إن

Inherited from Proto-West Semitic *him, from Proto-Semitic *šim.

• IPA^(key): /ʔin/

إِن • (ʔin)

1. (conditional) if (possible, not contrary to fact)

   ‏إِنْ تَدْرُسْ تَنْجَحْ‎ ― ʔin tadrus tanjaḥ ― If you study you (will) succeed.

   ‏إِنْ لَا تَدْرُسْ لَا تَنْجَحْ‎ ― ʔin lā tadrus lā tanjaḥ ― If you do not study you (will) not succeed.

   ‏اَلْمَرْءُ مَقْتُولٌ بِمَا قَتَلَ بِهِ: إِنْ سَيْفًا فَسَيْفٌ، وَإِنْ خِنْجَرًا فِخِنْجَرٌ.‎‎

   al-marʔu maqtūlun bimā qatala bihi: ʔin sayfan fasayfun, waʔin ḵinjaran fiḵinjarun.

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   ‏اَلنَّاسُ مَجْزِيُّونَ بِأَعَمَالِهِمْ، إِنْ خَيْرًا فَخَيْرٌ، وَإنْ شَرًّا فَشَرٌّ.‎‎

   an-nāsu majziyyūna biʔaʕamālihim, ʔin ḵayran faḵayrun, waʔin šarran fašarrun.

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   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:111:

     ‏هَاتُوا بُرْهَانَكُمْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ‎

     hātū burhānakum ʔin kuntum ṣādiqīna

     Give your proof, if you are truthful.

Normally for conditions that are capable of being fulfilled. For contrary-to-fact conditions, use لَوْ‎ (law). Used with the past tense or the jussive, in both cases with a present-tense meaning.

• إِذْمَا‎ (ʔiḏmā)

• إِمَّا‎ (ʔimmā)

Cognate to Hebrew הִנֵּה‎ (“lo, behold”).[1][2]

• IPA^(key): /ʔin.na/

إِنَّ • (ʔinna)

1. indeed, an emphasizing sentence particle, usually untranslated

   ‏إِنِّي فَقِير وَلَا أَجِدُ طَعَامًا أُطْعِمُ أَوْلَادِي وَعَائِلَتِي، فَسَاعِدْنِي.‎‎

   ʔinnī faqīr wa-lā ʔajidu ṭaʕāman ʔuṭʕimu ʔawlādī wa-ʕāʔilatī, fa-sāʕidnī.

   I am poor and can't find food to feed my children and my family, so please help me.

• The subject of a clause containing إِنَّ‎ (ʔinna) takes the accusative case, personal pronouns take enclitic forms.
• When إِنَّ‎ (ʔinna) is followed by the first person singular enclitic ـِي‎ (-ī, “my, me”), it produces forms إِنِّي‎ (ʔinnī) or إِنَّنِي‎ (ʔinnanī). When it is followed by the first person plural enclitic نَا‎ (nā, “our, us”), it produces forms إِنَّا‎ (ʔinnā) or إِنَّنَا‎ (ʔinnanā).

• إِنَّمَا‎ (ʔinnamā)

• (ʾinna and her sisters) إِنَّ وَأَخَوَاتُهَا‎ (ʔinna waʔaḵawātuhā); إِنَّ (ʔinna), أَنَّ‎ (ʔanna), لٰكِنَّ‎ (lākinna), كَأَنَّ‎ (kaʔanna), لَعَلَّ‎ (laʕalla), لَيْتَ‎ (layta), ^{(Category: Sisters of ʾinna)}

Cognate to Hebrew אין‎ (ein).

• IPA^(key): /ʔin/

إِنْ • (ʔin)

1. (archaic) not
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 67:20:

     ‏إِنِ الْكَافِرُونَ إِلَّا فِي غُرُورٍ‎

     ʔini al-kāfirūna ʔillā fī ḡurūrin

     the disbelievers are not but in delusion

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:62:

     ‏إِنْ أَرَدْنَا إِلَّا إِحْسَانًا وَتَوْفِيقًا‎

     ʔin ʔaradnā ʔillā ʔiḥsānan wa-tawfīqan

     we intended nothing but good conduct and accommodation

   • a. 869, Al-Jāḥiẓ, “طرف أهل خراسان”, in البخلاء:

     ‏لَا وَٱللّٰهِ، إِنْ أَهْلَكَ النَّاسَ وَلَا أَقْفَرَ بُيُوتَهُمْ وَلَا تَرَكُ دُورَهُمْ بَلَاقِعَ إِلَّا الْإِيمَانُ بِٱلْخَلَفِ‎

     lā wal-lāhi, ʔin ʔahlaka n-nāsa walā ʔaqfara buyūtahum walā taraku dūrahum balāqiʕa ʔillā l-ʔīmānu bi-l-ḵalafi

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• مَا‎ (mā)

• Lane, Edward William (1863), “إن”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 103 seqq.
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “إن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 37

From Arabic إن‎ (ʔin).

إن • (ʔin)

1. if (followed by a past tense verb)

   ‏إن جيت بكرة، جيبلي معك جاكيت.‎‎

   ʔin jīt bukra jīb-li maʕak jākēt

   If you come tomorrow, bring me a jacket.

   (literally, “If you come tomorrow, bring for me a jacket with you.”)

   Synonyms: إذا‎ (ʔiza), إنكنّـ‎ (ʔin-kann-)

• إن (ʔin) is always followed by a verb in the past tense, even if refer to an action in the future.

• لو‎ (law, “if (hypothetical)”), لونـ‎ (lawenn-, “if (hypothetical)”)

From Arabic أَنَّ‎ (ʔanna).

See إنّه‎ (ʔinno).

إنّـ • (ʔinn-)

1. that (followed by a suffix pronoun)

   Invariable form: إنّه‎ (ʔinno)

• This preposition can be either used invariable in the form إنّه‎ (ʔinno) or with an attached suffix pronoun.
• The suffix pronoun agrees with the subject of the subordinate clause.

• لإنّـ‎ (la-ʔinn-, “because”)
• كإنّـ‎ (ka-ʔinn-, “as if”)