لدن

Arabic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -un

Etymology 1

Uncertain, often considered a variation of لَدَى (ladā) perhaps the /ن/ reflecting a vestigial duality; at one's two hands. Alternatively, by analogy with one's feet, developed from a contraction of لَ (la, “to, for”) + دُون (dūn, “beneath; by one's feet”); hence coming to or being at a space or duration close or near, right at their feet, immediately before them, in the presence of, happening or being near, following in a location or time.

Preposition

1. at, by, near, since, from the moment that
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:10:

     إِذْ أَوَى الْفِتْيَةُ إِلَى الْكَهْفِ فَقَالُوا رَبَّنَا آتِنَا مِنْ لَدُنْكَ رَحْمَةً وَهَيِّئْ لَنَا مِنْ أَمْرِنَا رَشَدًا

     ʔiḏ ʔawā l-fityatu ʔilā l-kahfi faqālū rabbanā ʔātinā min ladunka raḥmatan wahayyiʔ lanā min ʔamrinā rašadan

     Mufti Taqi: When the young men took refuge in the Cave and said, “Our Lord, bless us with mercy from Your own and provide us with guidance in our matters.”

Usage notes

• Usually preceded by مِنْ (min, “from”).

Derived terms

• لَدُنِّيّ (ladunniyy, adjective)
  • اَلْعِلْمُ اللَّدُنِّيّ (al-ʕilmu l-ladunniyy)

Synonyms

• لَدَى (ladā)
• عِنْدَ (ʕinda)

Inflection

Inflected forms
Base form					لَدُنْ (ladun)
Personal-pronoun- including forms	Singular		Dual	Plural
	Masculine	Feminine	Common	Masculine	Feminine
First person	لَدُنِّي / لَدُنِّيَ (ladunnī / ladunniya)		لَدُنَّا (ladunnā)
Second person	لَدُنْكَ (ladunka)	لَدُنْكِ (ladunki)	لَدُنْكُمَا (ladunkumā)	لَدُنْكُمْ (ladunkum)	لَدُنْكُنَّ (ladunkunna)
Third person	لَدُنْهُ (ladunhu)	لَدُنْهَا (ladunhā)	لَدُنْهُمَا (ladunhumā)	لَدُنْهُمْ (ladunhum)	لَدُنْهُنَّ (ladunhunna)

Etymology 2

Verb

1. second-person feminine plural active imperative of وَلَدَ (walada)