ل ز م

ل ز م

Arabic

Root

ل ز م • (l-z-m)

1. related to adhering, accompanying, persisting

Descendants

Verbs

• Form I: لَزَمَ‎ (lazama, “to adhere, accompany, persist”)
  • Active participle: لَازِم‎ (lāzim)
  • Passive participle: مَلْزُوم‎ (malzūm)
• Form III: لَازَمَ‎ (lāzama)
  • Verbal noun: مُلَازَمَة‎ (mulāzama), لِزَام‎ (lizām)
  • Active participle: مُلَازِم‎ (mulāzim)
  • Passive participle: مُلَازَم‎ (mulāzam)
• Form IV: أَلْزَمَ‎ (ʾalzama, “to force, compel, impose (a duty on)”)
  • Verbal noun: إِلْزَام‎ (ʾilzām)
  • Active participle: مُلْزِم‎ (mulzim)
  • Passive participle: مُلْزَم‎ (mulzam)
• Form VI: تَلَازَمَ‎ (talāzama, “to be attached, inseparable”)
  • Verbal noun: تَلَازُم‎ (talāzum)
  • Active participle: مُتَلَازِم‎ (mutalāzim)
  • Passive participle: مُتَلَازَم‎ (mutalāzam)
• Form VIII: اِلْتَزَمَ‎ (iltazama, “to persist, persevere; to undertake”)
  • Verbal noun: اِلْتِزَام‎ (iltizām)
  • Active participle: مُلْتَزِم‎ (multazim)
  • Passive participle: مُلْتَزَم‎ (multazam)
• Form X: اِسْتَلْزَمَ‎ (istalzama, “to require”)
  • Verbal noun: اِسْتِلْزَام‎ (istilzām)
  • Active participle: مُسْتَلْزِم‎ (mustalzim)
  • Passive participle: مُسْتَلْزَم‎ (mustalzam)

Nouns

• اِلْزَام‎ (ilzām, “compulsion”)
• لُزُوم‎ (luzūm)
• لِزَام‎ (lizām, “necessity”)
• مَلْزَمَة‎ (malzama, “section, signature (of a book)”)
• مِلْزَمَة‎ (milzama, “vise, press”)
• مُلَازَمَة‎ (mulāzama, “adhesion; dwelling; dependence; perseverance; zeal”)

Adjectives

• لَازِم‎ (lāzim)
• اِلْزَامِيّ‎ (ilzāmiyy, “obligatory”)
• مَلْزُوم‎ (malzūm, “liable”)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1960), “ل ز م”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz