Qur'an Gateway | Examine Root: عجز (ʿjz)

Examining Root: عجز (ʿjz)

Definition:
To become behind, lack, become in the rear, lag behind (strength), become incapable, powerless, be weak. ujuzun - old women. a'jaza (vb. 4) to weaken, frustrate, find one to be weak. mu'ajiz - one who baffles. ajzun (pl. a'jazun) - portion of the trunk that is below its upper part.

Total Qur’anic Occurrences: 26

Lemmata Based on This Root: 6

Breakdown of Appearances

Verb: 5

Form
I:	1
II:	0
III:	0
IV:	4
V:	0
VI:	0
VII:	0
VIII:	0
VIX:	0
IX:	0
XI:	0
XII:	0

Gender
Masculine:	2
Feminine:	0
Unassigned:	3

Person
1st:	3
2nd:	0
3rd:	2

Number
Singular:	2
Dual:	0
Plural:	3

Noun: 21

Case
Nominative:	6
Accusative:	7
Genitive:	8

Gender
Masculine:	17
Feminine:	4

Number
Singular:	5
Dual:	0
Plural:	16

Formula
Appears in 82 Root-Based Formulae and lies behind 65 Lemma-Based Formulae
Root Formulae	Root-Plus-Particle-Pronoun Formulae	Lemma Formulae
Length 3: 4 Length 4: 12 Length 5: 4	Length 3: 23 Length 4: 23 Length 5: 16	Length 3: 25 Length 4: 22 Length 5: 18

Glosses for this Root
can escape (x7) An old woman (x4) escape (x3) (to) cause failure - (x3) (able to) escape (x2) trunks (x2)	that can escape (from) Him (x1) we will cause failure (x1) Am I unable (x1) he can escape (x1) we can escape Him (x1)

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