excuse
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Highlights
Plural
عَذَارَى، عَذْرَاوَات
Most common words from the same root
Noun
اِعْتِذَار
apology
Noun
عِذَار
cheek
عَذْرَاء in English
Adjective · feminine
- virgin
Word origin
Compare عَذَرَ (ʕaḏara, “to absolve from guilt”).
Words from the root ع-ذ-ر
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
عَذَرَ
· present يَعْذِرُ
Form I · The plain action
to excuse
أَعْذَرَ
· present يُعْذِرُ
Form IV · Causative
to accept (someone's) excuse
إِعْذَار
مُعْذِر
مُعْذَر
تَعَذَّرَ
· present يَتَعَذَّرُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II
to excuse oneself; to be besmirched, to be soiled, to be smudged; to be impossible
تَعَذُّر
مُتَعَذِّر
اِعْتَذَرَ
· present يَعْتَذِرُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic
to excuse oneself; to apologise to
اِعْتِذَار
apology
مُعْتَذِر
مُعْتَذَر
عِذَار
cheek
عُذْرَة
virginity
عَذِرة
excrement
عُذْرِيّ
pure
تَعْذِير
عَذْرَاء: plural and other forms
| Singular | عَذْرَاء |
|---|---|
| Plural | عَذَارَى، عَذْرَاوَات |
عَذْرَاء in a sentence
From a fully vowelled text
هذَا يَأْخُذُ امْرَأَةً عَذْرَاءَ.And he shall take a wife in her virginity.Leviticus 21:13, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
وَكَانَ لِهذَا أَرْبَعُ بَنَاتٍ عَذَارَى كُنَّ يَتَنَبَّأْنَ.And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.Acts 21:9, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
«عَهْدًا قَطَعْتُ لِعَيْنَيَّ، فَكَيْفَ أَتَطَلَّعُ فِي عَذْرَاءَ؟I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?Job 31:1, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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