جِنَايَة
a felony
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Most common words from the same root
Noun
جَانٍ
gatherer
Verb · Form I
جَنَى
to harvest
Adjective
جَانٍ
guilty
Noun
جِنَايَة
a felony
جِنَائِيّ in English
Adjective
- criminal
Word origin
Etymology tree Arabic جِنَايَة (jināya) Proto-Afroasiatic Proto-Semitic Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy) Arabic جنائي From جِنَايَة (jināya, “crime”) + ـِيّ (-iyy).
Words from the root ج-ن-ي
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جَنَى
· present يَجْنِي
Form I · The plain action
to commit a crime, an outrage, to offend
جَانٍ
gatherer
جَانٍ
guilty
مَجْنِيّ
جَنَى
· present يَجْنِي
Form I · The plain action
to harvest, to reap, to gather; to collect, to gain, to obtain
جَنْي
جَنًى
جَانٍ
مَجْنِيّ
تَجَنَّى
· present يَتَجَنَّى
Form V · Reflexive of Form II
to incriminate, to charge with, to attack; to misrepresent, to diverge from
تَجَنٍّ
calumny
مُتَجَنٍّ
مُتَجَنًّى
اِجْتَنَى
· present يَجْتَنِي
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic
to harvest, to reap, to gather
اِجْتِنَاء
مُجْتَنٍ
مُجْتَنًى
criminal
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