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سِجْن

prison

Noun · masculineRoot س-ج-ن

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Plural
سُجُون

Most common words from the same root

Adjective
imprisoned
Noun
سَجِين
prisoner
Noun
مَسْجُون
prisoner
Verb · Form I
سَجَنَ
to confine
Adjective
مَسْجُون
imprisoned

سِجْن in English

Noun · masculine

  1. prison, jail

Words from the root س-ج-ن

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سَجَنَ · present يَسْجُنُ

to confine, to imprison; to conceal in one's inner

سَجْن
Verbal noun
confinement
سَاجِن
Active participle
مَسْجُون
Passive participle
prisoner
مَسْجُون
Passive participle · Adjective
imprisoned
اِنْسَجَنَ · present يَنْسَجِنُ

to be or become imprisoned

اِنْسِجَان
Verbal noun
مُنْسَجِن
Active participle
مُنْسَجَن
Passive participle
Noun · m.
prison
Adjective
imprisoned
سَجِين
Noun · m.
prisoner
سَجَّان
Noun · m.
jailer

سِجْن: plural and other forms

Singularسِجْن
Pluralسُجُون

سِجْن in a sentence

From a fully vowelled text

فَأَرْسَلَ وَقَطَعَ رَأْسَ يُوحَنَّا فِي السِّجْنِ.And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.Matthew 14:10, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
لأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ يُوحَنَّا قَدْ أُلْقِيَ بَعْدُ فِي السِّجْنِ.For John was not yet cast into prison.John 3:24, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
فَلَمْ يُرِدْ بَلْ مَضَى وَأَلْقَاهُ فِي سِجْنٍ حَتَّى يُوفِيَ الدَّيْنَ.And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt.Matthew 18:30, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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