لدن

Arabic

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -un

Etymology 1

Uncertain, often considered a variation of لَدَى‎ (ladā) perhaps the /ن/ reflecting a vestigial duality; at one's two hands. Alternatively, by analogy with one's feet, developed from a contraction of لَ‎ (la, “to, for”) + دُون‎ (dūn, “beneath; by one's feet”); hence coming to or being at a space or duration close or near, right at their feet, immediately before them, in the presence of, happening or being near, following in a location or time.

Preposition

لَدُنْ • (ladun)

  1. at, by, near, since, from the moment that
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:10:
      ‏إِذْ أَوَى الْفِتْيَةُ إِلَى الْكَهْفِ فَقَالُوا رَبَّنَا آتِنَا مِنْ لَدُنْكَ رَحْمَةً وَهَيِّئْ لَنَا مِنْ أَمْرِنَا رَشَدًا‎
      ʔiḏ ʔawā l-fityatu ʔilā l-kahfi faqālū rabbanā ʔātinā min ladunka raḥmatan wahayyiʔ lanā min ʔamrinā rašadan
      Mufti Taqi: When the young men took refuge in the Cave and said, “Our Lord, bless us with mercy from Your own and provide us with guidance in our matters.”
Usage notes
  • Usually preceded by مِنْ‎ (min, “from”).
Inflection
    Inflected forms
Base form لَدُنْ (ladun)
Personal-pronoun-
including forms		 Singular Dual Plural
Masculine Feminine Common Masculine Feminine
First person لَدُنِّي / لَدُنِّيَ‎ (ladunnī / ladunniya) لَدُنَّا‎ (ladunnā)
Second person لَدُنْكَ‎ (ladunka) لَدُنْكِ‎ (ladunki) لَدُنْكُمَا‎ (ladunkumā) لَدُنْكُمْ‎ (ladunkum) لَدُنْكُنَّ‎ (ladunkunna)
Third person لَدُنْهُ‎ (ladunhu) لَدُنْهَا‎ (ladunhā) لَدُنْهُمَا‎ (ladunhumā) لَدُنْهُمْ‎ (ladunhum) لَدُنْهُنَّ‎ (ladunhunna)
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • لَدُنِّيّ‎ (ladunniyy, adjective)
    • اَلْعِلْمُ اللَّدُنِّيّ‎ (al-ʕilmu l-ladunniyy)

Verb

لِدْنَ • (lidna) (form I)

  1. second-person feminine plural active imperative of وَلَدَ‎ (walada)
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