عزب

See also: عزت, عرب, غرت, غرب, غژب, ع ر ب, and ع ز ب

Arabic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ʿazab-. Compare Akkadian 𒋺 (, ezēbu, TAG4, to leave) and Hebrew עָזַב (to leave, forsake).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕa.za.ba/

Verb

عَزَبَ (ʿazaba) I, non-past يَعْزِبُ or يَعْزُبُ‎ (yaʿzibu or yaʿzubu)

  1. to be far, distant
  2. to escape, to slip out
Conjugation

Verb

عَزَبَ (ʿazaba) I, non-past يَعْزُبُ‎ (yaʿzubu)

  1. to be single, to be unmarried
Conjugation
References
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), عزب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Adjective

عَزَب (ʿazab) (masculine plural عُزَّاب (ʿuzzāb) or أَعْزَاب (ʾaʿzāb))

  1. celibate, single, unmarried
Declension

Noun

عَزَب (ʿazab) m (plural عُزَّاب (ʿuzzāb) or أَعْزَاب (ʾaʿzāb))

  1. bachelor
Declension
Synonyms

Etymology 3

Noun

عِزَب (ʿizab) pl

  1. (Egypt) plural of عِزْبَة (ʿizba, country estate)
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