جائز

Arabic

Etymology

active participle of جَازَ‎ (jāza) from the root ج و ز‎ (j-w-z).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaː.ʔiz/

Adjective

جَائِز • (jāʔiz) (feminine جَائِزَة‎ (jāʔiza), masculine plural جَائِزُونَ‎ (jāʔizūna), feminine plural جَائِزَات‎ (jāʔizāt))

permissible, possible, conceivable, permitted

Declension

Declension of adjective جَائِز (jāʔiz)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	جَائِز jāʔiz	الْجَائِز‎ al-jāʔiz	جَائِزَة‎ jāʔiza	الْجَائِزَة‎ al-jāʔiza
Nominative	جَائِزٌ jāʔizun	الْجَائِزُ‎ al-jāʔizu	جَائِزَةٌ‎ jāʔizatun	الْجَائِزَةُ‎ al-jāʔizatu
Accusative	جَائِزًا‎ jāʔizan	الْجَائِزَ‎ al-jāʔiza	جَائِزَةً‎ jāʔizatan	الْجَائِزَةَ‎ al-jāʔizata
Genitive	جَائِزٍ jāʔizin	الْجَائِزِ‎ al-jāʔizi	جَائِزَةٍ‎ jāʔizatin	الْجَائِزَةِ‎ al-jāʔizati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	جَائِزَيْن‎ jāʔizayn	الْجَائِزَيْن‎ al-jāʔizayn	جَائِزَتَيْن‎ jāʔizatayn	الْجَائِزَتَيْن‎ al-jāʔizatayn
Nominative	جَائِزَانِ‎ jāʔizāni	الْجَائِزَانِ‎ al-jāʔizāni	جَائِزَتَانِ‎ jāʔizatāni	الْجَائِزَتَانِ‎ al-jāʔizatāni
Accusative	جَائِزَيْنِ‎ jāʔizayni	الْجَائِزَيْنِ‎ al-jāʔizayni	جَائِزَتَيْنِ‎ jāʔizatayni	الْجَائِزَتَيْنِ‎ al-jāʔizatayni
Genitive	جَائِزَيْنِ‎ jāʔizayni	الْجَائِزَيْنِ‎ al-jāʔizayni	جَائِزَتَيْنِ‎ jāʔizatayni	الْجَائِزَتَيْنِ‎ al-jāʔizatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	جَائِزِين‎ jāʔizīn	الْجَائِزِين‎ al-jāʔizīn	جَائِزَات‎ jāʔizāt	الْجَائِزَات‎ al-jāʔizāt
Nominative	جَائِزُونَ‎ jāʔizūna	الْجَائِزُونَ‎ al-jāʔizūna	جَائِزَاتٌ‎ jāʔizātun	الْجَائِزَاتُ‎ al-jāʔizātu
Accusative	جَائِزِينَ‎ jāʔizīna	الْجَائِزِينَ‎ al-jāʔizīna	جَائِزَاتٍ‎ jāʔizātin	الْجَائِزَاتِ‎ al-jāʔizāti
Genitive	جَائِزِينَ‎ jāʔizīna	الْجَائِزِينَ‎ al-jāʔizīna	جَائِزَاتٍ‎ jāʔizātin	الْجَائِزَاتِ‎ al-jāʔizāti

Descendants

Egyptian Arabic: جايز‎ (gāyiz)
→ Turkish: caiz

References

Баранов, Х. К. (2011), “جائز”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
Lane, Edward William (1863), “جائز”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
Wehr, Hans (1979), “جائز”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic جَائِز‎ (jāʔiz).

Adjective

جائز • (jāʔez) (feminine جائزة‎ (jāʔze))

possible
Synonym: ممكن‎ (mumken)

Antonym: مستحيل‎ (mustaḥīl)

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