جائز

Arabic

Etymology

active participle of جَازَ (jāza) from the root ج و ز (j-w-z).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒaː.ʔiz/

Adjective

جَائِز • (jāʔiz) (feminine جَائِزَة (jāʔiza), masculine plural جَائِزُونَ (jāʔizūna), feminine plural جَائِزَات (jāʔizāt))

  1. permissible, possible, conceivable, permitted

Declension
Declension of adjective جَائِز (jāʔiz)
Singular Masculine Feminine
basic singular triptote singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal جَائِز
jāʔiz		 الْجَائِز
al-jāʔiz		 جَائِزَة
jāʔiza		 الْجَائِزَة
al-jāʔiza
Nominative جَائِزٌ
jāʔizun		 الْجَائِزُ
al-jāʔizu		 جَائِزَةٌ
jāʔizatun		 الْجَائِزَةُ
al-jāʔizatu
Accusative جَائِزًا
jāʔizan		 الْجَائِزَ
al-jāʔiza		 جَائِزَةً
jāʔizatan		 الْجَائِزَةَ
al-jāʔizata
Genitive جَائِزٍ
jāʔizin		 الْجَائِزِ
al-jāʔizi		 جَائِزَةٍ
jāʔizatin		 الْجَائِزَةِ
al-jāʔizati
Dual Masculine Feminine
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal جَائِزَيْن
jāʔizayn		 الْجَائِزَيْن
al-jāʔizayn		 جَائِزَتَيْن
jāʔizatayn		 الْجَائِزَتَيْن
al-jāʔizatayn
Nominative جَائِزَانِ
jāʔizāni		 الْجَائِزَانِ
al-jāʔizāni		 جَائِزَتَانِ
jāʔizatāni		 الْجَائِزَتَانِ
al-jāʔizatāni
Accusative جَائِزَيْنِ
jāʔizayni		 الْجَائِزَيْنِ
al-jāʔizayni		 جَائِزَتَيْنِ
jāʔizatayni		 الْجَائِزَتَيْنِ
al-jāʔizatayni
Genitive جَائِزَيْنِ
jāʔizayni		 الْجَائِزَيْنِ
al-jāʔizayni		 جَائِزَتَيْنِ
jāʔizatayni		 الْجَائِزَتَيْنِ
al-jāʔizatayni
Plural Masculine Feminine
sound masculine plural sound feminine plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal جَائِزِين
jāʔizīn		 الْجَائِزِين
al-jāʔizīn		 جَائِزَات
jāʔizāt		 الْجَائِزَات
al-jāʔizāt
Nominative جَائِزُونَ
jāʔizūna		 الْجَائِزُونَ
al-jāʔizūna		 جَائِزَاتٌ
jāʔizātun		 الْجَائِزَاتُ
al-jāʔizātu
Accusative جَائِزِينَ
jāʔizīna		 الْجَائِزِينَ
al-jāʔizīna		 جَائِزَاتٍ
jāʔizātin		 الْجَائِزَاتِ
al-jāʔizāti
Genitive جَائِزِينَ
jāʔizīna		 الْجَائِزِينَ
al-jāʔizīna		 جَائِزَاتٍ
jāʔizātin		 الْجَائِزَاتِ
al-jāʔizāti

Descendants
  • Egyptian Arabic: جايز (gāyiz)
  • → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਜਾਇਜ਼ (jāiza)
    Shahmukhi script: جائز (jā'iz)
  • → Turkish: caiz

References
  • Баранов, Х. К. (2011) “جائز”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “جائز”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “جائز”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic جَائِز (jāʔiz).

Adjective

جائز • (jāʔez) (feminine جائزة (jāʔze))

  1. possible
    Synonym: ممكن (mumken)
    Antonym: مستحيل (mustaḥīl)
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