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لازم

لازم

Arabic

Adjective

لَازِم • ‎(lāzim) ‎(feminine لَازِمَة ‎(lāzima), elative أَلْزَم ‎(ʾalzam))

necessary, urgent, unavoidable
obligatory
closely adhering to, inseparable, inherent
لَازِم مَلْزُوم‎ ― lāzim malzūm ― closest friendship
entirely addicted or devoted to
worthy, fit
(grammar) intransitive, neuter

Declension

Declension of adjective لَازِم (lāzim)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة ‎(-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	لَازِم lāzim	اللَّازِم al-lāzim	لَازِمَة lāzima	اللَّازِمَة al-lāzima
Nominative	لَازِمٌ lāzimun	اللَّازِمُ al-lāzimu	لَازِمَةٌ lāzimatun	اللَّازِمَةُ al-lāzimatu
Accusative	لَازِمًا lāziman	اللَّازِمَ al-lāzima	لَازِمَةً lāzimatan	اللَّازِمَةَ al-lāzimata
Genitive	لَازِمٍ lāzimin	اللَّازِمِ al-lāzimi	لَازِمَةٍ lāzimatin	اللَّازِمَةِ al-lāzimati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	لَازِمَيْن lāzimayn	اللَّازِمَيْن al-lāzimayn	لَازِمَتَيْن lāzimatayn	اللَّازِمَتَيْن al-lāzimatayn
Nominative	لَازِمَانِ lāzimāni	اللَّازِمَانِ al-lāzimāni	لَازِمَتَانِ lāzimatāni	اللَّازِمَتَانِ al-lāzimatāni
Accusative	لَازِمَيْنِ lāzimayni	اللَّازِمَيْنِ al-lāzimayni	لَازِمَتَيْنِ lāzimatayni	اللَّازِمَتَيْنِ al-lāzimatayni
Genitive	لَازِمَيْنِ lāzimayni	اللَّازِمَيْنِ al-lāzimayni	لَازِمَتَيْنِ lāzimatayni	اللَّازِمَتَيْنِ al-lāzimatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	plural unknown		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	? ?	? ?	لَازِمَات lāzimāt	اللَّازِمَات al-lāzimāt
Nominative	? ?	? ?	لَازِمَاتٌ lāzimātun	اللَّازِمَاتُ al-lāzimātu
Accusative	? ?	? ?	لَازِمَاتٍ lāzimātin	اللَّازِمَاتِ al-lāzimāti
Genitive	? ?	? ?	لَازِمَاتٍ lāzimātin	اللَّازِمَاتِ al-lāzimāti

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “لازم”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
Wehr, Hans (1979), “لزم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic لازم.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈlɛːzɪm], [ˈleːzɪm]

Adverb

لازم ‎(lāzim)

(false verb, followed by subjunctive verb) must; gotta
لأ سوري، لازم تسأل حدا تاني‎

Laʾ sōrī, lāzim tisʾal ḥadā tānī.

No, sorry, you gotta ask someone else.

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic لَازِم ‎(lāzim)

Pronunciation

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [lɒːˈzem]

Adjective

لازم • ‎(lâzem)

necessary

Related terms

لازم داشتن ‎(lâzem dâštan)