زنى
Arabic
Etymology
Compare Hebrew זָנָה (zaná, “to fornicate”)
Verb
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- to commit adultery, to fornicate Template:+preo
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- وَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَدْعُونَ مَعَ ٱللّٰهِ إِلَٰهًا آخَرَ وَلَا يَقْتُلُونَ ٱلنَّفْسَ ٱلَّتِي حَرَّمَ ٱللّٰهُ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَا يَزْنُونَ ۚ وَمَن يَفْعَلْ ذَٰلِكَ يَلْقَ أَثَامًا
- wallaḏīna lā yadʕūna maʕa llāhi ʔilāhan ʔāḵara walā yaqtulūna n-nafsa llatī ḥarrama llāhu ʔillā bi-l-ḥaqqi walā yaznūna waman yafʕal ḏālika yalqa ʔaṯāman
- Q. 25:68: "And those who do not call upon any god other than Allah, and who do not kill any soul which Allah has made forbidden, except with [legal] right, and who do not fornicate. The one who does that shall meet a [great] punishment".
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Conjugation
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Verb
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- (transitive, rare) to accuse of fornication
- (Can we date this quote?), Al-Jahiz, Kitāb al-Hayawān:
- وكان له بنيّ يتبعه، فكان يزنّي أمّه عند كلّ حقّ وباطل، وعند كلّ جدّ وهزل. قلت له يوما- ونحن عند بني ربعيّ: ويحك، بأيّ شيء تستحلّ أن تقذف أمّه
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Conjugation
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Noun
زِنًى • (zinan) m (construct state زِنَى (zinā))
- verbal noun of زَنَى (zanā) (form I)
- adultery, fornication
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 17:32:
- وَلَا تَقْرَبُوا الزِّنَى ۖ إِنَّهُ كَانَ فَاحِشَةً وَسَاءَ سَبِيلًا
- walā taqrabū az-zinā ʔinnahu kāna fāḥišatan wasāʔa sabīlan
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Declension
Declension of noun زِنًى (zinan)
Alternative forms
- زِنَا (zinā)