ء م ن

Arabic

Etymology

Cognate with Hebrew א־מ־ן (ʾ-m-n).

Root

ء م ن • (ʔ-m-n)

1. related to trust

Derived terms

Verbs and verb derivatives

• Form I: أَمُنَ (ʔamuna, “to be faithful, to be reliable”)
  • Verbal noun: أَمَانَة (ʔamāna)
• Form I: أَمِنَ (ʔamina, “to be safe”)
  • Verbal noun: أَمْن (ʔamn), أَمَان (ʔamān)
  • Active participle: آمِن (ʔāmin)
  • Passive participle: مَأْمُون (maʔmūn)
• Form II: أَمَّنَ (ʔammana, “to reassure”)
  • Verbal noun: تَأْمِين (taʔmīn)
  • Active participle: مُؤَمِّن (muʔammin)
  • Passive participle: مُؤَمَّن (muʔamman)
• Form IV: آمَنَ (ʔāmana, “to believe (in)”)
  • Verbal noun: إِيمَان (ʔīmān)
  • Active participle: مُؤْمِن (muʔmin)
  • Passive participle: مُؤْمَن (muʔman)
• Form VIII: اِئْتَمَنَ (iʔtamana), اِيتَمَنَ (ītamana)
  • Verbal noun: اِئْتِمَان (iʔtimān), اِيتِمَان (ītimān)
  • Active participle: مُؤْتَمِن (muʔtamin)
  • Passive participle: مُؤْتَمَن (muʔtaman)
• Form X: اِسْتَأْمَنَ (istaʔmana, “to entrust”)
  • Verbal noun: اِسْتِئْمَان (istiʔmān)
  • Active participle: مُسْتَأْمِن (mustaʔmin)
  • Passive participle: مُسْتَأْمَن (mustaʔman)

Nouns and adjectives

• أَمَانَة f (ʔamāna, “trust”)
• أَمِين m sg (ʔamīn)
• أَمِن m sg (ʔamin)
  • أَمِينَة f sg (ʔamīna)
• آمِن m sg (ʔāmin)
• مَأْمَن m sg (maʔman)l

Interjections

• آمِين (ʔāmīn)

References

Wehr, Hans (1979) “امن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN