أمن

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See also: امن and آمن

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ء م ن (ʔ-m-n)

Verb

أَمُنَ (ʔamuna) I, non-past يَأْمُنُ‎ (yaʔmunu)

  1. to be faithful, to be reliable
Conjugation

Verb

أَمِنَ (ʔamina) I, non-past يَأْمَنُ‎ (yaʔmanu)

  1. to be safe from
  2. to feel secure, to feel safe from
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 7:97:
      أَفَأَمِنَ أَهْلُ الْقُرَى أَن يَأْتِيَهُم بَأْسُنَا بَيَاتًا وَهُمْ نَائِمُونَ
      ʔafaʔamina ʔahlu l-qurā ʔan yaʔtiyahum baʔsunā bayātan wahum nāʔimūna
      Did the people of those societies feel secure that Our punishment would not come upon them by night while they were asleep?
  3. to trust (ه someone) or to find (ه someone) reliable/trustworthy (على-ه about-someone/something)
  4. To have peace in mind
  5. to entrust
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 12:64:
      قَالَ هَلْ ءَامَنُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا كَمَآ أَمِنتُكُمْ عَلَىٰٓ أَخِيهِ مِن قَبْلُ ۖ فَٱللَّهُ خَيْرٌ حَـٰفِظًۭا ۖ وَهُوَ أَرْحَمُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ
      He said, "Should I entrust you with him except as I entrusted you with his brother before? But Allāh is the best guardian, and He is the most merciful of the merciful."
Conjugation
Derived terms

Verb

أَمَّنَ (ʔammana) II, non-past يُؤَمِّنُ‎ (yuʔamminu)

  1. to reassure
  2. to ensure
  3. to secure
  4. to provide
  5. to insure
  6. to entrust
  7. to say "آمِين" (ʔāmīn, amen)
Conjugation

Noun

أَمْن (ʔamnm

  1. verbal noun of أَمِنَ (ʔamina) (form I)
  2. safety, security
  3. peace
  4. protection
Declension

Adjective

أَمِن (ʔamin)

  1. safe, protected
    • 2017 December 28, “التايمز تكشف عن مخبأ الآلاف من إرهابيي داعش الأجانب”, in The Baghdad Post:
      التقرير أكد، بان لقاءات مع قادة محليين سوريين، أكراد وعراقيين، أوضحت، بان هؤلاء الأجانب، لجئوا الى الصحراء في محاولة للهرب من القتل او الاعتقال الذي قد يطالهم على المناطق الحدودية، حيث وجدوا في عمق الصحاري ملاجئ امنة مؤقتة لهم، فيما يحاولون يائسين الوصول الى الحدود التركية، ومنها العودة إلى بلدانهم.
      The report affirmed that meetings with local Syrian leaders, Kurds, and Iraqis showed that these foreigners took shelter in the desert in the attempt to escape their being killed or arrested that reached out to them in the border zones where they encountered in the desert depths temporary safe shelters for them while they desperately sought the link to the Turkish borders, and with it the return to their homelands.
Declension

References

  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “أمن”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, pages 56–57
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “أمن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

أَمُنُّ (ʔamunnu) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past active indicative of مَنَّ (manna)

Verb

أَمُنَّ (ʔamunna) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of مَنَّ (manna)
  2. first-person singular non-past active jussive of مَنَّ (manna)

Verb

أَمُنِّ (ʔamunni) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past active jussive of مَنَّ (manna)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ء م ن
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic أَمَّنَ (ʔammana).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔam.man/,
  • (file)

Verb

أمّن (ʔamman) II (present بأمّن (biʔammen), passive participle مأمّن (mʔamman))

  1. to insure, to secure, to safeguard
    سيّارتك مأمّنة؟
    sayyārtak mʔammane?
    Is your car insured?
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of أمّن (ʔamman)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m أمّنت (ʔammant) أمّنت (ʔammant) أمّن (ʔamman) أمّننا (ʔammanna) أمّنتو (ʔammantu) أمّنو (ʔammanu)
f أمّنتي (ʔammanti) أمّنت (ʔammanat)
present m بأمّن (baʔammen) بتأمّن (bitʔammen) بأمّن (biʔammen) منأمّن (minʔammen) بتأمّنو (bitʔammnu) بأمّنو (biʔammnu)
f بتأمّني (bitʔammni) بتأمّن (bitʔammen)
subjunctive m اأمّن (aʔammen) تأمّن (tʔammen) يأمّن (yʔammen) نأمّن (nʔammen) تأمّنو (tʔammnu) يأمّنو (yʔammnu)
f تأمّني (tʔammni) تأمّن (tʔammen)
imperative m أمّن (ʔammen) أمّنو (ʔammnu)
f أمّني (ʔammni)