زنى

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See also: زني and زنی

Arabic

Etymology

Compare Hebrew זָנָה (zaná, to fornicate)

Verb

زَنَى (zanā) I, non-past يَزْنِي‎ (yaznī)

  1. to commit adultery, to fornicate
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 25:68:
      وَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَدْعُونَ مَعَ ٱللّٰهِ إِلَٰهًا آخَرَ وَلَا يَقْتُلُونَ ٱلنَّفْسَ ٱلَّتِي حَرَّمَ ٱللّٰهُ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَا يَزْنُونَ ۚ وَمَن يَفْعَلْ ذَٰلِكَ يَلْقَ أَثَامًا
      wallaḏīna lā yadʕūna maʕa llāhi ʔilāhan ʔāḵara walā yaqtulūna n-nafsa llatī ḥarrama llāhu ʔillā bi-l-ḥaqqi walā yaznūna waman yafʕal ḏālika yalqa ʔaṯāman
      Q. 25:68: "And those who do not call upon any god other than Allah, and who do not kill any soul which Allah has made forbidden, except with right, and who do not fornicate. The one who does that shall meet a punishment".

Conjugation

Verb

زَنَّى (zannā) II, non-past يُزَنِّي‎ (yuzannī)

  1. (transitive, rare) to accuse of fornication
    • (Can we date this quote?), Al-Jahiz, Kitāb al-Hayawān:
      وكان له بنيّ يتبعه، فكان يزنّي أمّه عند كلّ حقّ وباطل، وعند كلّ جدّ وهزل. قلت له يوما- ونحن عند بني ربعيّ: ويحك، بأيّ شيء تستحلّ أن تقذف أمّه
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Conjugation

Noun

زِنًى (zinanm (construct state زِنَى (zinā))

  1. verbal noun of زَنَى (zanā) (form I)
  2. adultery, fornication
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 17:32:
      وَلَا تَقْرَبُوا الزِّنَى ۖ إِنَّهُ كَانَ فَاحِشَةً وَسَاءَ سَبِيلًا
      walā taqrabū az-zinā ʔinnahu kāna fāḥišatan wasāʔa sabīlan
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