Arabic edit

Root
ع ذ ر (ʕ-ḏ-r)

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

عَذَرَ (ʕaḏara) I, non-past يَعْذِرُ or يَعْذُرُ‎ (yaʕḏiru or yaʕḏuru)

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

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

عُذْر (ʕuḏrm (plural أَعْذَار (ʔaʕḏār))

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

Noun edit

عُذُر (ʕuḏurpl

  1. plural of عِذَار (ʕiḏār)

South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
ع ذ ر
2 terms

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Arabic عَذَرَ (ʕaḏara).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʕa.ðar/, [ˈʕa.ðarˤ]
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Verb edit

عذر (ʕaḏar) I (present بعذر (biʕḏir))

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

Conjugation edit

    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)