Rizwan Zubair

Root ع ج ز ʿ-j-z

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ع ج زʿ-j-z

(ض) عَجَزَ يَعْجِزُ عَجْزًاʿajaza yaʿjizu ʿajzan: to lack the power to do something; to be helpless, incapable. ﴿اَعَجَزْتُ اَنْ اَكُوْنَ مِثْلَ هٰذَا الْغُرَابِ﴾ (Al-Māʾidah 5:31)

عَجُوْزٌʿajūz (intensive form (ṣīghat al-mubālaghah) on the pattern of فَعُوْلٌfaʿūl): very helpless; an old woman. ﴿اِلَّا عَجُوْزًا فِي الْغٰبِرِيْنَ﴾ (Ash-Shuʿarāʾ 26:171)

عَجُزٌʿajuz pl. اَعْجَازٌaʿjāz: the hollow trunk of a date palm. ﴿كَاَنَّهُمْ اَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ مُّنْقَعِرٍ﴾ (Al-Qamar 54:20)

Form IV (ifʿāl) اَعْجَزَ يُعْجِزُ اِعْجَازًاaʿjaza yuʿjizu iʿjāzan: to render someone helpless, to incapacitate.

مُعْجِزٌmuʿjiz (active participle, ism fāʿil): one who incapacitates. ﴿وَمَآ اَنْتُمْ بِمُعْجِزِيْنَ فِي الْاَرْضِ﴾ (Ash-Shūrā 42:31)

Form III (mufāʿalah) عَاجَزَ يُعَاجِزُ مُعَاجَزَةًʿājaza yuʿājizu muʿājazatan: to try to defeat someone; to compete.

مُعَاجِزٌmuʿājiz (active participle, ism fāʿil): one who tries to defeat or outstrip. ﴿وَالَّذِيْنَ سَعَوْا فِيْٓ اٰيٰتِنَا مُعٰجِزِيْنَ﴾ (Al-Ḥajj 22:51)

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