عن

See also: غن

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ع ن ن (ʕ-n-n) in the sense of appearing in view in the distance and in the sense offering or presenting, bring it into someone’s view; related to ع ي ن (ʕ-y-n) a root denoting the eye and vision.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕan/

Preposition

عَنْ • (ʕan)

1. off, away from
2. from (source)
3. out of (a feeling)
4. about, on
5. according to, as attested by, on authority of
6. on the basis of, on the strength of
7. for, in defense of
8. as a substitute for

Inflection

Inflected forms
Base form					عَنْ (ʕan)
Personal-pronoun- including forms	Singular		Dual	Plural
	Masculine	Feminine	Common	Masculine	Feminine
First person	عَنِّي (ʕannī)			عَنَّا (ʕannā)
Second person	عَنْكَ (ʕanka)	عَنْكِ (ʕanki)	عَنْكُمَا (ʕankumā)	عَنْكُمْ (ʕankum)	عَنْكُنَّ (ʕankunna)
Third person	عَنْهُ (ʕanhu)	عَنْهَا (ʕanhā)	عَنْهُمَا (ʕanhumā)	عَنْهُمْ (ʕanhum)	عَنْهُنَّ (ʕanhunna)

Derived terms

• عَمَّا (ʕammā)
• عَمَّ (ʕamma)
• عَمَّنْ (ʕamman)

Etymology 2

Root
ع ن ن (ʕ-n-n)

Verb

عَنَّ • (ʕanna) I, non-past يَعِنُّ or يَعُنُّ‎ (yaʕinnu or yaʕunnu)

1. to present itself, to offer itself
2. to take shape, to form, to arise, to spring up
3. to suggest itself
4. to appear, to occur
5. to turn away, to move aside
6. to put a rein on
7. to pull the reins on
8. to confine, to enclose
9. to vilify, to revile

Conjugation

Conjugation of

عَنَّ

(form-I geminate, verbal nouns عَنّ or عَنَن)

