عن

See also: غن‎

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ع ن ن‎ (ʿ-n-n) in the sense of appearing in view in the distance and in the sense offering or presenting, bring it into someone's view; related to ع ي ن‎ (ʿ-y-n) a root denoting the eye and vision.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʕæn]
• (Egypt) IPA^(key): /ʕɑn/

Preposition

عَنْ • (ʿan)

1. off, away from
2. from (source)
3. out of (a feeling)
4. about, on
5. according to, as attested by, on authority of
6. on the basis of, on the strength of
7. for, in defense of
8. as a substitute for

Inflection

    Inflected forms

Base form					عَنْ (ʿan)
Personal-pronoun- including forms	Singular		Dual	Plural
	Masculine	Feminine	Common	Masculine	Feminine
First person	عَنِّي‎ (ʿannī)			عَنَّا‎ (ʿannā)
Second person	عَنْكَ‎ (ʿanka)	عَنْكِ‎ (ʿanki)	عَنْكُمَا‎ (ʿankumā)	عَنْكُمْ‎ (ʿankum)	عَنْكُنَّ‎ (ʿankunna)
Third person	عَنْهُ‎ (ʿanhu)	عَنْهَا‎ (ʿanhā)	عَنْهُمَا‎ (ʿanhumā)	عَنْهُمْ‎ (ʿanhum)	عَنْهُنَّ‎ (ʿanhunna)

Etymology 2

From the root ع ن ن‎ (ʿ-n-n).

Verb

عَنَّ • (ʿanna) I, non-past يَعِنُّ‎ or يَعُنُّ‎‎ (yaʿinnu or yaʿunnu)

1. to present itself, to offer itself
2. to take shape, to form, to arise, to spring up
3. to suggest itself
4. to appear, to occur
5. to turn away, to move aside
6. to put a rein on
7. to pull the reins on
8. to confine, to enclose
9. to vilify, to revile

Conjugation

Conjugation of

عَنَّ

(form-I geminate, verbal nouns عَنّ or عَنَن)

