لازم

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of لَزِمَ‎ (lazima, “to be necessary, to be inseparable”), from the root ل ز م‎ (l-z-m).

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

Antonyms

(intransitive): مُتَعَدِّي‎ (mutaʿaddī)

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

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)

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