ع ي ن

Arabic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʿayn-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʕayVn-.

Root

ع ي ن • (ʕ-y-n)

  1. related to the eye

Derived terms
Verbs and verbal derivatives
  • Form I: عَانَ (ʕāna)
  • Form II: عَيَّنَ (ʕayyana)
  • Form III: عَايَنَ (ʕāyana, “to inspect”)
    • Verbal noun: مُعَايَنَة (muʕāyana), عِيَان (ʕiyān)
    • Active participle: مُعَايِن (muʕāyin)
    • Passive participle: مُعَايَن (muʕāyan)
  • Form IV: أَعَانَ (ʔaʕāna)
    • Verbal noun: إِعَانَة (ʔiʕāna)
    • Active participle: مُعِين (muʕīn)
    • Passive participle: مُعَان (muʕān)
  • Form V: تَعَيَّنَ (taʕayyana)
    • Verbal noun: تَعَيُّن (taʕayyun)
    • Active participle: مُتَعَيِّن (mutaʕayyin)
    • Passive participle: مُتَعَيَّن (mutaʕayyan)
  • Form VIII: اِعْتَانَ (iʕtāna)
    • Verbal noun: اِعْتِيَان (iʕtiyān)
    • Active participle: مُعْتَان (muʕtān)
    • Passive participle: مُعْتَان (muʕtān)
Nouns and adjectives

References
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “ع ي ن”, 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), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, pages 424–428
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