Arabic root

ز-و-ج

4 words from this root family

A1noun

زَوْج

zawj

Example

زَوْجي يَعمَلُ في البَنك

zawjī yaʿmalu fī al-bank

My husband works at the bank

A1noun

زَوْجَة

zawja

Example

زَوْجَتي مُهَندِسَة

zawjatī muhandisa

My wife is an engineer

A1adjective

مُتَزَوِّج

mutazawwij

Example

هَل أَنتَ مُتَزَوِّج؟

hal anta mutazawwij?

Are you married?

Grammar

Active participle from تَزَوَّجَ (to marry). Feminine: مُتَزَوِّجَة (mutazawwija).

A2adjective

زَوْجِيّ

zawjiyy

Example

الرَّقْمُ أَرْبَعَةٌ عَدَدٌ زَوْجِيٌّ

ar-raqmu arbaʿatun ʿadadun zawjiyyun

The number four is an even number

Grammar

زَوْجِيّ comes from زَوْج (pair/couple). Even numbers are called so because they can be divided into pairs.