عض

عض

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ع ض ض‎ (ʿ-ḍ-ḍ).

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /ʕadˤ.dˤa/

• Audio

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Verb

عَضَّ • (ʿaḍḍa) I, non-past يَعَضُّ‎‎ (yaʿaḍḍu)

1. to bite
2. to treat badly
3. to taunt
4. to bear patiently
5. (idiomatic, construed with عَلَى‎ (ʿalā), often paired with يَد‎ (yad, “hand”) or أَنْمَلَة‎ (ʾanmala, “finger tip”)) to bite upon one's self (in expression of remorse or anger)

Conjugation

Conjugation of

عَضَّ

(form-I geminate, verbal nouns عَضّ or عَضِيض)

verbal nouns الْمَصَادِر						عَضّ or عَضِيض‎ ʿaḍḍ or ʿaḍīḍ
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						عَاضّ‎ ʿāḍḍ
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مَعْضُوض‎ maʿḍūḍ
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	عَضِضْتُ‎ ʿaḍiḍtu	عَضِضْتَ‎ ʿaḍiḍta	عَضَّ ʿaḍḍa		عَضِضْتُمَا‎ ʿaḍiḍtumā	عَضَّا‎ ʿaḍḍā		عَضِضْنَا‎ ʿaḍiḍnā	عَضِضْتُمْ‎ ʿaḍiḍtum	عَضُّوا‎ ʿaḍḍū
	f		عَضِضْتِ‎ ʿaḍiḍti	عَضَّتْ‎ ʿaḍḍat			عَضَّتَا‎ ʿaḍḍatā			عَضِضْتُنَّ‎ ʿaḍiḍtunna	عَضِضْنَ‎ ʿaḍiḍna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَعَضُّ‎ ʾaʿaḍḍu	تَعَضُّ‎ taʿaḍḍu	يَعَضُّ‎ yaʿaḍḍu		تَعَضَّانِ‎ taʿaḍḍāni	يَعَضَّانِ‎ yaʿaḍḍāni		نَعَضُّ‎ naʿaḍḍu	تَعَضُّونَ‎ taʿaḍḍūna	يَعَضُّونَ‎ yaʿaḍḍūna
	f		تَعَضِّينَ‎ taʿaḍḍīna	تَعَضُّ‎ taʿaḍḍu			تَعَضَّانِ‎ taʿaḍḍāni			تَعْضَضْنَ‎ taʿḍaḍna	يَعْضَضْنَ‎ yaʿḍaḍna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَعَضَّ‎ ʾaʿaḍḍa	تَعَضَّ‎ taʿaḍḍa	يَعَضَّ‎ yaʿaḍḍa		تَعَضَّا‎ taʿaḍḍā	يَعَضَّا‎ yaʿaḍḍā		نَعَضَّ‎ naʿaḍḍa	تَعَضُّوا‎ taʿaḍḍū	يَعَضُّوا‎ yaʿaḍḍū
	f		تَعَضِّي‎ taʿaḍḍī	تَعَضَّ‎ taʿaḍḍa			تَعَضَّا‎ taʿaḍḍā			تَعْضَضْنَ‎ taʿḍaḍna	يَعْضَضْنَ‎ yaʿḍaḍna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَعَضَّ‎ or أَعَضِّ‎ or أَعْضَضْ‎ ʾaʿaḍḍa or ʾaʿaḍḍi or ʾaʿḍaḍ	تَعَضَّ‎ or تَعَضِّ‎ or تَعْضَضْ‎ taʿaḍḍa or taʿaḍḍi or taʿḍaḍ	يَعَضَّ‎ or يَعَضِّ‎ or يَعْضَضْ‎ yaʿaḍḍa or yaʿaḍḍi or yaʿḍaḍ		تَعَضَّا‎ taʿaḍḍā	يَعَضَّا‎ yaʿaḍḍā		نَعَضَّ‎ or نَعَضِّ‎ or نَعْضَضْ‎ naʿaḍḍa or naʿaḍḍi or naʿḍaḍ	تَعَضُّوا‎ taʿaḍḍū	يَعَضُّوا‎ yaʿaḍḍū
