سجن

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See also: سحن and سخن

Arabic

Etymology

From the root س ج ن (s-j-n).

Verb

سَجَنَ (sajana) I, non-past يَسْجُنُ‎ (yasjunu)

  1. to confine, to imprison
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 12:32:
      وَلَئِن لَّمْ يَفْعَلْ مَا آمُرُهُ لَيُسْجَنَنَّ وَلَيَكُونًا مِّنَ الصَّاغِرِينَ
      walaʔin llam yafʕal mā ʔāmuruhu layusjananna walayakūnan mmina ṣ-ṣāḡirīna
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. to conceal in one's inner

Conjugation

Noun

سَجْن (sajnm

  1. verbal noun of سَجَنَ (sajana) (form I)
  2. confinement, imprisonment

Declension

Noun

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سِجْن (sijnm (plural سُجُون (sujūn))

  1. prison, jail

Declension