عض

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Arabic

Root
ع ض ض (ʕ-ḍ-ḍ)

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /ʕadˤ.dˤa/
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Verb

عَضَّ (ʕaḍḍa) I, non-past يَعَضُّ‎ (yaʕaḍḍu)

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

Pronunciation 2

Noun

عَضّ (ʕaḍḍm

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

Pronunciation 3

Noun

عِضّ (ʕiḍḍm

  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

Pronunciation 4

Noun

عُضّ (ʕuḍḍm

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

References

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ع ض ض
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic عَضَّ (ʕaḍḍa).

Pronunciation

Verb

عضّ (ʕaḍḍ) 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)