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عيذ

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

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

Derived headwords

عَاذَverb
  1. 1.
    to seek refugeboth

    To seek protection, shelter, or sanctuary from harm or danger.

  2. 2.
    to abstain fromclassical

    To refrain from or avoid something, often out of dislike or necessity.

عِيَاذٌnoun
  1. 1.
    refugeboth

    A place or state of protection from danger or distress; a sanctuary.

  2. 2.
    shelterboth

    A place that provides protection from weather or danger.

مَعَاذٌnoun
  1. 1.
    refugeboth

    A place of refuge or protection.

  2. 2.
    protectionboth

    The action of protecting or the state of being protected.

أَعَاذَverb
  1. 1.
    to grant refugeboth

    To provide protection or shelter to someone or something.

  2. 2.
    to protectboth

    To keep safe from harm or injury.

عُيُوذٌnoun
  1. 1.
    refugesboth

    Plural of 'عيَاذٌ' (refuge); multiple places or states of protection.

العَيْذَانadjective
  1. 1.
    ill-temperedclassical

    Having a bad disposition; difficult to deal with or approach.

  2. 2.
    stubbornclassical

    Having or showing dogged determination not to change one's attitude or position on something, especially in spite of good arguments or reasons to do so.

بيذارةadjective
  1. 1.
    ill-temperedclassical

    Possessing a bad temper or disposition; difficult to manage.

Parallel reading

العَيْذَان: السيىء الخلق
Al-'aydhān: ill-tempered.
فإنه رجل بيذارة!
For he is an ill-tempered man!
عيذان شنوءة.
'Aydhān of Shinū'ah.
لا يأخذن فيك ما قال زهير، فإنه رجل بيذارة!
Let not what Zuhayr said be taken against you, for he is an ill-tempered man!