	f		تَعَضِّي‎ taʿaḍḍī	تَعَضَّ‎ or تَعَضِّ‎ or تَعْضَضْ‎ taʿaḍḍa or taʿaḍḍi or taʿḍaḍ			تَعَضَّا‎ taʿaḍḍā			تَعْضَضْنَ‎ taʿḍaḍna	يَعْضَضْنَ‎ yaʿḍaḍna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		عَضَّ or عَضِّ or اِعْضَضْ‎ ʿaḍḍa or ʿaḍḍi or iʿḍaḍ			عَضَّا‎ ʿaḍḍā				عَضُّوا‎ ʿaḍḍū
	f		عَضِّي‎ ʿaḍḍī							اِعْضَضْنَ‎ iʿḍaḍna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	عُضِضْتُ‎ ʿuḍiḍtu	عُضِضْتَ‎ ʿuḍiḍta	عُضَّ ʿuḍḍa		عُضِضْتُمَا‎ ʿuḍiḍtumā	عُضَّا‎ ʿuḍḍā		عُضِضْنَا‎ ʿuḍiḍnā	عُضِضْتُمْ‎ ʿuḍiḍtum	عُضُّوا‎ ʿuḍḍū
	f		عُضِضْتِ‎ ʿuḍiḍti	عُضَّتْ‎ ʿuḍḍat			عُضَّتَا‎ ʿuḍḍatā			عُضِضْتُنَّ‎ ʿuḍiḍtunna	عُضِضْنَ‎ ʿuḍiḍna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُعَضُّ‎ ʾuʿaḍḍu	تُعَضُّ‎ tuʿaḍḍu	يُعَضُّ‎ yuʿaḍḍu		تُعَضَّانِ‎ tuʿaḍḍāni	يُعَضَّانِ‎ yuʿaḍḍāni		نُعَضُّ‎ nuʿaḍḍu	تُعَضُّونَ‎ tuʿaḍḍūna	يُعَضُّونَ‎ yuʿaḍḍūna
	f		تُعَضِّينَ‎ tuʿaḍḍīna	تُعَضُّ‎ tuʿaḍḍu			تُعَضَّانِ‎ tuʿaḍḍāni			تُعْضَضْنَ‎ tuʿḍaḍna	يُعْضَضْنَ‎ yuʿḍaḍna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُعَضَّ‎ ʾuʿaḍḍa	تُعَضَّ‎ tuʿaḍḍa	يُعَضَّ‎ yuʿaḍḍa		تُعَضَّا‎ tuʿaḍḍā	يُعَضَّا‎ yuʿaḍḍā		نُعَضَّ‎ nuʿaḍḍa	تُعَضُّوا‎ tuʿaḍḍū	يُعَضُّوا‎ yuʿaḍḍū
	f		تُعَضِّي‎ tuʿaḍḍī	تُعَضَّ‎ tuʿaḍḍa			تُعَضَّا‎ tuʿaḍḍā			تُعْضَضْنَ‎ tuʿḍaḍna	يُعْضَضْنَ‎ yuʿḍaḍna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُعَضَّ‎ or أُعَضِّ‎ or أُعْضَضْ‎ ʾuʿaḍḍa or ʾuʿaḍḍi or ʾuʿḍaḍ	تُعَضَّ‎ or تُعَضِّ‎ or تُعْضَضْ‎ tuʿaḍḍa or tuʿaḍḍi or tuʿḍaḍ	يُعَضَّ‎ or يُعَضِّ‎ or يُعْضَضْ‎ yuʿaḍḍa or yuʿaḍḍi or yuʿḍaḍ		تُعَضَّا‎ tuʿaḍḍā	يُعَضَّا‎ yuʿaḍḍā		نُعَضَّ‎ or نُعَضِّ‎ or نُعْضَضْ‎ nuʿaḍḍa or nuʿaḍḍi or nuʿḍaḍ	تُعَضُّوا‎ tuʿaḍḍū	يُعَضُّوا‎ yuʿaḍḍū
	f		تُعَضِّي‎ tuʿaḍḍī	تُعَضَّ‎ or تُعَضِّ‎ or تُعْضَضْ‎ tuʿaḍḍa or tuʿaḍḍi or tuʿḍaḍ			تُعَضَّا‎ tuʿaḍḍā			تُعْضَضْنَ‎ tuʿḍaḍna	يُعْضَضْنَ‎ yuʿḍaḍna

