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 (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, pages 424–428