ضأن

See also: صان

Arabic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ṣ́aʾn- (small cattle, sheep). Cognate with Akkadian 𒇇𒇻𒄭𒀀 (ṣēnum) and Biblical Hebrew צֹאן (ṣoʾn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dˤaʔn/

Noun

ضَأْن • (ḍaʔn) f (collective, singulative ضَائِن f (ḍāʔin), paucal أَضْؤُن (ʔaḍʔun))

  1. (collective) sheep

Declension

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See also

References

  • Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “ضأن”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2nd 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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