مجن
Arabic
Etymology
Tool noun from the root ج ن ن (j-n-n). Cognate to Classical Syriac ܡܓܶܢܳܐ (məgennā, “shield”), Phoenician 𐤌𐤂𐤍 (mgn, “shield”), and Hebrew מָגֵן (māgén, “shield”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi.d͡ʒann/
Noun
مِجَنّ • (mijann) m (plural مَجَانّ (majānn))
- a shield
- 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, 29:7:
- لَمْ تُقْطَعْ يَدُ سَارِقٍ فِي عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّٰهِ —صَلَّى اللَّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ— فِي أَقَلَّ مِنْ ثَمَنِ الْمِجَنِّ حَجَفَةٍ أَوْ تُرْسٍ وَكِلَاهُمَا ذُو ثَمَنٍ.
- lam tuqṭaʕ yadu sāriqin fī ʕahdi rasūli llāhi —ṣallā llāhu ʕalayhi wasallama— fī ʔaqalla min ṯamani al-mijanni ḥajafatin ʔaw tursin wakilāhumā ḏū ṯamanin.
- During the lifetime of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ), the hand of a thief was not cut off for less than the price of a shield, skin-shield or scutum, and both of them are valuable.
Declension
Declension of noun مِجَنّ (mijann)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | مِجَنّ mijann |
الْمِجَنّ al-mijann |
مِجَنّ mijann |
| Nominative | مِجَنٌّ mijannun |
الْمِجَنُّ al-mijannu |
مِجَنُّ mijannu |
| Accusative | مِجَنًّا mijannan |
الْمِجَنَّ al-mijanna |
مِجَنَّ mijanna |
| Genitive | مِجَنٍّ mijannin |
الْمِجَنِّ al-mijanni |
مِجَنِّ mijanni |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | مِجَنَّيْن mijannayn |
الْمِجَنَّيْن al-mijannayn |
مِجَنَّيْ mijannay |
| Nominative | مِجَنَّانِ mijannāni |
الْمِجَنَّانِ al-mijannāni |
مِجَنَّا mijannā |
| Accusative | مِجَنَّيْنِ mijannayni |
الْمِجَنَّيْنِ al-mijannayni |
مِجَنَّيْ mijannay |
| Genitive | مِجَنَّيْنِ mijannayni |
الْمِجَنَّيْنِ al-mijannayni |
مِجَنَّيْ mijannay |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | مَجَانّ majānn |
الْمَجَانّ al-majānn |
مَجَانّ majānn |
| Nominative | مَجَانُّ majānnu |
الْمَجَانُّ al-majānnu |
مَجَانُّ majānnu |
| Accusative | مَجَانَّ majānna |
الْمَجَانَّ al-majānna |
مَجَانَّ majānna |
| Genitive | مَجَانَّ majānna |
الْمَجَانِّ al-majānni |
مَجَانِّ majānni |
References
- “مجن” in Almaany
- Freytag, Georg (1830) “مجن”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 309
- Lane, Edward William (1863) “مجن”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 464
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