ظن

ظن

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ظ ن ن‎ (ẓ-n-n).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ðˤan.na/

Verb

ظَنَّ • (ẓanna) I, non-past يَظُنُّ‎‎ (yaẓunnu)

1. (ditransitive) to think, opine, suppose, conjecture
2. to doubt
3. to consider true, to believe (to consider likely)
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:46:

     ‏قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَظُنُّونَ أَنَّهُم مُّلَاقُو ٱل‍لَّهِ كَم مِن فِئَةٍ قَلِيلَةٍ غَلَبَتْ فِئَةً كَثِيرَةً بِإِذْنِ ٱل‍لَّهِ‎

     qāla llaḏīna yaẓunnūna ʾannahum mmulāqū llāhi kam min fiʾatin qalīlatin ḡalabat fiʾatan kaṯīratan biʾiḏni llāhi

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4. to deem

Conjugation

Conjugation of

ظَنَّ

(form-I geminate, verbal noun ظَنّ)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						ظَنّ ẓann
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						ظَانّ‎ ẓānn
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مَظْنُون‎ maẓnūn
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	ظَنَنْتُ‎ ẓanantu	ظَنَنْتَ‎ ẓananta	ظَنَّ ẓanna		ظَنَنْتُمَا‎ ẓanantumā	ظَنَّا‎ ẓannā		ظَنَنَّا‎ ẓanannā	ظَنَنْتُمْ‎ ẓanantum	ظَنُّوا‎ ẓannū
	f		ظَنَنْتِ‎ ẓananti	ظَنَّتْ‎ ẓannat			ظَنَّتَا‎ ẓannatā			ظَنَنْتُنَّ‎ ẓanantunna	ظَنَنَّ‎ ẓananna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَظُنُّ‎ ʾaẓunnu	تَظُنُّ‎ taẓunnu	يَظُنُّ‎ yaẓunnu		تَظُنَّانِ‎ taẓunnāni	يَظُنَّانِ‎ yaẓunnāni		نَظُنُّ‎ naẓunnu	تَظُنُّونَ‎ taẓunnūna	يَظُنُّونَ‎ yaẓunnūna
	f		تَظُنِّينَ‎ taẓunnīna	تَظُنُّ‎ taẓunnu			تَظُنَّانِ‎ taẓunnāni			تَظْنُنَّ‎ taẓnunna	يَظْنُنَّ‎ yaẓnunna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَظُنَّ‎ ʾaẓunna	تَظُنَّ‎ taẓunna	يَظُنَّ‎ yaẓunna		تَظُنَّا‎ taẓunnā	يَظُنَّا‎ yaẓunnā		نَظُنَّ‎ naẓunna	تَظُنُّوا‎ taẓunnū	يَظُنُّوا‎ yaẓunnū
	f		تَظُنِّي‎ taẓunnī	تَظُنَّ‎ taẓunna			تَظُنَّا‎ taẓunnā			تَظْنُنَّ‎ taẓnunna	يَظْنُنَّ‎ yaẓnunna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَظُنَّ‎ or أَظُنِّ‎ or أَظْنُنْ‎ ʾaẓunna or ʾaẓunni or ʾaẓnun	تَظُنَّ‎ or تَظُنِّ‎ or تَظْنُنْ‎ taẓunna or taẓunni or taẓnun	يَظُنَّ‎ or يَظُنِّ‎ or يَظْنُنْ‎ yaẓunna or yaẓunni or yaẓnun		تَظُنَّا‎ taẓunnā	يَظُنَّا‎ yaẓunnā		نَظُنَّ‎ or نَظُنِّ‎ or نَظْنُنْ‎ naẓunna or naẓunni or naẓnun	تَظُنُّوا‎ taẓunnū	يَظُنُّوا‎ yaẓunnū
	f		تَظُنِّي‎ taẓunnī	تَظُنَّ‎ or تَظُنِّ‎ or تَظْنُنْ‎ taẓunna or taẓunni or taẓnun			تَظُنَّا‎ taẓunnā			تَظْنُنَّ‎ taẓnunna	يَظْنُنَّ‎ yaẓnunna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		ظُنَّ or ظُنِّ or اُظْنُنْ‎ ẓunna or ẓunni or uẓnun			ظُنَّا‎ ẓunnā				ظُنُّوا‎ ẓunnū
	f		ظُنِّي‎ ẓunnī							اُظْنُنَّ‎ uẓnunna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	ظُنِنْتُ‎ ẓunintu	ظُنِنْتَ‎ ẓuninta	ظُنَّ ẓunna		ظُنِنْتُمَا‎ ẓunintumā	ظُنَّا‎ ẓunnā		ظُنِنَّا‎ ẓuninnā	ظُنِنْتُمْ‎ ẓunintum	ظُنُّوا‎ ẓunnū
	f		ظُنِنْتِ‎ ẓuninti	ظُنَّتْ‎ ẓunnat			ظُنَّتَا‎ ẓunnatā			ظُنِنْتُنَّ‎ ẓunintunna	ظُنِنَّ‎ ẓuninna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُظَنُّ‎ ʾuẓannu	تُظَنُّ‎ tuẓannu	يُظَنُّ‎ yuẓannu		تُظَنَّانِ‎ tuẓannāni	يُظَنَّانِ‎ yuẓannāni		نُظَنُّ‎ nuẓannu	تُظَنُّونَ‎ tuẓannūna	يُظَنُّونَ‎ yuẓannūna
	f		تُظَنِّينَ‎ tuẓannīna	تُظَنُّ‎ tuẓannu			تُظَنَّانِ‎ tuẓannāni			تُظْنَنَّ‎ tuẓnanna	يُظْنَنَّ‎ yuẓnanna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُظَنَّ‎ ʾuẓanna	تُظَنَّ‎ tuẓanna	يُظَنَّ‎ yuẓanna		تُظَنَّا‎ tuẓannā	يُظَنَّا‎ yuẓannā		نُظَنَّ‎ nuẓanna	تُظَنُّوا‎ tuẓannū	يُظَنُّوا‎ yuẓannū
	f		تُظَنِّي‎ tuẓannī	تُظَنَّ‎ tuẓanna			تُظَنَّا‎ tuẓannā			تُظْنَنَّ‎ tuẓnanna	يُظْنَنَّ‎ yuẓnanna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُظَنَّ‎ or أُظَنِّ‎ or أُظْنَنْ‎ ʾuẓanna or ʾuẓanni or ʾuẓnan	تُظَنَّ‎ or تُظَنِّ‎ or تُظْنَنْ‎ tuẓanna or tuẓanni or tuẓnan	يُظَنَّ‎ or يُظَنِّ‎ or يُظْنَنْ‎ yuẓanna or yuẓanni or yuẓnan		تُظَنَّا‎ tuẓannā	يُظَنَّا‎ yuẓannā		نُظَنَّ‎ or نُظَنِّ‎ or نُظْنَنْ‎ nuẓanna or nuẓanni or nuẓnan	تُظَنُّوا‎ tuẓannū	يُظَنُّوا‎ yuẓannū
	f		تُظَنِّي‎ tuẓannī	تُظَنَّ‎ or تُظَنِّ‎ or تُظْنَنْ‎ tuẓanna or tuẓanni or tuẓnan			تُظَنَّا‎ tuẓannā			تُظْنَنَّ‎ tuẓnanna	يُظْنَنَّ‎ yuẓnanna

Descendants

• → Swahili: dhani

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863), “ظن”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “ظن”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “ظن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ðˤann/

Noun

ظَنّ • (ẓann) m (plural ظُنُون‎ (ẓunūn))

1. verbal noun of ظَنَّ (ẓanna) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun ظَنّ (ẓann)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ظَنّ ẓann	الظَّنّ‎ aẓ-ẓann	ظَنّ ẓann
Nominative	ظَنٌّ ẓannun	الظَّنُّ‎ aẓ-ẓannu	ظَنُّ ẓannu
Accusative	ظَنًّا‎ ẓannan	الظَّنَّ‎ aẓ-ẓanna	ظَنَّ ẓanna
Genitive	ظَنٍّ ẓannin	الظَّنِّ‎ aẓ-ẓanni	ظَنِّ ẓanni
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ظَنَّيْن‎ ẓannayn	الظَّنَّيْن‎ aẓ-ẓannayn	ظَنَّيْ‎ ẓannay
Nominative	ظَنَّانِ‎ ẓannāni	الظَّنَّانِ‎ aẓ-ẓannāni	ظَنَّا‎ ẓannā
Accusative	ظَنَّيْنِ‎ ẓannayni	الظَّنَّيْنِ‎ aẓ-ẓannayni	ظَنَّيْ‎ ẓannay
Genitive	ظَنَّيْنِ‎ ẓannayni	الظَّنَّيْنِ‎ aẓ-ẓannayni	ظَنَّيْ‎ ẓannay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ظُنُون‎ ẓunūn	الظُّنُون‎ aẓ-ẓunūn	ظُنُون‎ ẓunūn
Nominative	ظُنُونٌ‎ ẓunūnun	الظُّنُونُ‎ aẓ-ẓunūnu	ظُنُونُ‎ ẓunūnu
Accusative	ظُنُونًا‎ ẓunūnan	الظُّنُونَ‎ aẓ-ẓunūna	ظُنُونَ‎ ẓunūna
Genitive	ظُنُونٍ‎ ẓunūnin	الظُّنُونِ‎ aẓ-ẓunūni	ظُنُونِ‎ ẓunūni

Descendants

• → Swahili: dhana

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South Levantine Arabic

Root
ظ ن ن‎

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ظَنَّ‎ (ẓanna).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zˤann/, [zˤɑn]

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Verb

ظنّ • (ẓann) (form I, present بظنّ‎ (biẓonn))

1. to think, to suppose, to guess (that something is the case)

   ‏أظن هيك رح أعمل.‎‎

   ʔaẓonn hēk raḥ ʔaʕmil

   I guess that's what I'll do.

   ‏ما أظنّ هي بتحكي هيك إشي.‎‎

   mā ʔaẓonn hiyye btiḥki hēk ʔiši

   I don't think she would say such a thing.

   ‏هو أرمني، على ما اظنّ.‎‎

   huwwe ʔarmani, ʕala mā ʔaẓonn

   He's Armenian, as far as I know.

   (literally, “He's Armenian, as I suppose.”)

   Synonyms: فكّر‎ (fakkar), اعتقد‎ (iʕtaqad)

Usage notes

• ظنّ is mostly used in the first-person, and usually in the subjunctive.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ظنّ (ẓann)
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	ظنّيت (ẓannēt)	ظنّيت (ẓannēt)	ظنّ (ẓann)		ظنّينا (ẓannēna)	ظنّيتو (ẓannētu)	ظنّو (ẓannu)
	f		ظنّيتي (ẓannēti)	ظنّت (ẓannat)
present	m	بظنّ (baẓonn)	بتظنّ (bitẓonn)	بظنّ (biẓonn)		منظنّ (minẓonn)	بتظنّو (bitẓonnu)	بظنّو (biẓonnu)
	f		بتظنّي (bitẓonni)	بتظنّ (bitẓonn)
subjunctive	m	اظنّ (aẓonn)	تظنّ (tẓonn)	يظنّ (yẓonn)		نظنّ (nẓonn)	تظنّو (tẓonnu)	يظنّو (yẓonnu)
	f		تظنّي (tẓonni)	تظنّ (tẓonn)
imperative	m		ظنّ (ẓonn)				ظنّو (ẓonnu)
	f		ظنّي (ẓonni)