جزين

See also: جرين, حزين, حزین, خرین, and خرئن

Arabic

Etymology 1

Verb

جزين (form I)

1. جَزَيْنَ (jazayna) /d͡ʒa.zaj.na/: third-person feminine plural past active of جَزَى (jazā)
2. جُزِينَ (juzīna) /d͡ʒu.ziː.na/: third-person feminine plural past passive of جَزَى (jazā)

Etymology 2

Aramaic גזין / ܓܙܝܢ (gazzīn, literally “treasures”), doublet of كَنْز (kanz) and خَزْنَة (ḵazna).

Pronunciation

• (hyperclassical) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiz.ziːn/
• (general register) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaz.ziːn/
• (completely dialectal) IPA^(key): /ʒaz.ziːn/

Proper noun

جَزِّين or جِزِّين • (jazzīn or jizzīn) f

1. Jezzine (a town, the capital of the Jezzine District, South Governorate, Lebanon)
2. Jezzine District (a district of South Governorate, Lebanon) (قَضَاء جَزِّين (qaḍāʔ jazzīn))

Declension

Declension of noun جَزِّين (jazzīn)‎; جِزِّين (jizzīn)

Singular	basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	جَزِّين‎; جِزِّين jazzīn‎; jizzīn	—
Nominative	—	جَزِّينُ‎; جِزِّينُ jazzīnu‎; jizzīnu	—
Accusative	—	جَزِّينَ‎; جِزِّينَ jazzīna‎; jizzīna	—
Genitive	—	جَزِّينَ‎; جِزِّينَ jazzīna‎; jizzīna	—

Derived terms

• وَادِي جَزِّين (wādī jazzīn, “Wadi Jezzine”, a village in the Jezzine district)

References

• Wild, Stefan (1973) Libanesische Ortsnamen (Beiruter Texte und Studien; 9)‎^[1], Würzburg · Bayrūt: Ergon-Verlag · al-Furat, published 2008, →ISBN, page 88