معذرة

Arabic

Etymology

From عَذَرَ (ʕaḏara, to absolve from guilt), from the root ع ذ ر (ʕ-ḏ-r).

Noun

مَعْذِرَة • (maʕḏira) f (plural مَعَاذِر (maʕāḏir) or مَعَاذِير (maʕāḏīr))

  1. verbal noun of عَذَرَ (ʕaḏara) (form I)
  2. excuse
    • أَعْدَدْتُ لِلضِّيفَانِ كَلْبًا ضَارِيًا
      عِنْدِي وَفَضْلَ هِرَاوَةٍ مِنْ أَرْزَنِ
      وَمَعَاذِرًا كَذِبًا وَوَجْهًا بَاسِرًا
      مُتَشَكِّيًا عَضَّ الزَّمَانِ الْأَلْزَنِ
      ʔaʕdadtu li-ḍ-ḍīfāni kalban ḍāriyan
      ʕindī wafaḍla hirāwatin min ʔarzani
      wamaʕāḏiran kaḏiban wawajhan bāsiran
      mutašakkiyan ʕaḍḍa z-zamāni l-ʔalzani
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  3. forgiveness, pardon

Declension

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