(ن) زَوَجَ يَزْوُجُzawaja yazwuju (original form) ⟵ زَاجَ يَزُوْجُ زَوْجًاzāja yazūju zawjan: to join; to pair.
زَوْجٌzawj pl. اَزْوَاجٌazwāj: one member of a pair; in Arabic زَوْجzawj is used both for the man and for the woman (زَوْجَةzawjah also occurs, but only زَوْجzawj is used in the Quran); also anything that exists in the form of a pair, and a kind or class. ﴿وَمِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقْنَا زَوْجَيْنِ﴾ (Adh-Dhāriyāt 51:49)
Form II (tafʿīl) زَوَّجَ يُزَوِّجُ تَزْوِيْجًاzawwaja yuzawwiju tazwījan: to pair; to give in marriage; «زُوِّجَتْzuwwijat», i.e. the souls being paired. ﴿وَاِذَا النُّفُوْسُ زُوِّجَتْ﴾ (At-Takwīr 81:7); ﴿فَلَمَّا قَضٰى زَيْدٌ مِّنْهَا وَطَرًا زَوَّجْنٰكَهَا﴾ (Al-Aḥzāb 33:37)This root occurs 81 times in the Quran.
Form VIII (iftiʿāl) اِزْدَوَجَ يَزْدَوِجُ اِزْدِوَاجًاizdawaja yazdawiju izdiwājan: to form a pair; (of two things) to be joined together (this verb is not used in the Quran).