العزى

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ع ز ز (ʕ-z-z)

Literally, “the most powerful one”, the definite feminine elative form of عَزِيز (ʕazīz).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.ʕuz.zaː/

Proper noun

اَلْعُزَّى • (al-ʕuzzā) f

1. (Arabian mythology) Al-Uzza, a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 53:19-20:

     أَفَرَأَيْتُمُ اللَّاتَ وَٱلْعُزَّى وَمَنَاةَ ٱلثَّالِثَةَ ٱلْأُخْرَى

     ʔafaraʔaytumu l-lāta wal-ʕuzzā wamanāta ṯ-ṯāliṯata l-ʔuḵrā

     So have you considered al-Lāt and al-ʿUzzā? And Manāt, the third - the other one?

Declension

Declension of noun الْعُزَّى (al-ʕuzzā)

Singular	singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	الْعُزَّى al-ʕuzzā	—
Nominative	—	الْعُزَّى al-ʕuzzā	—
Accusative	—	الْعُزَّى al-ʕuzzā	—
Genitive	—	الْعُزَّى al-ʕuzzā	—

Further reading

• العزى on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ar