عذر

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Arabic

Root
ع ذ ر (ʕ ḏ r)
11 terms

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Verb

عَذَرَ (ʕaḏara) I (non-past يَعْذِرُ (yaʕḏiru) or يَعْذُرُ (yaʕḏuru), verbal noun عُذْر (ʕuḏr))

  1. (transitive) to excuse
    Antonym: لَامَ (lāma, to blame)
    اِعْذِرْنِي.iʕḏirnī.Excuse me.
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

عُذْر (ʕuḏrm (plural أَعْذَار (ʔaʕḏār))

  1. excuse
    عُذْرٌ أَقْبَحُ مِنْ ذَنْبʕuḏrun ʔaqbaḥu min ḏanbAn excuse that is worse than the offence itself.
Declension
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: üzr
  • Hausa: uzùr̃ī
  • Persian: عذر
  • Ottoman Turkish: عذر
  • Swahili: udhuru
  • Urdu: uzr

Noun

عُذُر (ʕuḏurpl

  1. plural of عِذَار (ʕiḏār)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ع ذ ر
2 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic عَذَرَ (ʕaḏara).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕa.ðar/,
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Verb

عذر (ʕaḏar) I (present بعذر (biʕḏir))

  1. to pardon, to excuse, to exempt
    Synonyms: سامح (sāmaḥ), راضى (rāḍa)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of عذر (ʕaḏar)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m عذرت (ʕaḏart) عذرت (ʕaḏart) عذر (ʕaḏar) عذرنا (ʕaḏarna) عذرتو (ʕaḏartu) عذرو (ʕaḏaru)
f عذرتي (ʕaḏarti) عذرت (ʕaḏrat)
present m بعذر (baʕḏir) بتعذر (btiʕḏir) بعذر (biʕḏir) منعذر (mniʕḏir) بتعذرو (btiʕḏiru) بعذرو (biʕḏiru)
f بتعذري (btiʕḏiri) بتعذر (btiʕḏir)
subjunctive m أعذر (ʔaʕḏir) تعذر (tiʕḏir) يعذر (yiʕḏir) نعذر (niʕḏir) تعذرو (tiʕḏiru) يعذرو (yiʕḏiru)
f تعذري (tiʕḏiri) تعذر (tiʕḏir)
imperative m اعذر (iʕḏir) اعذرو (iʕḏiru)
f اعذري (iʕḏiri)