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سَنَّ

to sharpen

VerbForm IRoot س-ن-ن

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Also written سن: سِنّ (tooth)

Highlights

Present tense
يَسُنُّ
Verbal noun
سَنّ
Active participle
سَانّ
Passive participle
مَسْنُون

Most common words from the same root

Noun
سِنّ
tooth
Noun
سُنَّة
a usual
Adjective
مُسِنّ
old
Noun
مِسَنّ
grinder
Verb · Form IV
أَسَنَّ
to grow teeth

سَنَّ in English

Verb · Form I

  1. to sharpen, to whet, to hone, to grind
  2. to mold, to shape, to form
  3. to prescribe, to introduce, to enact
  4. to institute, to establish a method

Word origin

Etymologically related to سن (sinn, “tooth”, sense 3); also compare the letter ش (š).

Words from the root س-ن-ن

Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →

سَنَّ · present يَسُنُّ
Form I · The plain action

to sharpen, to whet, to hone, to grind; to mold, to shape, to form; to prescribe, to introduce, to enact

سَنّ
Verbal noun
prescription
سَانّ
Active participle
مَسْنُون
Passive participle · Adjective
pointy
سُنَّة
Derived noun
a usual
أَسَنَّ · present يُسِنُّ
Form IV · Causative

to grow teeth, to cut one’s teeth, to teethe; to furnish with a toothlike projection (for example, a pointy end, a blade, and so on); to advance in years, to grow old, to age

إِسْنَان
Verbal noun
مُسِنّ
Active participle · Adjective
old
مُسَنّ
Passive participle
تَسَنَّنَ · present يَتَسَنَّنُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II

to be or become Sunni, to feign Sunnism

تَسَنُّن
Verbal noun
Sunnism
مُتَسَنِّن
Active participle
مُتَسَنَّن
Passive participle
اِسْتَنَّ · present يَسْتَنُّ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic

to clean and polish one's teeth; to prescribe, to introduce, to enact (a law, a custom); to sharpen (a knife)

اِسْتِنَان
Verbal noun
مُسْتَنّ
Active participle
مُسْتَنّ
Passive participle
سِنّ
Noun · f.
tooth
مِسَنّ
Noun · m.
grinder
سِنَان
Noun · m.
spearhead
أَسَنّ
Adjective
with more or stronger teeth
تَسْنِين
Noun · m.
سُنِّيّ
Adjective
Sunni

سَنَّ conjugation

Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.

PronounPastPresentSubjunctiveJussiveImperative
أَنَا Iسَنَنْتُأَسُنُّأَسُنَّأَسُنَّ / أَسُنِّ / أَسْنُنْ—
أَنْتَ you (m.)سَنَنْتَتَسُنُّتَسُنَّتَسُنَّ / تَسُنِّ / تَسْنُنْسُنَّ / سُنِّ / اُسْنُنْ
أَنْتِ you (f.)سَنَنْتِتَسُنِّينَتَسُنِّيتَسُنِّيسُنِّي
هُوَ heسَنَّيَسُنُّيَسُنَّيَسُنَّ / يَسُنِّ / يَسْنُنْ—
هِيَ sheسَنَّتْتَسُنُّتَسُنَّتَسُنَّ / تَسُنِّ / تَسْنُنْ—
أَنْتُمَا you twoسَنَنْتُمَاتَسُنَّانِتَسُنَّاتَسُنَّاسُنَّا
هُمَا they two (m.)سَنَّايَسُنَّانِيَسُنَّايَسُنَّا—
هُمَا they two (f.)سَنَّتَاتَسُنَّانِتَسُنَّاتَسُنَّا—
نَحْنُ weسَنَنَّانَسُنُّنَسُنَّنَسُنَّ / نَسُنِّ / نَسْنُنْ—
أَنْتُمْ you all (m.)سَنَنْتُمْتَسُنُّونَتَسُنُّواتَسُنُّواسُنُّوا
أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.)سَنَنْتُنَّتَسْنُنَّتَسْنُنَّتَسْنُنَّاُسْنُنَّ
هُمْ they (m.)سَنُّوايَسُنُّونَيَسُنُّوايَسُنُّوا—
هُنَّ they (f.)سَنَنَّيَسْنُنَّيَسْنُنَّيَسْنُنَّ—
Verbal nounسَنّ
Active participleسَانّ
Passive participleمَسْنُون

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