Arabic

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Root
ف ظ ظ (f ẓ ẓ)
2 terms

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /faðˤðˤ/

Verb

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فَظَّ (faẓẓa) I (first-person singular past فَظِظْتُ (faẓiẓtu), non-past يَفَظُّ (yafaẓẓu), verbal noun فَظَاظَة (faẓāẓa))

  1. to be rude

Conjugation

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Adjective

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فَظّ (faẓẓ) (common plural فِظَاظ (fiẓāẓ), masculine plural أَفْظَاظٌ (ʔafẓāẓun), feminine plural فَظَّات (faẓẓāt))

  1. rude
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 3:159:
      وَلَوْ كُنْتَ فَظًّا غَلِيظَ الْقَلْبِ لَٱنْفَضُّوا مِنْ حَوْلِكَ
      walaw kunta faẓẓan ḡalīẓa l-qalbi lanfaḍḍū min ḥawlika
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

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Noun

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فَظّ (faẓẓm (plural أَفْظَاظ (ʔafẓāẓ))

  1. walrus

Declension

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References

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  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “فظ”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN