جزين
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Arabic
Etymology 1
Verb
جزين (form I)
- جَزَيْنَ (jazayna) /d͡ʒa.zaj.na/: third-person feminine plural past active of جَزَى (jazā)
- جُزِينَ (juzīna) /d͡ʒu.ziː.na/: third-person feminine plural past passive of جَزَى (jazā)
Etymology 2
Aramaic גזין / ܓܙܝܢ (gazzīn, literally “treasures”), doublet of كَنْز (kanz) and خَزْنَة (ḵazna).
Pronunciation
- (hyperclassical) IPA(key): /d͡ʒiz.ziːn/
- (general register) IPA(key): /d͡ʒaz.ziːn/
- (completely dialectal) IPA(key): /ʒaz.ziːn/
Proper noun
جَزِّين or جِزِّين • (jazzīn or jizzīn) f
- Jezzine (a town, the capital of the Jezzine District, South Governorate, Lebanon)
- Jezzine District (a district of South Governorate, Lebanon) (قَضَاء جَزِّين (qaḍāʔ jazzīn))
Declension
Declension of noun جَزِّين (jazzīn); جِزِّين (jizzīn)
| Singular | basic singular diptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | — | جَزِّين; جِزِّين jazzīn; jizzīn |
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| Nominative | — | جَزِّينُ; جِزِّينُ jazzīnu; jizzīnu |
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| Accusative | — | جَزِّينَ; جِزِّينَ jazzīna; jizzīna |
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| Genitive | — | جَزِّينَ; جِزِّينَ jazzīna; jizzīna |
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Derived terms
- وَادِي جَزِّين (wādī jazzīn, “Wadi Jezzine”, a village in the Jezzine district)
References
- Wild, Stefan (1973) Libanesische Ortsnamen (Beiruter Texte und Studien; 9), Würzburg · Bayrūt: Ergon-Verlag · al-Furat, published 2008, →ISBN, page 88