غن

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See also: عن

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
غ ن ن (ḡ-n-n)

Pronunciation

Verb

غَنَّ (ḡanna) I, non-past يَغَنُّ‎ (yaḡannu)

  1. to pronounce through the nose, speak in a nasal voice, hum
  2. (of a stone) to make a sound
  3. to be abuzz with insects, (of a valley or location) to be densely populated
  4. (of a palm tree) to have ripe fruits.
Conjugation

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “غن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “غن”, 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), Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

غَنِّ (ḡanni) (form II)

  1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of غَنَّى (ḡannā)