لجنة

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ل ج ن (l-j-n).

Noun

لَجْنَة • (lajna) f (plural لَجَنَات (lajanāt) or لِجَان (lijān) or لِجَن (lijan))

1. committee, commission, council
2. jury (in a competition)
3. assenting majority

Declension

Declension of noun لَجْنَة (lajna)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لَجْنَة lajna	اللَّجْنَة al-lajna	لَجْنَة lajnat
Nominative	لَجْنَةٌ lajnatun	اللَّجْنَةُ al-lajnatu	لَجْنَةُ lajnatu
Accusative	لَجْنَةً lajnatan	اللَّجْنَةَ al-lajnata	لَجْنَةَ lajnata
Genitive	لَجْنَةٍ lajnatin	اللَّجْنَةِ al-lajnati	لَجْنَةِ lajnati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لَجْنَتَيْن lajnatayn	اللَّجْنَتَيْن al-lajnatayn	لَجْنَتَيْ lajnatay
Nominative	لَجْنَتَانِ lajnatāni	اللَّجْنَتَانِ al-lajnatāni	لَجْنَتَا lajnatā
Accusative	لَجْنَتَيْنِ lajnatayni	اللَّجْنَتَيْنِ al-lajnatayni	لَجْنَتَيْ lajnatay
Genitive	لَجْنَتَيْنِ lajnatayni	اللَّجْنَتَيْنِ al-lajnatayni	لَجْنَتَيْ lajnatay
Plural	sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لَجَنَات‎; لِجَان‎; لِجَن lajanāt‎; lijān‎; lijan	اللَّجَنَات‎; اللِّجَان‎; اللِّجَن al-lajanāt‎; al-lijān‎; al-lijan	لَجَنَات‎; لِجَان‎; لِجَن lajanāt‎; lijān‎; lijan
Nominative	لَجَنَاتٌ‎; لِجَانٌ‎; لِجَنٌ lajanātun‎; lijānun‎; lijanun	اللَّجَنَاتُ‎; اللِّجَانُ‎; اللِّجَنُ al-lajanātu‎; al-lijānu‎; al-lijanu	لَجَنَاتُ‎; لِجَانُ‎; لِجَنُ lajanātu‎; lijānu‎; lijanu
Accusative	لَجَنَاتٍ‎; لِجَانًا‎; لِجَنًا lajanātin‎; lijānan‎; lijanan	اللَّجَنَاتِ‎; اللِّجَانَ‎; اللِّجَنَ al-lajanāti‎; al-lijāna‎; al-lijana	لَجَنَاتِ‎; لِجَانَ‎; لِجَنَ lajanāti‎; lijāna‎; lijana
Genitive	لَجَنَاتٍ‎; لِجَانٍ‎; لِجَنٍ lajanātin‎; lijānin‎; lijanin	اللَّجَنَاتِ‎; اللِّجَانِ‎; اللِّجَنِ al-lajanāti‎; al-lijāni‎; al-lijani	لَجَنَاتِ‎; لِجَانِ‎; لِجَنِ lajanāti‎; lijāni‎; lijani

References

• Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “لجنة”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2^nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “لجنة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “لجنة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN