وزع

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

The root وزع (w-z-ʿ) primarily relates to concepts of restraint, deterrence, and incitement. It encompasses holding back, stopping, and preventing, as well as the act of provoking or inciting someone to do something. It also extends to organization, distribution, and the idea of a restraining force.

Derived headwords

وَزَعَverb

1.
to restrain, to hold backboth
To cause something or someone to cease or desist; to prevent from proceeding.
2.
to organize, to arrangeclassical
To arrange or organize a group, such as a military formation, by positioning individuals.

اِتَّزَعَverb

1.
to cease, to refrainboth
To stop oneself from doing something; to be restrained or held back.

وَزْعًاnoun

1.
restraint, cessationclassical
The act of restraining or being restrained; the state of ceasing an action.

أَوْزَعَverb

1.
to incite, to provokeboth
To instigate or provoke someone to do something; to make them eager or desirous of it.
2.
to inspire, to grant abilityclassical
To inspire someone with a desire or the capacity to do something, often used in the context of divine inspiration.

أُوزِعَverb

1.
to be incited, to be provokedboth
To be made eager or desirous of something; to be provoked into action.

مُوزَعٌ بِهِadjective

1.
incited, provokedboth
Describing someone who is eager or provoked to do something.

الْوُزُوعnoun

1.
incitement, provocationclassical
The act of inciting or provoking; the state of being incited.

اِسْتَوْزَعَverb

1.
to seek inspiration fromclassical
To ask God or another source for inspiration or the ability to do something.

وَازِعnoun

1.
an authority that restrains themboth
an authority that restrains them

وَزَعَةnoun

1.
he restrained him, like 'wada'ahu yada'uhu wad'an'both
he restrained him, like 'wada'ahu yada'uhu wad'an'
2.
plural of 'wazi''both
plural of 'wazi''

يُوزَعُونَverb

1.
their vanguard is held back until their rearguard catches upboth
their vanguard is held back until their rearguard catches up

تَوْزِيعnoun

1.
distribution, divisionboth
The act of dividing something among several people or in several places; apportionment.

تَوَزَّعُواverb

1.
they divided among themselvesboth
They shared or distributed something amongst themselves.

مُتَزِّعadjective

1.
strong-willed, resoluteclassical
Describing someone with a strong spirit or firm resolve.

أَوْزَعَverb

1.
to urinate forcefully (of a female animal)classical
When a female animal expels urine with force, typically after being mounted by a male.

أَوْزَاعnoun

1.
groups, multitudesboth
Collections or gatherings of people.

الأَوْزَاعِيّname

1.
Al-Awza'iboth
A surname referring to a person from the Awza' tribe, notably the famous scholar Abd al-Rahman al-Awza'i.

Parallel reading

وزعته أزعه وزعا: كففته، فاتزع هو، أي كف.

I restrained him, I restrain him, with restraint: I held him back, and he desisted, meaning he stopped.

وأوزعته بالشئ: أغريته به، فأوزع به، فهو موزع به، أي مغرى به.

And I incited him to the thing: I provoked him to it, so he was incited to it, and he is incited to it, meaning provoked by it.

فهاب ضمران منه حيث يوزعه أي يغريه.

So he feared the emaciation from him where it incites him, meaning it provokes him.

والاسم والمصدر جميعا الوزوع بالفتح.

And the noun and the verbal noun are both al-wuzūʿ, with the vowel fatha.

واستوزعت الله شكره فأوزعني، أي استلهمته فألهمني.

And I sought from God the ability to thank Him, and He inspired me, meaning I sought inspiration from Him and He inspired me.

والوازع: الذي يتقدم الصف فيصلحه ويقدم ويؤخر.

And the wāziʿ: is the one who goes ahead of the rank, so he corrects it, moving forward and backward.

أأنا أقيد من وزعة الله

Am I to be restrained by the organizers of God's ranks?

لا بد للناس من وازع

People must have a deterrent.

وزعت الجيش، إذا حبست أولهم على آخرهم.

I organized the army, when I held back its front ranks from its rear ranks.

فهم يوزعون

So they are being organized/restrained.

وإنما سموا الكلب وازعا لأنه يكف الذئب عن الغنم.

And the dog is only called a wāziʿ because it restrains the wolf from the sheep.

والتوزيع: القسمة والتفريق.

And al-tawzīʿ: is division and distribution.

ويقال: توزعوه فيما بينهم، أي تقسموه.

And it is said: they divided it among themselves, meaning they shared it.

وأوزعت الناقة ببولها، إذا رمت به رميا وقطعته.

And the she-camel expelled her urine forcefully, when she expelled it with force and cut it off.

بها أوزاع من الناس، أي جماعات.

There are groups of people with her, meaning multitudes.

والاوزاع: بطن من همدان، ومنهم الاوزاعي.

And al-Awzāʿ: is a clan of Hamdan, and among them is al-Awzāʿī.