غن

See also: عن

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
غ ن ن (ḡ n n)
1 term

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣan.na/

Verb

غَنَّ • (ḡanna) I (non-past يَغَنُّ (yaḡannu), verbal noun غَنّ (ḡann) or غُنَّة (ḡunna))

1. to pronounce through the nose, to speak in a nasal voice, to hum
2. to make a sound (of a stone)
3. to be abuzz with insects (of a valley or land)
4. to be dense with foliage (of a valley or land)
5. to become mature (of a palm tree)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of غَنَّ (I, geminate, i ~ a, no passive, verbal nouns غَنّ, غُنَّة)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						غَنّ, غُنَّة ḡann, ḡunna
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						غَانّ ḡānn
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	غَنِنْتُ ḡanintu	غَنِنْتَ ḡaninta	غَنَّ ḡanna		غَنِنْتُمَا ḡanintumā	غَنَّا ḡannā		غَنِنَّا ḡaninnā	غَنِنْتُمْ ḡanintum	غَنُّوا ḡannū
	f		غَنِنْتِ ḡaninti	غَنَّتْ ḡannat			غَنَّتَا ḡannatā			غَنِنْتُنَّ ḡanintunna	غَنِنَّ ḡaninna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَغَنُّ ʔaḡannu	تَغَنُّ taḡannu	يَغَنُّ yaḡannu		تَغَنَّانِ taḡannāni	يَغَنَّانِ yaḡannāni		نَغَنُّ naḡannu	تَغَنُّونَ taḡannūna	يَغَنُّونَ yaḡannūna
	f		تَغَنِّينَ taḡannīna	تَغَنُّ taḡannu			تَغَنَّانِ taḡannāni			تَغْنَنَّ taḡnanna	يَغْنَنَّ yaḡnanna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَغَنَّ ʔaḡanna	تَغَنَّ taḡanna	يَغَنَّ yaḡanna		تَغَنَّا taḡannā	يَغَنَّا yaḡannā		نَغَنَّ naḡanna	تَغَنُّوا taḡannū	يَغَنُّوا yaḡannū
	f		تَغَنِّي taḡannī	تَغَنَّ taḡanna			تَغَنَّا taḡannā			تَغْنَنَّ taḡnanna	يَغْنَنَّ yaḡnanna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَغَنَّ, أَغَنِّ, أَغْنَنْ ʔaḡanna, ʔaḡanni, ʔaḡnan	تَغَنَّ, تَغَنِّ, تَغْنَنْ taḡanna, taḡanni, taḡnan	يَغَنَّ, يَغَنِّ, يَغْنَنْ yaḡanna, yaḡanni, yaḡnan		تَغَنَّا taḡannā	يَغَنَّا yaḡannā		نَغَنَّ, نَغَنِّ, نَغْنَنْ naḡanna, naḡanni, naḡnan	تَغَنُّوا taḡannū	يَغَنُّوا yaḡannū
	f		تَغَنِّي taḡannī	تَغَنَّ, تَغَنِّ, تَغْنَنْ taḡanna, taḡanni, taḡnan			تَغَنَّا taḡannā			تَغْنَنَّ taḡnanna	يَغْنَنَّ yaḡnanna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		غَنَّ, غَنِّ, اِغْنَنْ ḡanna, ḡanni, iḡnan			غَنَّا ḡannā				غَنُّوا ḡannū
	f		غَنِّي ḡannī							اِغْنَنَّ iḡnanna

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “غن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “غن”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[1] (in French), Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

غَنِّ • (ḡanni) (form II) /ɣan.ni/

1. second-person masculine singular imperative of غَنَّى (ḡannā)