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سِنّ

tooth

Noun · feminineRoot س-ن-ن

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Also written سن: سَنَّ (to sharpen)

Highlights

Plural
أَسْنَان
Other plurals
أَسِنَّة، أَسُنّ

Most common words from the same root

Verb · Form I
سَنَّ
to sharpen
Noun
سُنَّة
a usual
Adjective
مُسِنّ
old
Noun
مِسَنّ
grinder
Verb · Form IV
أَسَنَّ
to grow teeth

سِنّ in English

Noun · feminine

  1. tooth, tusk, fang
    أُنَظِّفُ أَسْنَانِيI am brushing my teeth
  2. point or tip
  3. a spearhead or arrowhead
  4. age (years of life)
  5. cog, sprocket, prong

Word origin

Etymology tree Proto-Afroasiatic Proto-Semitic *šinn- Arabic سن Inherited from Proto-Semitic *šinn-.

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

سِنّ: plural and other forms

Singularسِنّ
Pluralأَسْنَان
Alternative pluralsأَسِنَّة، أَسُنّ

سِنّ in a sentence

Dictionary examples

tooth

أُنَظِّفُ أَسْنَانِيI am brushing my teeth

From a fully vowelled text

«سَمِعْتُمْ أَنَّهُ قِيلَ: عَيْنٌ بِعَيْنٍ وَسِنٌّ بِسِنٍّ.Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:Matthew 5:38, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
لِذلِكَ قَالَ أَبَوَاهُ: «إِنَّهُ كَامِلُ السِّنِّ، اسْأَلُوهُ».Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him.John 9:23, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
وَعَيْنًا بِعَيْنٍ، وَسِنًّا بِسِنٍّ، وَيَدًا بِيَدٍ، وَرِجْلاً بِرِجْل،Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,Exodus 21:24, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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