أذى

See also: أدي, ادي, and أدى

Arabic

Etymology

Verbal noun of أَذِيَ (ʔaḏiya, “to take damage”), from the root ء ذ ي (ʔ-ḏ-y).

Noun

أَذًى • (ʔaḏan) m

1. verbal noun of أَذِيَ (ʔaḏiya, “to damage”) (form I)
2. injury, damage
3. hurt, trouble, vexation
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:102:

     وَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ إِن كَانَ بِكُمْ أَذًى مِّن مَّطَرٍ أَوْ كُنْتُم مَّرْضَىٰ أَن تَضَعُوا أَسْلِحَتَكُمْ وَخُذُوا حِذْرَكُمْ

     walā junāḥa ʕalaykum ʔin kāna bikum ʔaḏan mmin mmaṭarin ʔaw kuntum mmarḍā ʔan taḍaʕū ʔasliḥatakum waḵuḏū ḥiḏrakum

     There is no blame upon you if there pours in upon you the vexation of rain or ye are sick that ye lay down your arms, but exercise caution.

Declension

Declension of noun أَذًى (ʔaḏan)

Singular	singular in ـًى (-an)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَذَى ʔaḏā	الْأَذَى al-ʔaḏā	أَذَى ʔaḏā
Nominative	أَذًى ʔaḏan	الْأَذَى al-ʔaḏā	أَذَى ʔaḏā
Accusative	أَذًى ʔaḏan	الْأَذَى al-ʔaḏā	أَذَى ʔaḏā
Genitive	أَذًى ʔaḏan	الْأَذَى al-ʔaḏā	أَذَى ʔaḏā

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “أذى”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “أذى”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen