عنز

Arabic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʕVnz- (“goat”). Cognate with Hebrew עֵז (éz).

Noun

عَنْز • (ʕanz) m (collective, plural أَعْنُز (ʔaʕnuz) or عُنُوز (ʕunūz) or عِنَاز (ʕināz))

1. goat, goats
2. female goat, she-goat, nanny goat

Declension

Declension of noun عَنْز (ʕanz)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَنْز ʕanz	الْعَنْز al-ʕanz	عَنْز ʕanz
Nominative	عَنْزٌ ʕanzun	الْعَنْزُ al-ʕanzu	عَنْزُ ʕanzu
Accusative	عَنْزًا ʕanzan	الْعَنْزَ al-ʕanza	عَنْزَ ʕanza
Genitive	عَنْزٍ ʕanzin	الْعَنْزِ al-ʕanzi	عَنْزِ ʕanzi
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَنْزَة ʕanza	الْعَنْزَة al-ʕanza	عَنْزَة ʕanzat
Nominative	عَنْزَةٌ ʕanzatun	الْعَنْزَةُ al-ʕanzatu	عَنْزَةُ ʕanzatu
Accusative	عَنْزَةً ʕanzatan	الْعَنْزَةَ al-ʕanzata	عَنْزَةَ ʕanzata
Genitive	عَنْزَةٍ ʕanzatin	الْعَنْزَةِ al-ʕanzati	عَنْزَةِ ʕanzati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَنْزَتَيْن ʕanzatayn	الْعَنْزَتَيْن al-ʕanzatayn	عَنْزَتَيْ ʕanzatay
Nominative	عَنْزَتَانِ ʕanzatāni	الْعَنْزَتَانِ al-ʕanzatāni	عَنْزَتَا ʕanzatā
Accusative	عَنْزَتَيْنِ ʕanzatayni	الْعَنْزَتَيْنِ al-ʕanzatayni	عَنْزَتَيْ ʕanzatay
Genitive	عَنْزَتَيْنِ ʕanzatayni	الْعَنْزَتَيْنِ al-ʕanzatayni	عَنْزَتَيْ ʕanzatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَنْزَات ʕanzāt	الْعَنْزَات al-ʕanzāt	عَنْزَات ʕanzāt
Nominative	عَنْزَاتٌ ʕanzātun	الْعَنْزَاتُ al-ʕanzātu	عَنْزَاتُ ʕanzātu
Accusative	عَنْزَاتٍ ʕanzātin	الْعَنْزَاتِ al-ʕanzāti	عَنْزَاتِ ʕanzāti
Genitive	عَنْزَاتٍ ʕanzātin	الْعَنْزَاتِ al-ʕanzāti	عَنْزَاتِ ʕanzāti
Plural of variety	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَعْنُز‎; عُنُوز‎; عِنَاز ʔaʕnuz‎; ʕunūz‎; ʕināz	الْأَعْنُز‎; الْعُنُوز‎; الْعِنَاز al-ʔaʕnuz‎; al-ʕunūz‎; al-ʕināz	أَعْنُز‎; عُنُوز‎; عِنَاز ʔaʕnuz‎; ʕunūz‎; ʕināz
Nominative	أَعْنُزٌ‎; عُنُوزٌ‎; عِنَازٌ ʔaʕnuzun‎; ʕunūzun‎; ʕināzun	الْأَعْنُزُ‎; الْعُنُوزُ‎; الْعِنَازُ al-ʔaʕnuzu‎; al-ʕunūzu‎; al-ʕināzu	أَعْنُزُ‎; عُنُوزُ‎; عِنَازُ ʔaʕnuzu‎; ʕunūzu‎; ʕināzu
Accusative	أَعْنُزًا‎; عُنُوزًا‎; عِنَازًا ʔaʕnuzan‎; ʕunūzan‎; ʕināzan	الْأَعْنُزَ‎; الْعُنُوزَ‎; الْعِنَازَ al-ʔaʕnuza‎; al-ʕunūza‎; al-ʕināza	أَعْنُزَ‎; عُنُوزَ‎; عِنَازَ ʔaʕnuza‎; ʕunūza‎; ʕināza
Genitive	أَعْنُزٍ‎; عُنُوزٍ‎; عِنَازٍ ʔaʕnuzin‎; ʕunūzin‎; ʕināzin	الْأَعْنُزِ‎; الْعُنُوزِ‎; الْعِنَازِ al-ʔaʕnuzi‎; al-ʕunūzi‎; al-ʕināzi	أَعْنُزِ‎; عُنُوزِ‎; عِنَازِ ʔaʕnuzi‎; ʕunūzi‎; ʕināzi

Synonyms

• مَعْز (maʕz)
• مَاعِز (māʕiz)

References

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

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic عَنْز (ʕanz).

Noun

عنز • (ʕanz) m (collective, singulative عنزة f (ʕanze), paucal عنزات (ʕanzāt))

1. (collective) goats

   Synonym: معزا (meʕza)