عض

العربية

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عض¹

  • /ʕadˤ.dˤa/

verb يَعَضُّ · عَضَّ · ʕaḍḍa · عَضِضْتُ · عَضّ · عَضِيض

  1. to bite
  2. to treat badly
  3. to taunt
  4. to bear patiently
  5. idiomatic, construed with عَلَى (ʕalā) to bite upon one's self (in expression of remorse or anger)

عض²

  • /ʕadˤdˤ/

noun عَضّ · ʕaḍḍ · الْعَضّ · عَضٌّ

  1. noun from verb verbal noun of عَضَّ (ʕaḍḍa) (form I)
  2. biting
  3. bite

عض³

  • /ʕidˤdˤ/

noun عِضّ · ʕiḍḍ · الْعِضّ · عِضٌّ

  1. man who keeps his possession's locked away, being miserly or stingy, being of an evil disposition
  2. man strong or cunning enough to defend himself or obtain and keep his interests, knowing tricks or how to best secure
  3. small prickly brambles, thorny trees, shrubs

عض⁴

  • /ʕudˤdˤ/

noun عُضّ · ʕuḍḍ · الْعُضّ · عُضٌّ

  1. provender, fodder
  2. thick coarse trees or shrubs
  3. thick bulky or large collected firewood

In English

  • bite cut into by clamping the teeth

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {عض},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B9%D8%B6},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

The meanings are in English: this language's words come from the English Wiktionary. From Wiktionary, the free dictionary, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Recordings from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own free license: Ar-عض.ogg.