العزى

Arabic

Etymology

Literally "the most powerful one", the definite feminine elative form of عَزِيز‎ (ʿazīz), from the root ع ز ز‎ (ʿ-z-z).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /al.ʕuz.zaː/

Proper noun

اَلْعُزَّى • (al-ʿuzzā) 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
      ʾafaraʾaytumu l-lāta wal-ʿuzzā wamanāta ṯ-ṯāliṯata l-ʾuḵrā
      So have you considered al-Lāt and al-ʿUzzā? And Manāt, the third - the other one?

Declension
Declension of noun الْعُزَّى (al-ʿuzzā)
Singular singular invariable
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal — الْعُزَّى
al-ʿuzzā		 —
Nominative — الْعُزَّى
al-ʿuzzā		 —
Accusative — الْعُزَّى
al-ʿuzzā		 —
Genitive — الْعُزَّى
al-ʿuzzā		 —

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