عض

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ع ض ض (ʕ-ḍ-ḍ).

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /ʕadˤ.dˤa/

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Verb

1. to bite
2. to treat badly
3. to taunt
4. to bear patiently
5. (idiomatic, construed with عَلَى (ʕalā), often paired with يَد (yad, “hand”) or أَنْمَلَة (ʔanmala, “finger tip”)) to bite upon one's self (in expression of remorse or anger)

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /ʕadˤdˤ/

Noun

عَضّ • (ʕaḍḍ) m

1. verbal noun of عَضَّ (ʕaḍḍa) (form I)
2. biting
3. bite

Declension

Declension of noun عَضّ (ʕaḍḍ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَضّ ʕaḍḍ	الْعَضّ al-ʕaḍḍ	عَضّ ʕaḍḍ
Nominative	عَضٌّ ʕaḍḍun	الْعَضُّ al-ʕaḍḍu	عَضُّ ʕaḍḍu
Accusative	عَضًّا ʕaḍḍan	الْعَضَّ al-ʕaḍḍa	عَضَّ ʕaḍḍa
Genitive	عَضٍّ ʕaḍḍin	الْعَضِّ al-ʕaḍḍi	عَضِّ ʕaḍḍi

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “عض”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen