عجز

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عجز^¹

/ʕa.d͡ʒa.za/
/ʕa.d͡ʒi.za/
/ʕad͡ʒz/

verb عَجَزَ · ʕajaza · يَعْجِزُ · عَجْز · عَجَزَان · عَجِزَ

archaic to be or become behindhand, to lag
figuratively to fall short, to be incapable of, cannot
Opposite: اِسْتَطَاعَ, قَدَرَ
figuratively to be weak

noun عَجْز · ʕajz · الْعَجْز · عَجْزٌ

noun from verb verbal noun of عَجِزَ (ʕajiza)
weakness

verb عَجَزَ · ʕajaza · يَعْجِزُ · عَجْز · عُجُوز

to age

عجز^²

/ʕad͡ʒ.d͡ʒa.za/

verb عَجَّزَ · ʕajjaza · يُعَجِّزُ · تَعْجِيز · مُعَجِّز

transitive to age
transitive to withhold, to divert; to weaken, to make someone incapable of
transitive to ascribe inability to someone
transitive to utter the ending of (the verse)

عجز^³

noun عَجُز · عَجْز · ʕajuz · ʕajz · أَعْجَاز

transitive sacrum
transitive croup, hinder parts, posteriors, the body part between the two hips of man or beast ويقولون لما يجعل على عَجُز الفَرَس متّصلا بالسّرج شِلَال. والصّواب شَلِيلٌ.
transitive trunk of a palm-tree
transitive the latter or last foot or word or hemistich of a verse, ending

عجز^⁴

noun عُجُز · ʕujuz

plural, transitive plural of عَجُوز (ʕajūz)

In English

deficit situation wherein spending exceeds government revenue
shortage lack or deficiency
cannot cannot — see also can, not
sacrum bone at the base of the spine

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {عجز},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B9%D8%AC%D8%B2},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

عجز