آمن

See also: امن and أمن

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ء م ن (ʔ-m-n)

Cognate to Hebrew הֶאֱמִין (he'emín) and Aramaic הֵימֵן (hēmēn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaː.ma.na/

Verb

آمَنَ • (ʔāmana) IV, non-past يُؤْمِنُ‎ (yuʔminu)

1. to believe (in) [+ بِـ (object)]

   Synonym: صَدَّقَ (ṣaddaqa)

   Antonyms: كَفَرَ (kafara), كَذَّبَ (kaḏḏaba)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 28:3:

     نَتْلُوا عَلَيْكَ مِن نَّبَإِ مُوسَى وَفِرْعَوْنَ بِٱلْحَقِّ لِقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ

     natlū ʕalayka min nnabaʔi mūsā wa-firʕawna bi-l-ḥaqqi li-qawmin yuʔminūna

     We recite to you from the news of Moses and Pharaoh in truth for a people who believe

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:256:

     لَا إِكْرَاهَ فِي ٱلدِّينِ قَدْ تَبَيَّنَ ٱلرُّشْدُ مِنَ ٱلْغَيِّ فَمَنْ يَكْفُرْ بِٱلطَّاغُوتِ وَيُؤْمِنْ بِٱللَّهِ فَقَدِ ٱسْتَمْسَكَ بِٱلْعُرْوَةِ ٱلْوُثْقَى لَا ٱنْفِصَامَ لَهَا وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ

     lā ʔikrāha fī d-dīni qad tabayyana r-rušdu mina l-ḡayyi fa-man yakfur bi-ṭ-ṭāḡūti wa-yuʔmin bi-llahi fa-qadi stamsaka bi-l-ʕurwati l-wuṯqā lā nfiṣāma lahā wa-llahu samīʕun ʕalīmun

     There shall be no compulsion in the religion. The right course has become clear from the wrong. So whoever disbelieves in Taghut and believes in Allah has grasped the most trustworthy handhold with no break in it. And Allah is Hearing and Knowing.

Conjugation

Conjugation of

آمَنَ

(form-IV sound)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						إِيمَان ʔīmān
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						مُؤْمِن muʔmin
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مُؤْمَن muʔman
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	آمَنْتُ ʔāmantu	آمَنْتَ ʔāmanta	آمَنَ ʔāmana		آمَنْتُمَا ʔāmantumā	آمَنَا ʔāmanā		آمَنَّا ʔāmannā	آمَنْتُمْ ʔāmantum	آمَنُوا ʔāmanū
	f		آمَنْتِ ʔāmanti	آمَنَتْ ʔāmanat			آمَنَتَا ʔāmanatā			آمَنْتُنَّ ʔāmantunna	آمَنَّ ʔāmanna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُومِنُ ʔūminu	تُؤْمِنُ tuʔminu	يُؤْمِنُ yuʔminu		تُؤْمِنَانِ tuʔmināni	يُؤْمِنَانِ yuʔmināni		نُؤْمِنُ nuʔminu	تُؤْمِنُونَ tuʔminūna	يُؤْمِنُونَ yuʔminūna
	f		تُؤْمِنِينَ tuʔminīna	تُؤْمِنُ tuʔminu			تُؤْمِنَانِ tuʔmināni			تُؤْمِنَّ tuʔminna	يُؤْمِنَّ yuʔminna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُومِنَ ʔūmina	تُؤْمِنَ tuʔmina	يُؤْمِنَ yuʔmina		تُؤْمِنَا tuʔminā	يُؤْمِنَا yuʔminā		نُؤْمِنَ nuʔmina	تُؤْمِنُوا tuʔminū	يُؤْمِنُوا yuʔminū
	f		تُؤْمِنِي tuʔminī	تُؤْمِنَ tuʔmina			تُؤْمِنَا tuʔminā			تُؤْمِنَّ tuʔminna	يُؤْمِنَّ yuʔminna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُومِنْ ʔūmin	تُؤْمِنْ tuʔmin	يُؤْمِنْ yuʔmin		تُؤْمِنَا tuʔminā	يُؤْمِنَا yuʔminā		نُؤْمِنْ nuʔmin	تُؤْمِنُوا tuʔminū	يُؤْمِنُوا yuʔminū
	f		تُؤْمِنِي tuʔminī	تُؤْمِنْ tuʔmin			تُؤْمِنَا tuʔminā			تُؤْمِنَّ tuʔminna	يُؤْمِنَّ yuʔminna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		آمِنْ ʔāmin			آمِنَا ʔāminā				آمِنُوا ʔāminū
	f		آمِنِي ʔāminī							آمِنَّ ʔāminna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	—	—	أُومِنَ ʔūmina		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	—	—	يُؤْمَنُ yuʔmanu		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	—	—	يُؤْمَنَ yuʔmana		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	—	—	يُؤْمَنْ yuʔman		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—

Derived terms

• مُؤْمِن (muʔmin)

Etymology 2

Root
ء م ن (ʔ-m-n)

Derived from the active participle of the verbs أَمِنَ (ʔamina, “to be safe”), أَمُنَ (ʔamuna, “to be trustworthy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaː.min/

• Audio

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Adjective

آمِن • (ʔāmin) (feminine آمِنَة (ʔāmina))

1. safe, secure
2. trustworthy

Declension

Declension of adjective آمِن (ʔāmin)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	آمِن ʔāmin	الْآمِن al-ʔāmin	آمِنَة ʔāmina	الْآمِنَة al-ʔāmina
Nominative	آمِنٌ ʔāminun	الْآمِنُ al-ʔāminu	آمِنَةٌ ʔāminatun	الْآمِنَةُ al-ʔāminatu
Accusative	آمِنًا ʔāminan	الْآمِنَ al-ʔāmina	آمِنَةً ʔāminatan	الْآمِنَةَ al-ʔāminata
Genitive	آمِنٍ ʔāminin	الْآمِنِ al-ʔāmini	آمِنَةٍ ʔāminatin	الْآمِنَةِ al-ʔāminati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	آمِنَيْن ʔāminayn	الْآمِنَيْن al-ʔāminayn	آمِنَتَيْن ʔāminatayn	الْآمِنَتَيْن al-ʔāminatayn
Nominative	آمِنَانِ ʔāmināni	الْآمِنَانِ al-ʔāmināni	آمِنَتَانِ ʔāminatāni	الْآمِنَتَانِ al-ʔāminatāni
Accusative	آمِنَيْنِ ʔāminayni	الْآمِنَيْنِ al-ʔāminayni	آمِنَتَيْنِ ʔāminatayni	الْآمِنَتَيْنِ al-ʔāminatayni
Genitive	آمِنَيْنِ ʔāminayni	الْآمِنَيْنِ al-ʔāminayni	آمِنَتَيْنِ ʔāminatayni	الْآمِنَتَيْنِ al-ʔāminatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	آمِنِين ʔāminīn	الْآمِنِين al-ʔāminīn	آمِنَات ʔāmināt	الْآمِنَات al-ʔāmināt
Nominative	آمِنُونَ ʔāminūna	الْآمِنُونَ al-ʔāminūna	آمِنَاتٌ ʔāminātun	الْآمِنَاتُ al-ʔāminātu
Accusative	آمِنِينَ ʔāminīna	الْآمِنِينَ al-ʔāminīna	آمِنَاتٍ ʔāminātin	الْآمِنَاتِ al-ʔāmināti
Genitive	آمِنِينَ ʔāminīna	الْآمِنِينَ al-ʔāminīna	آمِنَاتٍ ʔāminātin	الْآمِنَاتِ al-ʔāmināti

Adjective

آمَن • (ʔāman)

1. elative degree of أمُنَ and أَمِنَ (ʔamina)

