madness
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Also written جن: جِنّ (jinn) · جُنَّ (to be possessed)
Highlights
Most common words from the same root
جَنَّ in English
Verb · Form I
- to cover, to hide, to conceal, to veil transitive
- to envelop, to enshroud, to cloak, to screen transitive
- to descend, to fall, to become night transitive
Word origin
Compare Hebrew גָּנַן (gānán, “to defend, to cover”).
Words from the root ج-ن-ن
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جَنَّ
· present يَجُنُّ
Form I · The plain action
to cover, to hide, to conceal, to veil; to envelop, to enshroud, to cloak, to screen; to descend, to fall, to become night
جُنَّ
· present يُجَنُّ
Form I · The plain action
to be possessed
جِنَّة
madness
جَنّ
جُنُون
مَجْنُون
أَجِنَ
· present يَأْجَنُ
Form I · The plain action
to be or become foul, to have its taste and colour corrupted (said of a liquid)
أَجَن
أَجْن
foul water
أُجُون
آجِن
مَأْجُون
أَجَنَ
· present يَأْجِنُ
Form I · The plain action
to beat, to poss, to fling, to waulk
أَجْن
آجِن
مَأْجُون
أَجَنَّ
· present يُجِنُّ
Form IV · Causative
to madden, to infuriate, to drive insane; to hide, to conceal; to cover, to veil
إِجْنَان
مُجِنّ
مُجَنّ
جُنَّ جُنُونًا
Form
to go crazy
مَجْنُون جُنُونًا
jinn
جَنِين
embryo
جِنِّيّ
demon
جُنَّة
thing which veils
جَنَّة
garden
جِنِّيّ
demonic
جَنْي
harvest
مِجَنّ
a shield
جَنَّ conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | جَنَنْتُ | أَجُنُّ | أَجُنَّ | أَجُنَّ / أَجُنِّ / أَجْنُنْ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | جَنَنْتَ | تَجُنُّ | تَجُنَّ | تَجُنَّ / تَجُنِّ / تَجْنُنْ | جُنَّ / جُنِّ / اُجْنُنْ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | جَنَنْتِ | تَجُنِّينَ | تَجُنِّي | تَجُنِّي | جُنِّي |
| هُوَ he | جَنَّ | يَجُنُّ | يَجُنَّ | يَجُنَّ / يَجُنِّ / يَجْنُنْ | — |
| هِيَ she | جَنَّتْ | تَجُنُّ | تَجُنَّ | تَجُنَّ / تَجُنِّ / تَجْنُنْ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | جَنَنْتُمَا | تَجُنَّانِ | تَجُنَّا | تَجُنَّا | جُنَّا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | جَنَّا | يَجُنَّانِ | يَجُنَّا | يَجُنَّا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | جَنَّتَا | تَجُنَّانِ | تَجُنَّا | تَجُنَّا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | جَنَنَّا | نَجُنُّ | نَجُنَّ | نَجُنَّ / نَجُنِّ / نَجْنُنْ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | جَنَنْتُمْ | تَجُنُّونَ | تَجُنُّوا | تَجُنُّوا | جُنُّوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | جَنَنْتُنَّ | تَجْنُنَّ | تَجْنُنَّ | تَجْنُنَّ | اُجْنُنَّ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | جَنُّوا | يَجُنُّونَ | يَجُنُّوا | يَجُنُّوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | جَنَنَّ | يَجْنُنَّ | يَجْنُنَّ | يَجْنُنَّ | — |
| Verbal noun | جَنّ، جُنُون |
|---|---|
| Active participle | جَانّ |
| Passive participle | مَجْنُون |
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