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عوز

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of need, poverty, and destitution. It describes states of lacking resources, the condition of being poor, and the experience of needing something that is unavailable.

Derived headwords

المعوزةnoun
  1. 1.
    worn-out garmentboth

    A worn-out, threadbare garment that is used until it is practically ruined.

المعوزnoun
  1. 1.
    the poor personboth

    the poor person

المعاوزnoun
  1. 1.
    worn-out garmentsboth

    The plural of المعوزة or المعوز, referring to multiple worn-out garments.

أعوزهverb
  1. 1.
    if he needed it but could not obtain itboth

    if he needed it but could not obtain it

  2. 2.
    it made him needyboth

    it made him needy

الإعوازnoun
  1. 1.
    povertyboth

    poverty

عوزverb
  1. 1.
    if it was not foundboth

    if it was not found

  2. 2.
    he became poorboth

    he became poor

أعوزverb
  1. 1.
    to be poorboth

    To become poor or impoverished.

Parallel reading

المعوزة والمعوز: الثوب الخلق الذي يبتذل
Al-mu'awwaza and al-mu'awwiz: the worn-out garment that is used until it is ruined.
والجمع المعاوز
And the plural is al-ma'awiz.
وأعوزه الشئ، إذا احتاج إليه فلم يقدر عليه
And he lacked the thing, if he needed it and could not get it.
والإعواز: الفقر
And al-i'waz: poverty.
والمعوز: الفقير
And al-mu'awwiz: the poor person.
وعوز الرجل وأعوز، أي افتقر
And the man became poor and became poor, meaning he became destitute.
وأعوزه الدهر، أي أحوجه
And time made him lack, meaning it made him needy.