verbal nouns الْمَصَادِر						عَنّ or عَنَن‎ ʿann or ʿanan
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						عَانّ‎ ʿānn
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مَعْنُون‎ maʿnūn
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	عَنَنْتُ‎ ʿanantu	عَنَنْتَ‎ ʿananta	عَنَّ ʿanna		عَنَنْتُمَا‎ ʿanantumā	عَنَّا‎ ʿannā		عَنَنَّا‎ ʿanannā	عَنَنْتُمْ‎ ʿanantum	عَنُّوا‎ ʿannū
	f		عَنَنْتِ‎ ʿananti	عَنَّتْ‎ ʿannat			عَنَّتَا‎ ʿannatā			عَنَنْتُنَّ‎ ʿanantunna	عَنَنَّ‎ ʿananna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع	m	أَعِنُّ‎ or أَعُنُّ‎ ʾaʿinnu or ʾaʿunnu	تَعِنُّ‎ or تَعُنُّ‎ taʿinnu or taʿunnu	يَعِنُّ‎ or يَعُنُّ‎ yaʿinnu or yaʿunnu		تَعِنَّانِ‎ or تَعُنَّانِ‎ taʿinnāni or taʿunnāni	يَعِنَّانِ‎ or يَعُنَّانِ‎ yaʿinnāni or yaʿunnāni		نَعِنُّ‎ or نَعُنُّ‎ naʿinnu or naʿunnu	تَعِنُّونَ‎ or تَعُنُّونَ‎ taʿinnūna or taʿunnūna	يَعِنُّونَ‎ or يَعُنُّونَ‎ yaʿinnūna or yaʿunnūna
	f		تَعِنِّينَ‎ or تَعُنِّينَ‎ taʿinnīna or taʿunnīna	تَعِنُّ‎ or تَعُنُّ‎ taʿinnu or taʿunnu			تَعِنَّانِ‎ or تَعُنَّانِ‎ taʿinnāni or taʿunnāni			تَعْنِنَّ‎ or تَعْنُنَّ‎ taʿninna or taʿnunna	يَعْنِنَّ‎ or يَعْنُنَّ‎ yaʿninna or yaʿnunna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَعِنَّ‎ or أَعُنَّ‎ ʾaʿinna or ʾaʿunna	تَعِنَّ‎ or تَعُنَّ‎ taʿinna or taʿunna	يَعِنَّ‎ or يَعُنَّ‎ yaʿinna or yaʿunna		تَعِنَّا‎ or تَعُنَّا‎ taʿinnā or taʿunnā	يَعِنَّا‎ or يَعُنَّا‎ yaʿinnā or yaʿunnā		نَعِنَّ‎ or نَعُنَّ‎ naʿinna or naʿunna	تَعِنُّوا‎ or تَعُنُّوا‎ taʿinnū or taʿunnū	يَعِنُّوا‎ or يَعُنُّوا‎ yaʿinnū or yaʿunnū
	f		تَعِنِّي‎ or تَعُنِّي‎ taʿinnī or taʿunnī	تَعِنَّ‎ or تَعُنَّ‎ taʿinna or taʿunna			تَعِنَّا‎ or تَعُنَّا‎ taʿinnā or taʿunnā			تَعْنِنَّ‎ or تَعْنُنَّ‎ taʿninna or taʿnunna	يَعْنِنَّ‎ or يَعْنُنَّ‎ yaʿninna or yaʿnunna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَعِنَّ‎ or أَعِنِّ‎ or أَعْنِنْ‎ or أَعُنَّ‎ or أَعُنِّ‎ or أَعْنُنْ‎ ʾaʿinna or ʾaʿinni or ʾaʿnin or ʾaʿunna or ʾaʿunni or ʾaʿnun	تَعِنَّ‎ or تَعِنِّ‎ or تَعْنِنْ‎ or تَعُنَّ‎ or تَعُنِّ‎ or تَعْنُنْ‎ taʿinna or taʿinni or taʿnin or taʿunna or taʿunni or taʿnun	يَعِنَّ‎ or يَعِنِّ‎ or يَعْنِنْ‎ or يَعُنَّ‎ or يَعُنِّ‎ or يَعْنُنْ‎ yaʿinna or yaʿinni or yaʿnin or yaʿunna or yaʿunni or yaʿnun		تَعِنَّا‎ or تَعُنَّا‎ taʿinnā or taʿunnā	يَعِنَّا‎ or يَعُنَّا‎ yaʿinnā or yaʿunnā		نَعِنَّ‎ or نَعِنِّ‎ or نَعْنِنْ‎ or نَعُنَّ‎ or نَعُنِّ‎ or نَعْنُنْ‎ naʿinna or naʿinni or naʿnin or naʿunna or naʿunni or naʿnun	تَعِنُّوا‎ or تَعُنُّوا‎ taʿinnū or taʿunnū	يَعِنُّوا‎ or يَعُنُّوا‎ yaʿinnū or yaʿunnū
	f		تَعِنِّي‎ or تَعُنِّي‎ taʿinnī or taʿunnī	تَعِنَّ‎ or تَعِنِّ‎ or تَعْنِنْ‎ or تَعُنَّ‎ or تَعُنِّ‎ or تَعْنُنْ‎ taʿinna or taʿinni or taʿnin or taʿunna or taʿunni or taʿnun			تَعِنَّا‎ or تَعُنَّا‎ taʿinnā or taʿunnā			تَعْنِنَّ‎ or تَعْنُنَّ‎ taʿninna or taʿnunna	يَعْنِنَّ‎ or يَعْنُنَّ‎ yaʿninna or yaʿnunna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		عِنَّ or عِنِّ or اِعْنِنْ‎ or عُنَّ or عُنِّ or اُعْنُنْ‎ ʿinna or ʿinni or iʿnin or ʿunna or ʿunni or uʿnun			عِنَّا‎ or عُنَّا‎ ʿinnā or ʿunnā				عِنُّوا‎ or عُنُّوا‎ ʿinnū or ʿunnū
	f		عِنِّي‎ or عُنِّي‎ ʿinnī or ʿunnī							اِعْنِنَّ‎ or اُعْنُنَّ‎ iʿninna or uʿnunna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	—	—	عُنَّ ʿunna		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع	m	—	—	يُعَنُّ‎ yuʿannu		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	—	—	يُعَنَّ‎ yuʿanna		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	—	—	يُعَنَّ‎ or يُعَنِّ‎ or يُعْنَنْ‎ yuʿanna or yuʿanni or yuʿnan		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—

Noun

عَنّ • (ʿann) m

1. verbal noun of عَنَّ (ʿanna) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun عَنّ (ʿann)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَنّ ʿann	الْعَنّ‎ al-ʿann	عَنّ ʿann
Nominative	عَنٌّ ʿannun	الْعَنُّ‎ al-ʿannu	عَنُّ ʿannu
Accusative	عَنًّا‎ ʿannan	الْعَنَّ‎ al-ʿanna	عَنَّ ʿanna
Genitive	عَنٍّ ʿannin	الْعَنِّ‎ al-ʿanni	عَنِّ ʿanni

References

• Freytag, Georg (1835), “عن”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 226
• Lane, Edward William (1863), “عن”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2162–2163
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “عن”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 728

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Persian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔæn]

Noun

عن • ('an)

1. (vulgar) shit