةِverb phrase

1.
husband absentclassical
A woman's period of purity is over because her husband has been absent.

عَزَبَتِ الأَرْضُverb phrase

1.
land uninhabitedclassical
The land was uninhabited, whether fertile or barren.

العَوْزَبadjective

1.
old womanclassical
An old woman.

العَازِبَةnoun

1.
camelsclassical
Camels.

المَعْزِبَةnoun

1.
female slaveclassical
A female slave.
2.
man's wifeclassical
A man's wife.

العَازِبَةadjective

1.
womanclassical
A woman who is unmarried or separated.

Parallel reading

من لا أهل له، كالمعزابة والعزيب

One who has no family, like the one long separated and the one separated from family.

وهي عزبة وعزب

And they are 'uzbah (fem. sing.) and 'azab (pl.).

والاسم: العزبة والعزوبة، مضمومتين

And the noun is: al-'uzbah and al-'uzūbah, both with dammah.

وتعزب: ترك النكاح

And ta'azzaba: to leave marriage.

والعزوب: الغيبة، يعزب ويعزب، والذهاب

And al-'uzūb: absence, ya'zubu and ya'zibu, and departure.

والمعزابة: من طالت عزوبته، ومن يعزب بماشيته، كالمعزاب

And al-ma'zābah: one whose separation has been prolonged, and one who tends his livestock, like al-ma'zāb.

والمعزيب: الرجل يعزب عن أهله وماله، و من الإبل والشاء: التي تعزب عن أهلها في المرعى

And al-ma'zīb: the man who is separated from his family and property, and from camels and sheep: those that stray from their owners in the pasture.

وإبل عزيب: لا تروح على الحي، جمع عازب، كغزي جمع غاز

And 'azīb camels: those that do not return to the camp, a plural of 'āzib, like ghuzzā (plural of ghāz) for ghāz (plural of ghāz).

وأعزب: بعد وأبعد

And a'zaba: to become distant and farther away.

و القوم: عزبت إبلهم

And the people: their camels strayed.

والمعزبة، كالمغرفة: الأمة، وامرأة الرجل، كالعازبة والمعزبة

And al-ma'zabah, like maghrafah: the female slave, and the man's wife, like al-'āzibah and al-ma'zabah.

والعازب: الكلأ البعيد، وجبل

And al-'āzib: distant pasture grass, and a mountain.

والمعزب: الذي عزب به عن الدار

And al-ma'zib: one who is away from home.

وعزب طهر المرأة: غاب عنها زوجها

And the woman's period of purity 'azaba: her husband was absent from her.

والأرض: لم يكن بها أحد، مخصبة كانت أو مجدبة

And the land 'azaba: no one was in it, whether fertile or barren.

والعزوبة: الأرض البعيدة المضرب إلى الكلأ

And al-'uzūbah: the distant land for pasture.

والعوزب: العجوز

And al-'awzab: the old woman.

والعازبة: الإبل

And al-'āzibah: the camels.

وكان لرجل إبل، فباعها واشترى غنما لئلا تعزب، فعزبت غنمه، فقال: "إنما اشتريت الغنم حذار العازبة"، فذهبت مثلا

A man had camels, so he sold them and bought sheep so they would not stray, but his sheep strayed, so he said: 'I only bought the sheep to avoid the straying ones,' and this became a proverb.

وهرواة الأعزاب: فرس مشهورة كانت موقوفة على الأعزاب، يغزون عليها ويستفيدون المال ليتزوجوا

And Hurwāt al-A'zāb: a famous mare that was dedicated to the unmarried men, they would raid with it and gain wealth to get married.