ع ي ن

Arabic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʿayn-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʕayVn-.

Root

ع ي ن • (ʕ-y-n)

1. related to the eye

Derived terms

Verbs and verbal derivatives

• Form I: عَانَ (ʕāna)
  • Verbal noun: عَيْنَان (ʕaynān)
  • Active participle: عَائِن (ʕāʔin)
  • Passive participle: مَعِين (maʕīn)
• Form II: عَيَّنَ (ʕayyana)
  • Verbal noun: تَعْيِين (taʕyīn)
  • Active participle: مُعَيِّن (muʕayyin)
  • Passive participle: مُعَيَّن (muʕayyan)
• Form III: عَايَنَ (ʕāyana, “to inspect”)
  • Verbal noun: مُعَايَنَة (muʕāyana), عِيَان (ʕiyān)
  • Active participle: مُعَايِن (muʕāyin)
  • Passive participle: مُعَايَن (muʕāyan)
• Form IV: أَعَانَ (ʔaʕāna)
  • Verbal noun: إِعَانَة (ʔiʕāna)
  • Active participle: مُعِين (muʕīn)
  • Passive participle: مُعَان (muʕān)
• Form V: تَعَيَّنَ (taʕayyana)
  • Verbal noun: تَعَيُّن (taʕayyun)
  • Active participle: مُتَعَيِّن (mutaʕayyin)
  • Passive participle: مُتَعَيَّن (mutaʕayyan)
• Form VIII: اِعْتَانَ (iʕtāna)
  • Verbal noun: اِعْتِيَان (iʕtiyān)
  • Active participle: مُعْتَان (muʕtān)
  • Passive participle: مُعْتَان (muʕtān)

Nouns and adjectives

• عَيْن (ʕayn, “eye”)
• مَعِين (maʕīn, “well, spring”)

References

• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “ع ي ن”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[1] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, pages 424–428