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 • (ḍaʔn) f (collective, singulative ضَائِن f (ḍāʔin), paucal أَضْؤُن (ʔaḍʔun))

1. (collective) sheep

Declension

Declension of noun ضَأْن (ḍaʔn)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ضَأْن ḍaʔn	الضَّأْن aḍ-ḍaʔn	ضَأْن ḍaʔn
Nominative	ضَأْنٌ ḍaʔnun	الضَّأْنُ aḍ-ḍaʔnu	ضَأْنُ ḍaʔnu
Accusative	ضَأْنًا ḍaʔnan	الضَّأْنَ aḍ-ḍaʔna	ضَأْنَ ḍaʔna
Genitive	ضَأْنٍ ḍaʔnin	الضَّأْنِ aḍ-ḍaʔni	ضَأْنِ ḍaʔni
Singulative	basic singulative triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ضَائِن ḍāʔin	الضَّائِن aḍ-ḍāʔin	ضَائِن ḍāʔin
Nominative	ضَائِنٌ ḍāʔinun	الضَّائِنُ aḍ-ḍāʔinu	ضَائِنُ ḍāʔinu
Accusative	ضَائِنًا ḍāʔinan	الضَّائِنَ aḍ-ḍāʔina	ضَائِنَ ḍāʔina
Genitive	ضَائِنٍ ḍāʔinin	الضَّائِنِ aḍ-ḍāʔini	ضَائِنِ ḍāʔini
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ضَائِنَيْن ḍāʔinayn	الضَّائِنَيْن aḍ-ḍāʔinayn	ضَائِنَيْ ḍāʔinay
Nominative	ضَائِنَانِ ḍāʔināni	الضَّائِنَانِ aḍ-ḍāʔināni	ضَائِنَا ḍāʔinā
Accusative	ضَائِنَيْنِ ḍāʔinayni	الضَّائِنَيْنِ aḍ-ḍāʔinayni	ضَائِنَيْ ḍāʔinay
Genitive	ضَائِنَيْنِ ḍāʔinayni	الضَّائِنَيْنِ aḍ-ḍāʔinayni	ضَائِنَيْ ḍāʔinay
Paucal (3-10)	basic broken paucal triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَضْؤُن ʔaḍʔun	الْأَضْؤُن al-ʔaḍʔun	أَضْؤُن ʔaḍʔun
Nominative	أَضْؤُنٌ ʔaḍʔunun	الْأَضْؤُنُ al-ʔaḍʔunu	أَضْؤُنُ ʔaḍʔunu
Accusative	أَضْؤُنًا ʔaḍʔunan	الْأَضْؤُنَ al-ʔaḍʔuna	أَضْؤُنَ ʔaḍʔuna
Genitive	أَضْؤُنٍ ʔaḍʔunin	الْأَضْؤُنِ al-ʔaḍʔuni	أَضْؤُنِ ʔaḍʔuni

Synonyms

• غَنَم (ḡanam)
• شَاء (šāʔ)

See also

• ضَائِن (ḍāʔin, “a sheep”)

References

• Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “ضأن”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2^nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “ضأن”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], 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