غ ن ن

Arabic

Root

غ ن ن • (ḡ-n-n)

Derived terms

• Form I: غَنَّ (ḡanna, “(of a stone) to make a sound; speak in a nasal voice, hum; to be abuzz with insects, (of a valley or location) to be densely populated; (of a palm tree) to have ripe fruits.”)
  • Verbal noun: غُنَّة (ḡunna, “a nasal sound; buzzing of insects; humming of a person singing softly; soft voice; sound produced by a stone.”)
  • Active participle: غَانّ (ḡānn)
  • Passive participle: مَغْنُون (maḡnūn)
• Form IV: أَغَنَّ (ʔaḡanna, “(of insects) to buzz; to hum; (of a place) to resound with the buzzing of insects; to make (a tree branch) blossom; (of a water-skin) to be filled; (of a valley) to be densely wooded, full of trees and vegetation; (of a place) to be populated, populous; (of a palm tree) to have ripe fruits”)
  • Verbal noun: إِغْنَان (ʔiḡnān)
  • Active participle: مُغِنّ (muḡinn)
  • Passive participle: مُغَنّ (muḡann)
• غُنَان (ḡunān, “buzzing with insects”)

References

• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “غ ن 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), Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie