عثنون

Arabic

Etymology

Apparently from the root ع ث ن (ʕ-ṯ-n) related to fumigation; the beard is an apt place to apply aromates, Ethiopian Semitic ዕጣን (ʿəṭan, “incense”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʕuθ.nuːn/

Noun

عُثْنُون • (ʕuṯnūn) m (plural عَثَانِين (ʕaṯānīn))

goatee
rain beginning to fall or wind beginning to blow
(plural only, figurative) commencement, first breeze of something

Declension

Declension of noun عُثْنُون (ʕuṯnūn)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عُثْنُون ʕuṯnūn	الْعُثْنُون al-ʕuṯnūn	عُثْنُون ʕuṯnūn
Nominative	عُثْنُونٌ ʕuṯnūnun	الْعُثْنُونُ al-ʕuṯnūnu	عُثْنُونُ ʕuṯnūnu
Accusative	عُثْنُونًا ʕuṯnūnan	الْعُثْنُونَ al-ʕuṯnūna	عُثْنُونَ ʕuṯnūna
Genitive	عُثْنُونٍ ʕuṯnūnin	الْعُثْنُونِ al-ʕuṯnūni	عُثْنُونِ ʕuṯnūni
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عُثْنُونَيْن ʕuṯnūnayn	الْعُثْنُونَيْن al-ʕuṯnūnayn	عُثْنُونَيْ ʕuṯnūnay
Nominative	عُثْنُونَانِ ʕuṯnūnāni	الْعُثْنُونَانِ al-ʕuṯnūnāni	عُثْنُونَا ʕuṯnūnā
Accusative	عُثْنُونَيْنِ ʕuṯnūnayni	الْعُثْنُونَيْنِ al-ʕuṯnūnayni	عُثْنُونَيْ ʕuṯnūnay
Genitive	عُثْنُونَيْنِ ʕuṯnūnayni	الْعُثْنُونَيْنِ al-ʕuṯnūnayni	عُثْنُونَيْ ʕuṯnūnay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَثَانِين ʕaṯānīn	الْعَثَانِين al-ʕaṯānīn	عَثَانِين ʕaṯānīn
Nominative	عَثَانِينُ ʕaṯānīnu	الْعَثَانِينُ al-ʕaṯānīnu	عَثَانِينُ ʕaṯānīnu
Accusative	عَثَانِينَ ʕaṯānīna	الْعَثَانِينَ al-ʕaṯānīna	عَثَانِينَ ʕaṯānīna
Genitive	عَثَانِينَ ʕaṯānīna	الْعَثَانِينِ al-ʕaṯānīni	عَثَانِينِ ʕaṯānīni

Derived terms

عَثْنَنَ (ʕaṯnana, “to bind the turban below the jaw”)

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