ضأن

See also: صان‎

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ض ء ن‎ (ḍ-ʾ-n). Compare Hebrew צֹאן‎ (tsón, ṣōn), Aramaic עָנָא‎ (ʿānā).

Noun

ضَأْن • (ḍaʾn) f (collective, singulative ضَائِن‎ (ḍāʾin), paucal أَضْؤُن‎ (ʾaḍʾun))

(collective) sheep

Declension

Declension of noun ضَأْن (ḍaʾn)

Collective	basic collective triptote
Collective	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
Singulative	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
Paucal (3-10)	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)

References

“ضأن” in J.A. Haywood and H.M. Nahmad (1965), A new Arabic grammar (second edition), London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
Lane, Edward William (1863), “ضأن”, in 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

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