غَنّ
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Highlights
Feminine
غَنَّاء
Feminine plural
غَنَّاوَات
Plural
غُنّ
Most common words from the same root
Verb · Form IV
أَغَنَّ
to buzz
Verb · Form I
غَنَّ
to hum
أَغَنّ in English
Adjective
- snuffling, twanging, nasalizing
إذَا عَلَا صَوَّانُهُ أَرَنَّا يَرْمَعُهَا والجَنْدَلُ الأَغَنَّا. (يَزِيدُ بن الأَعْوَرُ الشَّنِّي)When its flint rises high, it resounds for us; it flashes against it, while the rocky stone is resonant. (Yazid ibn al Aʿwar Al Shanni)
- soft-voiced
وَمَا سُعَادُ غَدَاةَ البَيْنِ إذْ رَحَلُوا إلّا أَغَنُّ غَضِيضُ الطَّرْفِ مَكْحُولُ. (كَعْبُ بن زُهَيْر)And what was Suʿād, on the morning of parting when they departed, but a soft-voiced one, with downcast eyes and kohl-darkened eyes? (Kaʿb ibn Zuhayr)
- populated, populous, inhabited
- lush, luxuriant
Word origin
Color or defect adjective from the root غ ن ن (ḡ n n).
Words from the root غ-ن-ن
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
غَنَّ
· present يَغَنُّ
Form I · The plain action
to pronounce through the nose, to speak in a nasal voice, to hum; to make a sound (of a stone); to be abuzz with insects (of a valley or land)
أَغَنَّ
· present يُغِنُّ
Form IV · Causative
to buzz, to hum (of insects); to resound with the buzzing of insects (of a place); to make (a tree branch) blossom
إِغْنَان
humming
مُغِنّ
مُغَنّ
غُنَان
buzzing
أَغَنّ: plural and other forms
| Singular | أَغَنّ |
|---|---|
| Feminine | غَنَّاء |
| Feminine plural | غَنَّاوَات |
| Plural | غُنّ |
أَغَنّ in a sentence
Dictionary examples
snuffling
إذَا عَلَا صَوَّانُهُ أَرَنَّا يَرْمَعُهَا والجَنْدَلُ الأَغَنَّا. (يَزِيدُ بن الأَعْوَرُ الشَّنِّي)When its flint rises high, it resounds for us; it flashes against it, while the rocky stone is resonant. (Yazid ibn al Aʿwar Al Shanni)
soft-voiced
وَمَا سُعَادُ غَدَاةَ البَيْنِ إذْ رَحَلُوا إلّا أَغَنُّ غَضِيضُ الطَّرْفِ مَكْحُولُ. (كَعْبُ بن زُهَيْر)And what was Suʿād, on the morning of parting when they departed, but a soft-voiced one, with downcast eyes and kohl-darkened eyes? (Kaʿb ibn Zuhayr)
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