مجن

Arabic

Root
ج ن ن (j n n)
7 terms

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))

1. a shield

   Synonyms: تُرْس (turs), دِرْع (dirʕ)

   • 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 tuqṭaʕ yadu sāriqin fī ʕahdi rasūli llāhi —ṣallā llāhu ʕalayhi wasallama— fī ʔaqalla min ṯamani al-mijanni ḥajafatin ʔaw 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^[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 309
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “مجن”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[2], London: Williams & Norgate, page 464