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /ʕadˤdˤ/

Noun

عَضّ • (ʿaḍḍ) m

1. verbal noun of عَضَّ (ʿaḍḍa) (form I)
2. biting
3. bite

Declension

Declension of noun عَضّ (ʿaḍḍ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَضّ ʿaḍḍ	الْعَضّ‎ al-ʿaḍḍ	عَضّ ʿaḍḍ
Nominative	عَضٌّ ʿaḍḍun	الْعَضُّ‎ al-ʿaḍḍu	عَضُّ ʿaḍḍu
Accusative	عَضًّا‎ ʿaḍḍan	الْعَضَّ‎ al-ʿaḍḍa	عَضَّ ʿaḍḍa
Genitive	عَضٍّ ʿaḍḍin	الْعَضِّ‎ al-ʿaḍḍi	عَضِّ ʿaḍḍi

Pronunciation 3

• IPA^(key): /ʕidˤdˤ/

Noun

عِضّ • (ʿiḍḍ) m

1. lock that does not open; stuck piece of wood, wooden bolt or door barricade
   1. man who keeps his possession's locked away, being miserly or niggardly, being of an evil disposition
   2. man strong or cunning enough to defend himself or obtain and keep his interests, knowing tricks or how to best secure
2. small prickly brambles, thorny trees, shrubs

Declension

Declension of noun عِضّ (ʿiḍḍ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عِضّ ʿiḍḍ	الْعِضّ‎ al-ʿiḍḍ	عِضّ ʿiḍḍ
Nominative	عِضٌّ ʿiḍḍun	الْعِضُّ‎ al-ʿiḍḍu	عِضُّ ʿiḍḍu
Accusative	عِضًّا‎ ʿiḍḍan	الْعِضَّ‎ al-ʿiḍḍa	عِضَّ ʿiḍḍa
Genitive	عِضٍّ ʿiḍḍin	الْعِضِّ‎ al-ʿiḍḍi	عِضِّ ʿiḍḍi

Pronunciation 4

• IPA^(key): /ʕudˤdˤ/

Noun

عُضّ • (ʿuḍḍ) m

1. provender, fodder
2. thick coarse trees or shrubs
3. thick bulky or large collected firewood

Declension

Declension of noun عُضّ (ʿuḍḍ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عُضّ ʿuḍḍ	الْعُضّ‎ al-ʿuḍḍ	عُضّ ʿuḍḍ
Nominative	عُضٌّ ʿuḍḍun	الْعُضُّ‎ al-ʿuḍḍu	عُضُّ ʿuḍḍu
Accusative	عُضًّا‎ ʿuḍḍan	الْعُضَّ‎ al-ʿuḍḍa	عُضَّ ʿuḍḍa
Genitive	عُضٍّ ʿuḍḍin	الْعُضِّ‎ al-ʿuḍḍi	عُضِّ ʿuḍḍi

References

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

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South Levantine Arabic

Root
ع ض ض‎

Etymology

From Arabic عَضَّ‎ (ʿaḍḍa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕadˤdˤ/, [ˈʕɑdˤ]

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Verb

عضّ • (ʕaḍḍ) (form I, present بعضّ‎ (biʕoḍḍ))

1. to bite

Conjugation

Conjugation of عضّ (ʕaḍḍ)
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	عضّيت (ʕaḍḍēt)	عضّيت (ʕaḍḍēt)	عضّ (ʕaḍḍ)		عضّينا (ʕaḍḍēna)	عضّيتو (ʕaḍḍētu)	عضّو (ʕaḍḍu)
	f		عضّيتي (ʕaḍḍēti)	عضّت (ʕaḍḍat)
present	m	بعضّ (baʕoḍḍ)	بتعضّ (bitʕoḍḍ)	بعضّ (biʕoḍḍ)		منعضّ (minʕoḍḍ)	بتعضّو (bitʕoḍḍu)	بعضّو (biʕoḍḍu)
	f		بتعضّي (bitʕoḍḍi)	بتعضّ (bitʕoḍḍ)
subjunctive	m	اعضّ (aʕoḍḍ)	تعضّ (tʕoḍḍ)	يعضّ (yʕoḍḍ)		نعضّ (nʕoḍḍ)	تعضّو (tʕoḍḍu)	يعضّو (yʕoḍḍu)
	f		تعضّي (tʕoḍḍi)	تعضّ (tʕoḍḍ)
imperative	m		عضّ (ʕoḍḍ)				عضّو (ʕoḍḍu)
	f		عضّي (ʕoḍḍi)