ل ز م

Arabic

Root

ل ز م • (l-z-m)

1. related to adhering, accompanying, persisting

Descendants

Verbs

• Form I: لَزِمَ (lazima, “to adhere, accompany, persist”)
  • Active participle: لَازِم (lāzim)
  • Passive participle: مَلْزُوم (malzūm)
• Form III: لَازَمَ (lāzama)
  • Verbal noun: مُلَازَمَة (mulāzama), لِزَام (lizām)
  • Active participle: مُلَازِم (mulāzim)
  • Passive participle: مُلَازَم (mulāzam)
• Form IV: أَلْزَمَ (ʔalzama, “to force, compel, impose (a duty on)”)
  • Verbal noun: إِلْزَام (ʔilzām)
  • Active participle: مُلْزِم (mulzim)
  • Passive participle: مُلْزَم (mulzam)
• Form VI: تَلَازَمَ (talāzama, “to be attached, inseparable”)
  • Verbal noun: تَلَازُم (talāzum)
  • Active participle: مُتَلَازِم (mutalāzim)
  • Passive participle: مُتَلَازَم (mutalāzam)
• Form VIII: اِلْتَزَمَ (iltazama, “to persist, persevere; to undertake”)
  • Verbal noun: اِلْتِزَام (iltizām)
  • Active participle: مُلْتَزِم (multazim)
  • Passive participle: مُلْتَزَم (multazam)
• Form X: اِسْتَلْزَمَ (istalzama, “to require”)
  • Verbal noun: اِسْتِلْزَام (istilzām)
  • Active participle: مُسْتَلْزِم (mustalzim)
  • Passive participle: مُسْتَلْزَم (mustalzam)

Nouns

• اِلْزَام (ilzām, “compulsion”)
• لُزُوم (luzūm, “necessity; need”)
• لِزَام (lizām, “necessity”)
• مَلْزَمَة (malzama, “section, signature (of a book)”)
• مِلْزَمَة (milzama, “vise, press”)
• مُلَازَمَة (mulāzama, “adhesion; dwelling; dependence; perseverance; zeal”)

Adjectives

• لَازِم (lāzim, “inherent; necessary”)
• اِلْزَامِيّ (ilzāmiyy, “obligatory”)
• مَلْزُوم (malzūm, “liable”)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1960) “ل ز م”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz