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ضأن
ضأن
See also: صان
Arabic
Noun
ضَأْن • (ḍaʾn) f (collective, singulative ضَائِن (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
References
- “ضأن” in J.A. Haywood and H.M. Nahmad (1965), A new Arabic grammar (second edition), London: Lund Humphries, ISBN 0-85331-585-X
- “ضأن” in Edward William Lane (1863), 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 0-87950-003-4