أذى

Verbal noun of أَذِيَ‎ (ʔaḏiya, “to take damage”), from the root ء ذ ي‎ (ʔ-ḏ-y).

• IPA^(key): /ʔa.ðan/

أَذًى • (ʔaḏan) m

1. verbal noun of أَذِيَ‎ (ʔaḏiya, “to damage”) (form I)
2. injury, damage
3. hurt, trouble, vexation
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:102:

     ‏وَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ إِن كَانَ بِكُمْ أَذًى مِّن مَّطَرٍ أَوْ كُنْتُم مَّرْضَىٰ أَن تَضَعُوا أَسْلِحَتَكُمْ وَخُذُوا حِذْرَكُمْ‎

     walā junāḥa ʕalaykum ʔin kāna bikum ʔaḏan mmin mmaṭarin ʔaw kuntum mmarḍā ʔan taḍaʕū ʔasliḥatakum waḵuḏū ḥiḏrakum

     There is no blame upon you if there pours in upon you the vexation of rain or ye are sick that ye lay down your arms, but exercise caution.

• Lane, Edward William (1863), “أذى”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “أذى”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

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• IPA^(key): /ʔa.za/, [ˈʔa.za]

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أذى • (ʔaza) (form I, present بئذي‎ (biʔzi))

1. (transitive) to hurt