غن

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See also: عن

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
غ ن ن (ḡ n n)
1 term

Pronunciation

Verb

غَنَّ (ḡanna) I (first-person singular past غَنِنْتُ (ḡanintu), non-past يَغَنُّ (yaḡannu), verbal noun غَنّ (ḡann) or غُنَّة (ḡunna))

  1. to pronounce through the nose, to speak in a nasal voice, to hum
  2. to make a sound (of a stone)
  3. to be abuzz with insects (of a valley or land)
  4. to be dense with foliage (of a valley or land)
  5. to become mature (of a palm tree)
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) /ɣan.ni/

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