ظعن

Arabic

Etymology 1

Cognate to Aramaic טְעַן (ṭəʿan) and Hebrew צָעַן (tsa'án, to wander).

Pronunciation

  • Verb: IPA(key): /ðˤa.ʕa.na/
  • Noun 1: IPA(key): /ðˤaʕn/
  • Noun 2: IPA(key): /ðˤa.ʕan/

Verb

ظَعَنَ (ẓaʿana) I, non-past يَظْعَنُ‎ (yaẓʿanu) (intransitive, literary)

  1. to set out on a journey; to travel; to journey; to fare; to venture out or forth
    Synonyms: سَافَرَ (sāfara), اِرْتَحَلَ (irtaḥala)
    • (Can we date this quote?), al-Ḥarīrī, المَقَامَة الدِمْيَاطِيَّة [The Damiettan Episode]:
      ظَعَنْتُ إِلَى دِمْيَاطَ. عَامَ هِياطٍ وَمِيَاطٍ. وَأَنَا يَوْمَئِذٍ مَرْمُوقُ ٱلرَّخَاءِ. مَوْمُوقُ ٱلْإِخَاءِ. أَسْحَبُ مَطَارِفَ ٱلثَّرَاءِ. وَأَجْتَلِي مَعَارِفَ ٱلسَّرَّاءِ.
      ẓaʿantu ʾilā dimyāṭa. ʿāma hiyāṭin wamiyāṭin. waʾanā yawmaʾiḏin marmūqu r-raḵāʾi. mawmūqu l-ʾiḵāʾi. ʾasḥabu maṭārifa ṯ-ṯarāʾi. waʾajtalī maʿārifa s-sarrāʾi.
      I fared off to Damietta, in a year of hurry-scurry, in arresting luxury, and prized fraternity, pulling along the tails of plenty, relishing visages of felicity.
Conjugation

Noun

ظَعْن or ظَعَن (ẓaʿn or ẓaʿan) m

  1. verbal noun of ظَعَنَ (ẓaʿana) (form I)
Declension
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