verbal nouns الْمَصَادِر						عَنّ or عَنَن ʕann or ʕanan
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						عَانّ ʕānn
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مَعْنُون maʕnūn
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	عَنَنْتُ ʕanantu	عَنَنْتَ ʕananta	عَنَّ ʕanna		عَنَنْتُمَا ʕanantumā	عَنَّا ʕannā		عَنَنَّا ʕanannā	عَنَنْتُمْ ʕanantum	عَنُّوا ʕannū
	f		عَنَنْتِ ʕananti	عَنَّتْ ʕannat			عَنَّتَا ʕannatā			عَنَنْتُنَّ ʕanantunna	عَنَنَّ ʕananna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَعِنُّ or أَعُنُّ ʔaʕinnu or ʔaʕunnu	تَعِنُّ or تَعُنُّ taʕinnu or taʕunnu	يَعِنُّ or يَعُنُّ yaʕinnu or yaʕunnu		تَعِنَّانِ or تَعُنَّانِ taʕinnāni or taʕunnāni	يَعِنَّانِ or يَعُنَّانِ yaʕinnāni or yaʕunnāni		نَعِنُّ or نَعُنُّ naʕinnu or naʕunnu	تَعِنُّونَ or تَعُنُّونَ taʕinnūna or taʕunnūna	يَعِنُّونَ or يَعُنُّونَ yaʕinnūna or yaʕunnūna
	f		تَعِنِّينَ or تَعُنِّينَ taʕinnīna or taʕunnīna	تَعِنُّ or تَعُنُّ taʕinnu or taʕunnu			تَعِنَّانِ or تَعُنَّانِ taʕinnāni or taʕunnāni			تَعْنِنَّ or تَعْنُنَّ taʕninna or taʕnunna	يَعْنِنَّ or يَعْنُنَّ yaʕninna or yaʕnunna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَعِنَّ or أَعُنَّ ʔaʕinna or ʔaʕunna	تَعِنَّ or تَعُنَّ taʕinna or taʕunna	يَعِنَّ or يَعُنَّ yaʕinna or yaʕunna		تَعِنَّا or تَعُنَّا taʕinnā or taʕunnā	يَعِنَّا or يَعُنَّا yaʕinnā or yaʕunnā		نَعِنَّ or نَعُنَّ naʕinna or naʕunna	تَعِنُّوا or تَعُنُّوا taʕinnū or taʕunnū	يَعِنُّوا or يَعُنُّوا yaʕinnū or yaʕunnū
	f		تَعِنِّي or تَعُنِّي taʕinnī or taʕunnī	تَعِنَّ or تَعُنَّ taʕinna or taʕunna			تَعِنَّا or تَعُنَّا taʕinnā or taʕunnā			تَعْنِنَّ or تَعْنُنَّ taʕninna or taʕnunna	يَعْنِنَّ or يَعْنُنَّ yaʕninna or yaʕnunna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَعِنَّ or أَعِنِّ or أَعْنِنْ or أَعُنَّ or أَعُنِّ or أَعْنُنْ ʔaʕinna or ʔaʕinni or ʔaʕnin or ʔaʕunna or ʔaʕunni or ʔaʕnun	تَعِنَّ or تَعِنِّ or تَعْنِنْ or تَعُنَّ or تَعُنِّ or تَعْنُنْ taʕinna or taʕinni or taʕnin or taʕunna or taʕunni or taʕnun	يَعِنَّ or يَعِنِّ or يَعْنِنْ or يَعُنَّ or يَعُنِّ or يَعْنُنْ yaʕinna or yaʕinni or yaʕnin or yaʕunna or yaʕunni or yaʕnun		تَعِنَّا or تَعُنَّا taʕinnā or taʕunnā	يَعِنَّا or يَعُنَّا yaʕinnā or yaʕunnā		نَعِنَّ or نَعِنِّ or نَعْنِنْ or نَعُنَّ or نَعُنِّ or نَعْنُنْ naʕinna or naʕinni or naʕnin or naʕunna or naʕunni or naʕnun	تَعِنُّوا or تَعُنُّوا taʕinnū or taʕunnū	يَعِنُّوا or يَعُنُّوا yaʕinnū or yaʕunnū
	f		تَعِنِّي or تَعُنِّي taʕinnī or taʕunnī	تَعِنَّ or تَعِنِّ or تَعْنِنْ or تَعُنَّ or تَعُنِّ or تَعْنُنْ taʕinna or taʕinni or taʕnin or taʕunna or taʕunni or taʕnun			تَعِنَّا or تَعُنَّا taʕinnā or taʕunnā			تَعْنِنَّ or تَعْنُنَّ taʕninna or taʕnunna	يَعْنِنَّ or يَعْنُنَّ yaʕninna or yaʕnunna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		عِنَّ or عِنِّ or اِعْنِنْ or عُنَّ or عُنِّ or اُعْنُنْ ʕinna or ʕinni or iʕnin or ʕunna or ʕunni or uʕnun			عِنَّا or عُنَّا ʕinnā or ʕunnā				عِنُّوا or عُنُّوا ʕinnū or ʕunnū
	f		عِنِّي or عُنِّي ʕinnī or ʕunnī							اِعْنِنَّ or اُعْنُنَّ iʕninna or uʕnunna
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	—	—	عُنَّ ʕunna		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	—	—	يُعَنُّ yuʕannu		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	—	—	يُعَنَّ yuʕanna		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	—	—	يُعَنَّ or يُعَنِّ or يُعْنَنْ yuʕanna or yuʕanni or yuʕnan		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—

Noun

عَنّ • (ʕann) m

1. verbal noun of عَنَّ (ʕanna) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun عَنّ (ʕann)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَنّ ʕann	الْعَنّ al-ʕann	عَنّ ʕann
Nominative	عَنٌّ ʕannun	الْعَنُّ al-ʕannu	عَنُّ ʕannu
Accusative	عَنًّا ʕannan	الْعَنَّ al-ʕanna	عَنَّ ʕanna
Genitive	عَنٍّ ʕannin	الْعَنِّ al-ʕanni	عَنِّ ʕanni

References

• Freytag, Georg (1835) “عن”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 226
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “عن”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[2], London: Williams & Norgate, pages 2162–2163
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “عن”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[3], London: W.H. Allen, page 728

Persian

Etymology

Clipping of انبار (anbâr, “storage, here storage of manure”), rebracketing it as عن ('an, “shit”) + بار (bâr, “load”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [æn]

Noun

عن • ('an)

1. (vulgar) shit

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ع ن ن
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic عَنْ (ʕan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕan/, [ʕan]

• Audio (Ramallah)

  (file)

Preposition

عن • (ʕan)

1. from (away from)
2. about
3. instead of, on behalf of

Inflection

Inflected forms of عن
Base form					عن (ʕan)
Personal-pronoun- including forms		singular		plural
		m	f
1st person		عنّي (ʕanni)		عنّا (ʕanna)
2nd person		عنّك (ʕannak)	عنّك (ʕannek)	عنكم (ʕankom)
3rd person		عنّه (ʕanno)	عنها (ʕanha)	عنهم (ʕanhom)