لازم
Arabic
Etymology
Derived from the active participle of لَزِمَ (lazima, “to be necessary, to be inseparable”), from the root ل ز م (l-z-m).
Adjective
لَازِم • (lāzim) (feminine لَازِمَة (lāzima), masculine plural لَازِمُونَ (lāzimūna), feminine plural لَازِمَات (lāzimāt) or لَوَازِم (lawāzim), elative أَلْزَم (ʔalzam))
- necessary, urgent, unavoidable
- obligatory
- closely adhering to, inseparable, inherent
- لَازِم مَلْزُوم ― lāzim malzūm ― closest friendship
- entirely addicted or devoted to
- worthy, fit
- (grammar) intransitive, neuter
Declension
Declension of adjective لَازِم (lāzim)
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | ||
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basic singular triptote | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Informal | لَازِم lāzim |
اللَّازِم al-lāzim |
لَازِمَة lāzima |
اللَّازِمَة al-lāzima |
Nominative | لَازِمٌ lāzimun |
اللَّازِمُ al-lāzimu |
لَازِمَةٌ lāzimatun |
اللَّازِمَةُ al-lāzimatu |
Accusative | لَازِمًا lāziman |
اللَّازِمَ al-lāzima |
لَازِمَةً lāzimatan |
اللَّازِمَةَ al-lāzimata |
Genitive | لَازِمٍ lāzimin |
اللَّازِمِ al-lāzimi |
لَازِمَةٍ lāzimatin |
اللَّازِمَةِ al-lāzimati |
Dual | Masculine | Feminine | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Informal | لَازِمَيْن lāzimayn |
اللَّازِمَيْن al-lāzimayn |
لَازِمَتَيْن lāzimatayn |
اللَّازِمَتَيْن al-lāzimatayn |
Nominative | لَازِمَانِ lāzimāni |
اللَّازِمَانِ al-lāzimāni |
لَازِمَتَانِ lāzimatāni |
اللَّازِمَتَانِ al-lāzimatāni |
Accusative | لَازِمَيْنِ lāzimayni |
اللَّازِمَيْنِ al-lāzimayni |
لَازِمَتَيْنِ lāzimatayni |
اللَّازِمَتَيْنِ al-lāzimatayni |
Genitive | لَازِمَيْنِ lāzimayni |
اللَّازِمَيْنِ al-lāzimayni |
لَازِمَتَيْنِ lāzimatayni |
اللَّازِمَتَيْنِ al-lāzimatayni |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | ||
sound masculine plural | sound feminine plural; basic broken plural diptote | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Informal | لَازِمِين lāzimīn |
اللَّازِمِين al-lāzimīn |
لَازِمَات; لَوَازِم lāzimāt; lawāzim |
اللَّازِمَات; اللَّوَازِم al-lāzimāt; al-lawāzim |
Nominative | لَازِمُونَ lāzimūna |
اللَّازِمُونَ al-lāzimūna |
لَازِمَاتٌ; لَوَازِمُ lāzimātun; lawāzimu |
اللَّازِمَاتُ; اللَّوَازِمُ al-lāzimātu; al-lawāzimu |
Accusative | لَازِمِينَ lāzimīna |
اللَّازِمِينَ al-lāzimīna |
لَازِمَاتٍ; لَوَازِمَ lāzimātin; lawāzima |
اللَّازِمَاتِ; اللَّوَازِمَ al-lāzimāti; al-lawāzima |
Genitive | لَازِمِينَ lāzimīna |
اللَّازِمِينَ al-lāzimīna |
لَازِمَاتٍ; لَوَازِمَ lāzimātin; lawāzima |
اللَّازِمَاتِ; اللَّوَازِمِ al-lāzimāti; al-lawāzimi |
Antonyms
- (intransitive): مُتَعَدِّي (mutaʕaddī)
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “لازم”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], London: W.H. Allen
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “لزم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
North Levantine Arabic
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adverb
لازم • (lāzim)
- (false verb, followed by subjunctive verb) must; gotta
- لأ سوري، لازم تسأل حدا تاني
- Laʾ sōrī, lāzim tisʾal ḥadā tānī.
- No, sorry, you gotta ask someone else.
Persian
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic لَازِم (lāzim)
Pronunciation
Adjective
لازم • (lâzem)
Related terms
- لازم داشتن (lâzem dâštan)
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