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))

1. necessary, urgent, unavoidable
2. obligatory
3. closely adhering to, inseparable, inherent

   لَازِم مَلْزُوم ― lāzim malzūm ― closest friendship

4. entirely addicted or devoted to
5. worthy, fit
6. (grammar) intransitive, neuter

Declension

Declension of adjective لَازِم (lāzim)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	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

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North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic لازم.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛːzɪm], [ˈleːzɪm]

Adverb

لازم • (lāzim)

1. (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.

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Persian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic لَازِم (lāzim)

Adjective

لازم • (lâzem)

1. necessary

Related terms

• لازم داشتن (lâzem dâštan)