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عزن

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to concepts of division, sharing, and potentially neglect or abandonment. The primary meaning discussed involves dividing a portion or lot, with one party taking their share. There's also a secondary sense related to leaving someone to their own devices.

Derived headwords

أعزنverb
  1. 1.
    to divide a shareclassical

    To divide a portion or lot with someone, where each takes their allotted share.

  2. 2.
    to neglectclassical

    To abandon or leave someone to their own devices; to neglect them.

قاسمهverb
  1. 1.
    to share withboth

    To divide something, such as a lot or a portion, with another person.

أخذverb
  1. 1.
    to takeboth

    To receive or seize something, such as one's share or portion.

Parallel reading

أعزن فلانا : همله الجوهري.
To say 'a'zanana fulanan' means to neglect him, according to Al-Jawhari.
أعزن الرجل: (قاسمه في النصيب فأخذ كل نصيبه)
A man 'a'zanana' means he shared with him in the lot, and each took his share.
قاسم نصيبه، فأخذ هذا نصيبه وهذا نصيبه.
He shared his lot, so this one took his share and that one took his share.
وكأن النون مبدلة من اللام في هذا الحرف.
And it is as if the 'nun' is a substitution for the 'lam' in this word.