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مَجْنُون

mad

AdjectiveRoot ج-ن-ن

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Highlights

Feminine
مَجْنُونَة
Masculine plural
مَجْنُونُون، مَجَانِين
Feminine plural
مَجْنُونَات

Most common words from the same root

Noun
جُنُون
madness
Verb · Form I
جَنَّ
to cover
Noun
جِنّ
jinn
Verb · Form I
جُنَّ
to be possessed
Noun
جَنِين
embryo
Noun
جِنِّيّ
demon

مَجْنُون in English

Adjective

  1. mad, crazy, insane, possessed
    هَلْ أَنْتَ مَجْنُونٌ؟Are you crazy?
    كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ فَكَذَّبُوا عَبْدَنَا وَقَالُوا مَجْنُونٌ وَازْدُجِرَThe people of Noah denied before them, and they denied Our servant and said, "A madman," and he was repelled.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 54:9

Word origin

Derived from the passive participle of the verb جُنَّ (junna).

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

جُنُون
Verbal noun
madness
جَنّ
Verbal noun
جَانّ
Active participle
snake
مَجْنُون
Passive participle · Adjective
mad
جُنَّ · present يُجَنُّ
Form I · The plain action

to be possessed

جِنَّة
Verbal noun
madness
جَنّ
Verbal noun
جُنُون
Verbal noun
مَجْنُون
Passive participle
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
Verbal noun
أَجْن
Verbal noun
foul water
أُجُون
Verbal noun
آجِن
Active participle
مَأْجُون
Passive participle
أَجَنَ · present يَأْجِنُ
Form I · The plain action

to beat, to poss, to fling, to waulk

أَجْن
Verbal noun
آجِن
Active participle
مَأْجُون
Passive participle
أَجَنَّ · present يُجِنُّ
Form IV · Causative

to madden, to infuriate, to drive insane; to hide, to conceal; to cover, to veil

إِجْنَان
Verbal noun
مُجِنّ
Active participle
مُجَنّ
Passive participle
جُنَّ جُنُونًا
Form

to go crazy

مَجْنُون جُنُونًا
Passive participle
جِنّ
Noun · m.
jinn
جَنِين
Noun · m.
embryo
جِنِّيّ
Noun · m.
demon
جُنَّة
Noun · f.
thing which veils
جَنَّة
Noun · f.
garden
جِنِّيّ
Adjective
demonic
جَنْي
Noun · m.
harvest
مِجَنّ
Noun · m.
a shield

مَجْنُون: plural and other forms

Singularمَجْنُون
Feminineمَجْنُونَة
Masculine pluralمَجْنُونُون، مَجَانِين
Feminine pluralمَجْنُونَات

مَجْنُون in a sentence

Dictionary examples

mad

هَلْ أَنْتَ مَجْنُونٌ؟Are you crazy?

mad

كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ فَكَذَّبُوا عَبْدَنَا وَقَالُوا مَجْنُونٌ وَازْدُجِرَThe people of Noah denied before them, and they denied Our servant and said, "A madman," and he was repelled.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 54:9

From a fully vowelled text

وَتَكُونُ مَجْنُونًا مِنْ مَنْظَرِ عَيْنَيْكَ الَّذِي تَنْظُرُ.So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.Deuteronomy 28:34, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
مِثْلُ الْمَجْنُونِ الَّذِي يَرْمِي نَارًا وَسِهَامًا وَمَوْتًا،As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,Proverbs 26:18, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
لِلضَّحْكِ قُلْتُ: «مَجْنُونٌ» وَلِلْفَرَحِ: «مَاذَا يَفْعَلُ؟».I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?Ecclesiastes 2:2, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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