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يزع

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to preventing, restraining, or deterring someone from something. It also encompasses the idea of being content or satisfied with something, often in a passive sense.

Derived headwords

يَزَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to restrainboth

    To prevent someone from doing something, to deter them.

  2. 2.
    to ceaseclassical

    To stop or desist from an action.

يَازِعnoun
  1. 1.
    deterrentclassical

    That which restrains or deters.

وَزَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to restrainboth

    To prevent someone from doing something, to deter them.

  2. 2.
    to be contentclassical

    To be satisfied or content with something.

وَازِعnoun
  1. 1.
    restrainerboth

    One who restrains or deters.

  2. 2.
    deterrentboth

    That which restrains or deters.

  3. 3.
    conscienceclassical

    An inner voice that restrains one from wrongdoing.

Parallel reading

لما عرفت بني عمرو {ويازعهم ... أيقنت أني لهم في هذه قود
When I recognized the sons of Amr and their deterrent... I knew that I would lead them in this.
أراد به الزاجر
He intended by it the one who deters.
وهي لغة لهذيل في الوازع
And it is a dialect of Hudhayl for 'al-wāziʿ'.
قلب الواو ياء طلبا للخفة
They changed the waw to a ya for the sake of lightness.
وأيضا تنكب الجمع بين الواوين
And also to avoid combining two waw letters.