(ن) عَاذَ يَعُوْذُ عَوْذًا وَمَعَاذًاʿādha yaʿūdhu ʿawdhan wa-maʿādhan (original form: عَوَذَ يَعْوُذُʿawadha yaʿwudhu): to come under someone's protection, to take refuge. ﴿قُلْ اَعُوْذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ﴾ (An-Nās 114:1)
مَعَاذَ اللّٰهِmaʿādha al-lāh: the refuge of Allah. ﴿قَالَ مَعَاذَ اللّٰهِ﴾ (Yūsuf 12:23)
Form II (tafʿīl) عَوَّذَ يُعَوِّذُ تَعْوِيْذًاʿawwadha yuʿawwidhu taʿwīdhan: to commit someone to Allah's protection; to recite a prayer for protection and blow over him (this verb is not used in the Quran).
Form IV (ifʿāl) اَعَاذَ يُعِيْذُ اِعَاذَةًaʿādha yuʿīdhu iʿādhatan: to place someone under someone's protection. ﴿وَاِنِّيْٓ اُعِيْذُهَا بِكَ وَذُرِّيَّتَهَا﴾ (Āl ʿImrān 3:36)
Form X (istifʿāl) اِسْتَعَاذَ يَسْتَعِيْذُ اِسْتِعَاذَةًistaʿādha yastaʿīdhu istiʿādhatan: to seek refuge. ﴿فَاِذَا قَرَاْتَ الْقُرْاٰنَ فَاسْتَعِذْ بِاللّٰهِ﴾ (An-Naḥl 16:98)