مجاز

See also: محار

Arabic

Etymology

Noun of place and verbal noun from the verb جَازَ (jāza, “to pass, pass by”), from the root ج و ز (j-w-z).

Noun

مَجَاز • (majāz) m

1. verbal noun of جَازَ (jāza) (form I)
2. passing, passing by
3. passage, road

   مَجَاز الزُّقَاق

   majāz az-zuqāq

   Strait of Gibraltar

4. metaphor, allegory, figurative speech

Declension

Declension of noun مَجَاز (majāz)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَجَاز majāz	الْمَجَاز al-majāz	مَجَاز majāz
Nominative	مَجَازٌ majāzun	الْمَجَازُ al-majāzu	مَجَازُ majāzu
Accusative	مَجَازًا majāzan	الْمَجَازَ al-majāza	مَجَازَ majāza
Genitive	مَجَازٍ majāzin	الْمَجَازِ al-majāzi	مَجَازِ majāzi

Descendants

• Indonesian: majas

References

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