اهتز

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ه ز ز (h-z-z).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ih.taz.za/

Verb

اِهْتَزَّ (ihtazza) VIII, non-past يَهْتَزُّ‎ (yahtazzu)

  1. (intransitive) to be moved, to tremble, to quiver, to writhe
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 27:10:
      وَأَلْقِ عَصَاكَ فَلَمَّا رَءَاهَا تَهْتَزُّ كَأَنَّهَا جَانٌّ وَلَّى مُدْبِرًا وَلَمْ يُعَقِّبْ
      waʾalqi ʿaṣāka falammā raʾāhā tahtazzu kaʾannahā jānnun wallā mudbiran walam yuʿaqqib
      And [he was told]: “Throw down your staff.” But when he saw it writhing as if it were a snake, he turned in flight and did not return.
  2. (intransitive, figuratively) (of plants) to develop, to grow longer or higher
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 22:5:
      وَتَرَى ٱلْأَرْضَ هَامِدَةً فَإِذَا أَنْزَلْنَا عَلَيْهَا ٱلْمَاءَ ٱهْتَزَّتْ وَرَبَتْ وَأَنْبَتَتْ مِنْ كُلِّ زَوْجٍ بَهِيجٍ
      watarā l-ʾarḍa hāmidatan faʾiḏā ʾanzalnā ʿalayhā l-māʾa htazzat warabat waʾanbatat min kulli zawjin bahījin
      And you see the earth barren, but when We send down upon it rain, it quivers and swells and grows [something] of every beautiful kind.

Conjugation

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