ضأن
See also: صان
Arabic
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ṣ́aʾn- (“small cattle, sheep”). Cognate with Akkadian 𒇇𒇻𒄭𒀀 (ṣēnum) and Biblical Hebrew צֹאן (ṣoʾn).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dˤaʔn/
Noun
ضَأْن • (ḍaʾn) f (collective, singulative ضَائِن f (ḍāʾin), paucal أَضْؤُن (ʾaḍʾun))
- (collective) sheep
Declension
Declension of noun ضَأْن (ḍaʾn)
| Collective | basic collective triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | ضَأْن ḍaʾn | الضَّأْن aḍ-ḍaʾn | ضَأْن ḍaʾn |
| Nominative | ضَأْنٌ ḍaʾnun | الضَّأْنُ aḍ-ḍaʾnu | ضَأْنُ ḍaʾnu |
| Accusative | ضَأْنًا ḍaʾnan | الضَّأْنَ aḍ-ḍaʾna | ضَأْنَ ḍaʾna |
| Genitive | ضَأْنٍ ḍaʾnin | الضَّأْنِ aḍ-ḍaʾni | ضَأْنِ ḍaʾni |
| Singulative | basic singulative triptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | ضَائِن ḍāʾin | الضَّائِن aḍ-ḍāʾin | ضَائِن ḍāʾin |
| Nominative | ضَائِنٌ ḍāʾinun | الضَّائِنُ aḍ-ḍāʾinu | ضَائِنُ ḍāʾinu |
| Accusative | ضَائِنًا ḍāʾinan | الضَّائِنَ aḍ-ḍāʾina | ضَائِنَ ḍāʾina |
| Genitive | ضَائِنٍ ḍāʾinin | الضَّائِنِ aḍ-ḍāʾini | ضَائِنِ ḍāʾini |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | ضَائِنَيْن ḍāʾinayn | الضَّائِنَيْن aḍ-ḍāʾinayn | ضَائِنَيْ ḍāʾinay |
| Nominative | ضَائِنَانِ ḍāʾināni | الضَّائِنَانِ aḍ-ḍāʾināni | ضَائِنَا ḍāʾinā |
| Accusative | ضَائِنَيْنِ ḍāʾinayni | الضَّائِنَيْنِ aḍ-ḍāʾinayni | ضَائِنَيْ ḍāʾinay |
| Genitive | ضَائِنَيْنِ ḍāʾinayni | الضَّائِنَيْنِ aḍ-ḍāʾinayni | ضَائِنَيْ ḍāʾinay |
| Paucal (3-10) | basic broken paucal triptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | أَضْؤُن ʾaḍʾun | الْأَضْؤُن al-ʾaḍʾun | أَضْؤُن ʾaḍʾun |
| Nominative | أَضْؤُنٌ ʾaḍʾunun | الْأَضْؤُنُ al-ʾaḍʾunu | أَضْؤُنُ ʾaḍʾunu |
| Accusative | أَضْؤُنًا ʾaḍʾunan | الْأَضْؤُنَ al-ʾaḍʾuna | أَضْؤُنَ ʾaḍʾuna |
| Genitive | أَضْؤُنٍ ʾaḍʾunin | الْأَضْؤُنِ al-ʾaḍʾuni | أَضْؤُنِ ʾaḍʾuni |
Synonyms
- شَاء (šāʾ)
See also
- ضَائِن (ḍāʾin, “a sheep”)
References
- Haywood, J.A.; Nahmad, H.M. (1965), “ضأن”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “ضأن”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “ضأن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN