مجن
Arabic
Etymology
Tool noun from the root ج ن ن (j-n-n). Cognate to Classical Syriac ܡܓܶܢܳܐ (məgennā, “shield”), Phoenician 𐤌𐤂𐤍 (mgn, “shield”), and Hebrew מָגֵן (māgén, “shield”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi.d͡ʒann/
Noun
مِجَنّ • (mijann) m (plural مَجَانّ (majānn))
- a shield
- Synonyms: تُرْس (turs), دِرْع (dirʿ)
- 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, 29:7:
- لَمْ تُقْطَعْ يَدُ سَارِقٍ فِي عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّٰهِ —صَلَّى اللَّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ— فِي أَقَلَّ مِنْ ثَمَنِ الْمِجَنِّ حَجَفَةٍ أَوْ تُرْسٍ وَكِلَاهُمَا ذُو ثَمَنٍ.
- lam tuqṭaʿ yadu sāriqin fī ʿahdi rasūli llāhi —ṣallā llāhu ʿalayhi wasallama— fī ʾaqalla min ṯamani l-mijanni ḥajafatin ʾaw tursin wakilāhumā ḏū ṯamanin.
- During the lifetime of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ), the hand of a thief was not cut off for less than the price of a shield, skin-shield or scutum, and both of them are valuable.
Declension
Declension of noun مِجَنّ (mijann)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | مِجَنّ mijann | الْمِجَنّ al-mijann | مِجَنّ mijann |
| Nominative | مِجَنٌّ mijannun | الْمِجَنُّ al-mijannu | مِجَنُّ mijannu |
| Accusative | مِجَنًّا mijannan | الْمِجَنَّ al-mijanna | مِجَنَّ mijanna |
| Genitive | مِجَنٍّ mijannin | الْمِجَنِّ al-mijanni | مِجَنِّ mijanni |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | مِجَنَّيْن mijannayn | الْمِجَنَّيْن al-mijannayn | مِجَنَّيْ mijannay |
| Nominative | مِجَنَّانِ mijannāni | الْمِجَنَّانِ al-mijannāni | مِجَنَّا mijannā |
| Accusative | مِجَنَّيْنِ mijannayni | الْمِجَنَّيْنِ al-mijannayni | مِجَنَّيْ mijannay |
| Genitive | مِجَنَّيْنِ mijannayni | الْمِجَنَّيْنِ al-mijannayni | مِجَنَّيْ mijannay |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | مَجَانّ majānn | الْمَجَانّ al-majānn | مَجَانّ majānn |
| Nominative | مَجَانُّ majānnu | الْمَجَانُّ al-majānnu | مَجَانُّ majānnu |
| Accusative | مَجَانَّ majānna | الْمَجَانَّ al-majānna | مَجَانَّ majānna |
| Genitive | مَجَانَّ majānna | الْمَجَانِّ al-majānni | مَجَانِّ majānni |
References
- “مجن” in Almaany
- Freytag, Georg (1830), “مجن”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 309
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “مجن”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 464