madness
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Also written جن: جَنَّ (to cover) · جُنَّ (to be possessed)
Highlights
Plural
جِنَّان
Other plurals
جَوَان، جِنَّات
Singular (one)
جَانّ، جِنِّيّ، جِنِّيَّة، جِنَّة
Most common words from the same root
جِنّ in English
Noun · masculine
- spiritual or otherwise unseen, undetectable, masked, or morphed beings that may be benevolent or helpful (agathodaemons, eudaemons), neutral, or malevolent (cacodemons); demonkind, jinn, genies collective
- any mythical beings in general (such as fairies, satyrs, nymphs, elves, goblins, and sprites) collective
- a genie, a jann, one of the jinn(s). collective, informal
Word origin
Formally from the root ج ن ن (j n n), related to disappearance, hiding and concealment, though most likely a back-formation from جِنِّي (jinnī), derived from Classical Syriac ܓܢܝ (gnē, “spirit, genie”), or its emphatic form Aramaic גניא (ginnāyā) or Classical Syriac ܓܢܝܐ (genyā), also meaning "a tutelary deity" or "Astaroth idols". Compare Latin genius.
Words from the root ج-ن-ن
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
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
جِنّ: plural and other forms
| Singular | جِنّ |
|---|---|
| Plural | جِنَّان |
| Alternative plurals | جَوَان، جِنَّات |
| Singulative (one) | جَانّ، جِنِّيّ، جِنِّيَّة، جِنَّة |
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