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أمن

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See also: امن and آمن

Arabic

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Etymology 1.1

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Root
ء م ن (ʔ m n)
15 terms

    Verb

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    أَمُنَ (ʔamuna) I (non-past يَأْمُنُ (yaʔmunu), verbal noun أَمَانَة (ʔamāna))

    1. to be faithful, to be reliable
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    Etymology 1.2

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    Verb

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    أَمِنَ (ʔamina) I (non-past يَأْمَنُ (yaʔmanu), verbal noun أَمْن (ʔamn) or أَمَان (ʔamān))

    1. to be safe from
    2. to feel secure, to feel safe from
      • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 7:97:
        أَفَأَمِنَ أَهْلُ الْقُرَى أَن يَأْتِيَهُم بَأْسُنَا بَيَاتًا وَهُمْ نَائِمُونَ
        ʔafaʔamina ʔahlu l-qurā ʔan yaʔtiyahum baʔsunā bayātan wahum nāʔimūna
        Did the people of those societies feel secure that Our punishment would not come upon them by night while they were asleep?
    3. to trust, to find reliable/trustworthy [with accusative ‘someone’ and عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘about someone/something’]
    4. to have peace of mind
    5. to entrust
      • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 12:64:
        قَالَ هَلْ ءَامَنُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا كَمَآ أَمِنتُكُمْ عَلَىٰٓ أَخِيهِ مِن قَبْلُ ۖ فَٱللَّهُ خَيْرٌ حَـٰفِظًۭا ۖ وَهُوَ أَرْحَمُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ
        He said, "Should I entrust you with him except [under coercion] as I entrusted you with his brother before? But Allāh is the best guardian, and He is the most merciful of the merciful."
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    Etymology 1.3

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    Verb

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    أَمَّنَ (ʔammana) II (non-past يُؤَمِّنُ (yuʔamminu), verbal noun تَأْمِين (taʔmīn))

    1. to reassure
    2. to ensure
    3. to secure
      كيف سنُؤمِّن لقمة عيشنا.
      How will we secure our livelihood?
    4. to provide
    5. to insure
    6. to entrust
    7. to say "آمِين" (ʔāmīn, amen)
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    Noun

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    أَمْن (ʔamnm

    1. verbal noun of أَمِنَ (ʔamina) (form I)
    2. safety, security
    3. peace
    4. protection
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    Etymology 1.5

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    Adjective

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    أَمِن (ʔamin)

    1. safe, protected
      • 2017 December 28, “التايمز تكشف عن مخبأ الآلاف من إرهابيي داعش الأجانب”, in The Baghdad Post[1]:
        التقرير أكد، بان لقاءات مع قادة محليين سوريين، أكراد وعراقيين، أوضحت، بان هؤلاء الأجانب، لجئوا الى الصحراء في محاولة للهرب من القتل او الاعتقال الذي قد يطالهم على المناطق الحدودية، حيث وجدوا في عمق الصحاري ملاجئ امنة مؤقتة لهم، فيما يحاولون يائسين الوصول الى الحدود التركية، ومنها العودة إلى بلدانهم.
        The report affirmed that meetings with local Syrian leaders, Kurds, and Iraqis showed that these foreigners took shelter in the desert in the attempt to escape their being killed or arrested that reached out to them in the border zones where they encountered in the desert depths temporary safe shelters for them while they desperately sought the link to the Turkish borders, and with it the return to their homelands.
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    References

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    • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “أمن”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc[2] (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, pages 56–57
    • Wehr, Hans (1979) “أمن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

    Etymology 2

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    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Verb

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    أمن (form I)

    1. أَمُنُّ (ʔamunnu) /ʔa.mun.nu/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of مَنَّ (manna)
    2. أُمَنُّ (ʔumannu) /ʔu.man.nu/: first-person singular non-past passive indicative of مَنَّ (manna)
    3. أَمُنَّ (ʔamunna) /ʔa.mun.na/: first-person singular non-past active subjunctive/jussive of مَنَّ (manna)
    4. أُمَنَّ (ʔumanna) /ʔu.man.na/: first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive/jussive of مَنَّ (manna)
    5. أَمُنِّ (ʔamunni) /ʔa.mun.ni/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of مَنَّ (manna)
    6. أُمَنِّ (ʔumanni) /ʔu.man.ni/: first-person singular non-past passive jussive of مَنَّ (manna)

    South Levantine Arabic

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    Root
    ء م ن
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    Etymology

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    From Arabic أَمَّنَ (ʔammana).

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ʔam.man/, [ˈʔam.man]
    • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

    Verb

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    أمّن (ʔamman) II (present بأمّن (biʔammen), passive participle مأمّن (mʔamman))

    1. to insure, to secure, to safeguard
      سيّارتك مأمّنة؟
      sayyārtak mʔammane?
      Is your car insured?
      (Can we add an example for this sense?)

    Conjugation

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        Conjugation of أمّن (ʔamman)
    singular plural
    1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
    past m أمّنت (ʔammant) أمّنت (ʔammant) أمّن (ʔamman) أمّننا (ʔammanna) أمّنتو (ʔammantu) أمّنو (ʔammanu)
    f أمّنتي (ʔammanti) أمّنت (ʔammanat)
    present m بأمّن (baʔammen) بتأمّن (bitʔammen) بأمّن (biʔammen) منأمّن (minʔammen) بتأمّنو (bitʔammnu) بأمّنو (biʔammnu)
    f بتأمّني (bitʔammni) بتأمّن (bitʔammen)
    subjunctive m اأمّن (aʔammen) تأمّن (tʔammen) يأمّن (yʔammen) نأمّن (nʔammen) تأمّنو (tʔammnu) يأمّنو (yʔammnu)
    f تأمّني (tʔammni) تأمّن (tʔammen)
    imperative m أمّن (ʔammen) أمّنو (ʔammnu)
    f أمّني (ʔammni)