لازم

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 (ʾalzam))

1. necessary, urgent, unavoidable
2. obligatory
3. closely adhering to, inseparable, inherent
4. entirely addicted or devoted to
5. worthy, fit
6. (grammar) intransitive, neuter

   Antonym: مُتَعَدٍّ‎ (mutaʿaddin)

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

Derived terms

• فِعْل لَازِم‎ (fiʿl lāzim)
• مِن اللَازِم‎ (min al-lāzim)

Descendants

• North Levantine Arabic: لازم‎ (lāzim)
• → Ottoman Turkish: لازم‎
  • Turkish: lazım
• → Persian: لازم‎ (lâzem)
  • → Azerbaijani: lazım
  • → Kazakh: лазым (lazym), ләзім (läzım)
  • → Hindustani: lāzim

    Hindi: लाज़िम

    Urdu: لَازِم‎

  • → Uyghur: لازىم‎ (lazim)
  • → Uzbek: lozim
• → Swahili: lazima

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “لازم”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, 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 لَازِم‎ (lāzim, “necessary, urgent”).

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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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic لَازِم‎ (lāzim).

Adjective

لازم • (lazım)

1. necessary

Descendants

• Turkish: lazım

References

• Mallouf, Nassif (1856), “nécessaire”, in Dictionnaire français-turc, 2nd edition, Paris: Maisonneuve, page 503

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Persian

Etymology

From Arabic لَازِم‎ (lāzim).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /lɑːzim/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /lɒːzɪm/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /lɒːzem/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /lɔːzim/

Adjective

Dari	لازم
Iranian Persian
Tajik	лозим (lozim)

لازِم • (lâzem) (comparative لازِم‌تَر‎ (lâzem-tar), superlative لازِم‌تَرین‎ (lâzem-tarin))

1. necessary
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, Reynold A. Nicholson, transl., مثنوی معنوی‎ [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume IV, verse 2626:

     ‏گفت با هامان بگویم ای ستیر / شاه را لازم بود رای وزیر‎

     goft bâ hâmân be-guyam ey satir / šâh-râ lâzem bud rây-e vazir

     He [Pharaoh] said, "I will tell Hámán, O veiled [modest] one: the counsel of the vizier is necessary to the king."

Derived terms

• لازم داشتن‎ (lâzem dâštan, “to need”)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: lazım
• → Kazakh: лазым (lazym), ләзім (läzım)
• → Hindustani: lāzim

  Hindi: लाज़िम

  Urdu: لَازِم‎

• → Uyghur: لازىم‎ (lazim)
• → Uzbek: lozim

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South Levantine Arabic

Root
ل ز م‎

Etymology

From Arabic لَازِم‎ (lāzim, “necessary, urgent”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laː.zim/, [ˈlæː.zɪm]

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Adjective

لازم • (lāzem) (feminine لازمة‎ (lāzme), common plural لوازم‎ (lawāzem))

1. necessary

Adverb

لازم • (lāzem)

1. (false verb, followed by subjunctive verb) must

See also

• اضطر‎ (iḍṭarr, “to have to, be obligated to”)

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian لازم‎ (lâzem), from Arabic لَازِم‎ (lāzim).

Adjective

لازم • (lāzim) (Hindi spelling लाज़िम)

1. necessary

   ‏لازم ملزوم‎ ― closest friendship