Declension

Declension of adjective آمَن (ʔāman)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular diptote		singular unknown
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	آمَن ʔāman	الْآمَن al-ʔāman	? ?	? ?
Nominative	آمَنُ ʔāmanu	الْآمَنُ al-ʔāmanu	? ?	? ?
Accusative	آمَنَ ʔāmana	الْآمَنَ al-ʔāmana	? ?	? ?
Genitive	آمَنَ ʔāmana	الْآمَنِ al-ʔāmani	? ?	? ?
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	آمَنَيْن ʔāmanayn	الْآمَنَيْن al-ʔāmanayn	? ?	? ?
Nominative	آمَنَانِ ʔāmanāni	الْآمَنَانِ al-ʔāmanāni	? ?	? ?
Accusative	آمَنَيْنِ ʔāmanayni	الْآمَنَيْنِ al-ʔāmanayni	? ?	? ?
Genitive	آمَنَيْنِ ʔāmanayni	الْآمَنَيْنِ al-ʔāmanayni	? ?	? ?
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	plural unknown		plural unknown
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	? ?	? ?	? ?	? ?
Nominative	? ?	? ?	? ?	? ?
Accusative	? ?	? ?	? ?	? ?
Genitive	? ?	? ?	? ?	? ?

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “آمن”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “آمن”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “ءمن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 3

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /ʔaː.ma.nu/

Verb

آمَنُ • (ʔāmanu) (form I)

1. first-person singular non-past active indicative of أَمِنَ (ʔamina)

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /ʔaː.ma.na/

Verb

آمَنَ • (ʔāmana) (form I)

1. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of أَمِنَ (ʔamina)

Pronunciation 3

• IPA^(key): /ʔaː.man/

Verb

آمَنْ • (ʔāman) (form I)

1. first-person singular non-past active jussive of أَمِنَ (ʔamina)

Pronunciation 4

• IPA^(key): /ʔaː.mu.nu/

Verb

آمُنُ • (ʔāmunu) (form I)

1. first-person singular non-past active indicative of أَمُنَ (ʔamuna)

Pronunciation 5

• IPA^(key): /ʔaː.mu.na/

Verb

آمُنَ • (ʔāmuna) (form I)

1. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of أَمُنَ (ʔamuna)

Pronunciation 6

• IPA^(key): /ʔaː.mun/

Verb

آمُنْ • (ʔāmun) (form I)

1. first-person singular non-past active jussive of أَمُنَ (ʔamuna)

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic آمَنَ (ʔāmana). The contracted fourth stem was reinterpreted as a regular third stem.

Verb

آمن • (ʾāman) (nonpast يآمن (yʾāmin))

1. to believe, to have faith (optionally with بِـ (b-, “in”))

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ء م ن
2 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic آمَنَ (ʔāmana).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaː.man/, [ˈʔæː.man]

• Audio (al-Lidd)

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Verb

آمن • (ʔāman) III (present بآمن (biʔāmen))

1. to believe, to have faith

Conjugation

Conjugation of آمن (ʔāman)
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	آمنت (ʔāmant)	آمنت (ʔāmant)	آمن (ʔāman)		آمننا (ʔāmanna)	آمنتو (ʔāmantu)	آمنو (ʔāmanu)
	f		آمنتي (ʔāmanti)	آمنت (ʔāmanat)
present	m	بآمن (baʔāmen)	بتآمن (bitʔāmen)	بآمن (biʔāmen)		منآمن (minʔāmen)	بتآمنو (bitʔāmnu)	بآمنو (biʔāmnu)
	f		بتآمني (bitʔāmni)	بتآمن (bitʔāmen)
subjunctive	m	اآمن (aʔāmen)	تآمن (tʔāmen)	يآمن (yʔāmen)		نآمن (nʔāmen)	تآمنو (tʔāmnu)	يآمنو (yʔāmnu)
	f		تآمني (tʔāmni)	تآمن (tʔāmen)
imperative	m		آمن (ʔāmen)				آمنو (ʔāmnu)
	f		آمني (ʔāmni)