Arabic edit

Root
ل ع ن (l-ʕ-n)

Noun edit

لَعْن (laʕnm

  1. verbal noun of لَعَنَ (laʕana) (form I)
  2. damnation, imprecation

Declension edit

Verb edit

لَعَنَ (laʕana) I, non-past يَلْعَنُ‎ (yalʕanu)

  1. to damn
  2. to curse, to imprecate
    لعن الفقير كل الأغنياء إلى آخر أيامهم.
    laʿana l-faqīru kulla l-ʾaġniyāʾi ʾilā ʾāxiri ʾayāmihim.
    The poor man cursed all the rich men until the end of their days.

Conjugation edit

Descendants edit

  • Swahili: -laani