حزين

See also: حزین, جزين, and جرين

Arabic

Root
ح ز ن (ḥ-z-n)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħa.ziːn/

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Adjective

حَزِين • (ḥazīn) (masculine plural حَزِينُونَ (ḥazīnūna) or حُزَنَاء (ḥuzanāʔ) or حِزَان (ḥizān) or حَزَانَى (ḥazānā), feminine plural حَزِينَات (ḥazīnāt), elative أَحْزَن (ʔaḥzan))

1. sad, sorrowful

   Antonyms: فَرِح (fariḥ), فَرْحَان (farḥān)

   الْمَوْقِف الْحَزِين أَثَر بِي كَثِيْرًا.

   al-mawqif al-ḥazīn ʔaṯar bī kaṯiyran.

   The sad situation affected me greatly.

Usage notes

• The Arabic word is not usually employed for things that inspire sadness. For that use مُحْزِن (muḥzin), e.g. خَبَر مُحْزِن (ḵabar muḥzin, “sad news”).

Declension

Declension of adjective حَزِين (ḥazīn)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	حَزِين ḥazīn	الْحَزِين al-ḥazīn	حَزِينَة ḥazīna	الْحَزِينَة al-ḥazīna
Nominative	حَزِينٌ ḥazīnun	الْحَزِينُ al-ḥazīnu	حَزِينَةٌ ḥazīnatun	الْحَزِينَةُ al-ḥazīnatu
Accusative	حَزِينًا ḥazīnan	الْحَزِينَ al-ḥazīna	حَزِينَةً ḥazīnatan	الْحَزِينَةَ al-ḥazīnata
Genitive	حَزِينٍ ḥazīnin	الْحَزِينِ al-ḥazīni	حَزِينَةٍ ḥazīnatin	الْحَزِينَةِ al-ḥazīnati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	حَزِينَيْن ḥazīnayn	الْحَزِينَيْن al-ḥazīnayn	حَزِينَتَيْن ḥazīnatayn	الْحَزِينَتَيْن al-ḥazīnatayn
Nominative	حَزِينَانِ ḥazīnāni	الْحَزِينَانِ al-ḥazīnāni	حَزِينَتَانِ ḥazīnatāni	الْحَزِينَتَانِ al-ḥazīnatāni
Accusative	حَزِينَيْنِ ḥazīnayni	الْحَزِينَيْنِ al-ḥazīnayni	حَزِينَتَيْنِ ḥazīnatayni	الْحَزِينَتَيْنِ al-ḥazīnatayni
Genitive	حَزِينَيْنِ ḥazīnayni	الْحَزِينَيْنِ al-ḥazīnayni	حَزِينَتَيْنِ ḥazīnatayni	الْحَزِينَتَيْنِ al-ḥazīnatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote‎; basic broken plural triptote‎; broken plural invariable		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	حَزِينِين‎; حُزَنَاء‎; حِزَان‎; حَزَانَى ḥazīnīn‎; ḥuzanāʔ‎; ḥizān‎; ḥazānā	الْحَزِينِين‎; الْحُزَنَاء‎; الْحِزَان‎; الْحَزَانَى al-ḥazīnīn‎; al-ḥuzanāʔ‎; al-ḥizān‎; al-ḥazānā	حَزِينَات ḥazīnāt	الْحَزِينَات al-ḥazīnāt
Nominative	حَزِينُونَ‎; حُزَنَاءُ‎; حِزَانٌ‎; حَزَانَى ḥazīnūna‎; ḥuzanāʔu‎; ḥizānun‎; ḥazānā	الْحَزِينُونَ‎; الْحُزَنَاءُ‎; الْحِزَانُ‎; الْحَزَانَى al-ḥazīnūna‎; al-ḥuzanāʔu‎; al-ḥizānu‎; al-ḥazānā	حَزِينَاتٌ ḥazīnātun	الْحَزِينَاتُ al-ḥazīnātu
Accusative	حَزِينِينَ‎; حُزَنَاءَ‎; حِزَانًا‎; حَزَانَى ḥazīnīna‎; ḥuzanāʔa‎; ḥizānan‎; ḥazānā	الْحَزِينِينَ‎; الْحُزَنَاءَ‎; الْحِزَانَ‎; الْحَزَانَى al-ḥazīnīna‎; al-ḥuzanāʔa‎; al-ḥizāna‎; al-ḥazānā	حَزِينَاتٍ ḥazīnātin	الْحَزِينَاتِ al-ḥazīnāti
Genitive	حَزِينِينَ‎; حُزَنَاءَ‎; حِزَانٍ‎; حَزَانَى ḥazīnīna‎; ḥuzanāʔa‎; ḥizānin‎; ḥazānā	الْحَزِينِينَ‎; الْحُزَنَاءِ‎; الْحِزَانِ‎; الْحَزَانَى al-ḥazīnīna‎; al-ḥuzanāʔi‎; al-ḥizāni‎; al-ḥazānā	حَزِينَاتٍ ḥazīnātin	الْحَزِينَاتِ al-ḥazīnāti

Descendants

• Maltese: ħażin
• South Levantine Arabic: حزين (ḥazīn)
• → Azerbaijani: həzin
• → Ottoman Turkish: حزین
  • Turkish: hazin
• → Persian: حزین
• → Ladino: hazino
• → Spanish: hacino
• → Uzbek: hazin

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “حزين”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ح ز ن
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic حَزِين (ḥazīn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħa.ziːn/, [ħaˈziːn]

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Adjective

حزين • (ḥazīn) (feminine حزانة (ḥazīne), common plural حزانى (ḥazāna) or حزنا (ḥuzana))

1. sad (people and things)

   Synonym: حزنان (ḥaznān)

   Antonyms: (of people) مبسوط (mabsūṭ), فرحان (farḥān), (things, wishes) سعيد (saʕīd)

See also

• حزن (ḥizin, “to get sad”)
• زعلان (zaʕlān, “sad, upset; angry, annoyed; distressed”)
• كئيب (kaʔīb, “gloomy, depressed”)