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ظعن

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Arabic

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Root
ظ ع ن (ẓ ʕ n)
2 terms

Pronunciation

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  • Verb: IPA(key): /ðˤa.ʕa.na/
  • Noun 1: IPA(key): /ðˤaʕn/
  • Noun 2: IPA(key): /ðˤa.ʕan/

Etymology 1

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Cognate to Aramaic טְעַן (ṭəʿan, to carry) and Hebrew צָעַן (ṣāʿán, to wander).

Verb

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ظَعَنَ (ẓaʕana) I (non-past يَظْعَنُ (yaẓʕanu), verbal noun ظَعْن (ẓaʕn) or ظَعَن (ẓaʕan) or ظُعُون (ẓuʕūn)) (intransitive, literary)

  1. to set out on a journey; to travel; to journey; to fare; to venture out or forth
    Synonyms: سَافَرَ (sāfara), اِرْتَحَلَ (irtaḥala)
    • (Can we date this quote?), al-Ḥarīrī, المَقَامَة الدِمْيَاطِيَّة [al-maqāma(t) ad-dimyāṭiyya, The Damiettan Episode]:
      ظَعَنْتُ إِلَى دِمْيَاطَ. عَامَ هِياطٍ وَمِيَاطٍ. وَأَنَا يَوْمَئِذٍ مَرْمُوقُ ٱلرَّخَاءِ. مَوْمُوقُ ٱلْإِخَاءِ. أَسْحَبُ مَطَارِفَ ٱلثَّرَاءِ. وَأَجْتَلِي مَعَارِفَ ٱلسَّرَّاءِ.
      ẓaʕantu ʔilā dimyāṭa. ʕāma hiyāṭin wamiyāṭin. waʔanā yawmaʔiḏin marmūqu r-raḵāʔi. mawmūqu l-ʔiḵāʔi. ʔasḥabu maṭārifa ṯ-ṯarāʔi. waʔajtalī maʕārifa s-sarrāʔi.
      I fared off to Damietta, in a year of hurry-scurry, in arresting luxury, and prized fraternity, pulling along the tails of plenty, relishing visages of felicity.
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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ظَعْن or ظَعَن (ẓaʕn or ẓaʕanm

  1. verbal noun of ظَعَنَ (ẓaʕana) (form I)
Declension
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