old age
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Also written عجوز: عُجُوز (old age)
Highlights
Plural
عَجَائِز
Other plural
عُجُز
Most common words from the same root
عَجُوز in English
Noun · feminine
- old woman
- old man
- advanced in years
Word origin
Intensive adjective from the root ع ج ز (ʕ j z); compare عَجَزَ (ʕajaza, “to be weak, to grow old”).
Words from the root ع-ج-ز
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عَجَزَ
· present يَعْجِزُ
Form I · The plain action
to age
عَجْز
weakness
عَاجِز
incapable
عَاجِز
disabled person
عَجَزَ
· present يَعْجِزُ
Form I · The plain action
to be or become behindhand, to lag; to fall short, to be incapable of, cannot; to be weak
عَجَّزَ
· present يُعَجِّزُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to age; to withhold, to divert; to weaken, to make someone incapable of; to ascribe inability to someone
تَعْجِيز
مُعَجِّز
مُعَجَّز
أَعْجَزَ
· present يُعْجِزُ
Form IV · Causative
to make or consider someone incapacitated, immobilized, hamstrung, debilitated, weakened, paralyzed, defeated, impotent; to do wonders, puzzle, baffle, be miraculous or inimitable
مُعْجِزَة
miracle
عَجُز
sacrum
عَجُوز: plural and other forms
| Singular | عَجُوز |
|---|---|
| Plural | عَجَائِز |
| Alternative plurals | عُجُز |
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