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), masculine plural لَازِمُونَ‎ (lāzimūna), feminine plural لَازِمَات‎ (lāzimāt) or لَوَازِم‎ (lawāzim), elative أَلْزَم‎ (ʔalzam))

  1. necessary, urgent, unavoidable
  2. obligatory
  3. closely adhering to, inseparable, inherent
  4. entirely addicted or devoted to
  5. worthy, fit
  6. (grammar) intransitive, neuter
    Antonym: مُتَعَدٍّ‎ (mutaʕaddin)

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
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
sound masculine plural sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal لَازِمِين‎
lāzimīn		 اللَّازِمِين‎
al-lāzimīn		 لَازِمَات‎‎; لَوَازِم‎
lāzimāt‎; lawāzim		 اللَّازِمَات‎‎; اللَّوَازِم‎
al-lāzimāt‎; al-lawāzim
Nominative لَازِمُونَ‎
lāzimūna		 اللَّازِمُونَ‎
al-lāzimūna		 لَازِمَاتٌ‎‎; لَوَازِمُ‎
lāzimātun‎; lawāzimu		 اللَّازِمَاتُ‎‎; اللَّوَازِمُ‎
al-lāzimātu‎; al-lawāzimu
Accusative لَازِمِينَ‎
lāzimīna		 اللَّازِمِينَ‎
al-lāzimīna		 لَازِمَاتٍ‎‎; لَوَازِمَ‎
lāzimātin‎; lawāzima		 اللَّازِمَاتِ‎‎; اللَّوَازِمَ‎
al-lāzimāti‎; al-lawāzima
Genitive لَازِمِينَ‎
lāzimīna		 اللَّازِمِينَ‎
al-lāzimīna		 لَازِمَاتٍ‎‎; لَوَازِمَ‎
lāzimātin‎; lawāzima		 اللَّازِمَاتِ‎‎; اللَّوَازِمِ‎
al-lāzimāti‎; al-lawāzimi

Derived terms

Descendants

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 لَازِم‎ (lāzim, “necessary, urgent”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛːzɪm], [ˈleːzɪm]

Adverb

لازم • (lāzim)

  1. (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.

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic لَازِم‎ (lāzim).

Adjective

لازم • (lazım)

  1. necessary

Descendants

References
  • Mallouf, Nassif (1856), “nécessaire”, in Dictionnaire français-turc, 2nd edition, Paris: Maisonneuve, page 503

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic لَازِم‎ (lāzim).

Pronunciation
  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /lɔˈzim/

Adjective
Dari لازم
Iranian Persian
Tajik лозим (lozim)

لازِم • (lâzem) (comparative لازِم‌تَر‎ (lâzem-tar), superlative لازِم‌تَرین‎ (lâzem-tarin))

  1. necessary

Derived terms

Descendants

South Levantine Arabic
Root
ل ز م‎

Etymology

From Arabic لَازِم‎ (lāzim, “necessary, urgent”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /laː.zim/, [ˈlæː.zɪm]
  • Audio (Ramallah)(file)

Adjective

لازم • (lāzem) (feminine لازمة‎ (lāzme), common plural لوازم‎ (lawāzem))

  1. necessary

Adverb

لازم • (lāzem)

  1. (false verb, followed by subjunctive verb) must

See also
  • اضطر‎ (iḍṭarr, “to have to, be obligated to”)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian لازم‎ (lâzem), from Arabic لَازِم‎ (lāzim).

Adjective

لازم • (lāzim) (Hindi spelling लाज़िम)

  1. necessary
    ‏لازم ملزوم‎ ― closest friendship
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