ظَنّ
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Highlights
Present tense
يَظُنُّ
Verbal noun
ظَنّ
Active participle
ظَانّ
Passive participle
مَظْنُون
ظَنَّ in English
Verb · Form I
- to think, to opine, to suppose, to conjecture ditransitive
- to doubt
- to consider true, to believe (to consider likely)
[…] قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَظُنُّونَ أَنَّهُم مُّلَاقُو ٱللَّهِ كَم مِن فِئَةٍ قَلِيلَةٍ غَلَبَتْ فِئَةً كَثِيرَةً بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ […][…] But those ˹believers˺ who were certain they would meet Allah reasoned, “How many times has a small force vanquished a mighty army by the Will of Allah! […]609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:249
- to deem
Words from the root ظ-ن-ن
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb.
ظَنَّ
· present يَظُنُّ
Form I · The plain action
to think, to opine, to suppose, to conjecture; to doubt; to consider true, to believe (to consider likely)
ظَانّ
مَظْنُون
ظَنِّيّ
conjectural
ظَنَّ conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | ظَنَنْتُ | أَظُنُّ | أَظُنَّ | أَظُنَّ / أَظُنِّ / أَظْنُنْ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | ظَنَنْتَ | تَظُنُّ | تَظُنَّ | تَظُنَّ / تَظُنِّ / تَظْنُنْ | ظُنَّ / ظُنِّ / اُظْنُنْ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | ظَنَنْتِ | تَظُنِّينَ | تَظُنِّي | تَظُنِّي | ظُنِّي |
| هُوَ he | ظَنَّ | يَظُنُّ | يَظُنَّ | يَظُنَّ / يَظُنِّ / يَظْنُنْ | — |
| هِيَ she | ظَنَّتْ | تَظُنُّ | تَظُنَّ | تَظُنَّ / تَظُنِّ / تَظْنُنْ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | ظَنَنْتُمَا | تَظُنَّانِ | تَظُنَّا | تَظُنَّا | ظُنَّا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | ظَنَّا | يَظُنَّانِ | يَظُنَّا | يَظُنَّا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | ظَنَّتَا | تَظُنَّانِ | تَظُنَّا | تَظُنَّا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | ظَنَنَّا | نَظُنُّ | نَظُنَّ | نَظُنَّ / نَظُنِّ / نَظْنُنْ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | ظَنَنْتُمْ | تَظُنُّونَ | تَظُنُّوا | تَظُنُّوا | ظُنُّوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | ظَنَنْتُنَّ | تَظْنُنَّ | تَظْنُنَّ | تَظْنُنَّ | اُظْنُنَّ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | ظَنُّوا | يَظُنُّونَ | يَظُنُّوا | يَظُنُّوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | ظَنَنَّ | يَظْنُنَّ | يَظْنُنَّ | يَظْنُنَّ | — |
| Verbal noun | ظَنّ |
|---|---|
| Active participle | ظَانّ |
| Passive participle | مَظْنُون |
ظَنَّ in a sentence
Dictionary examples
to consider true
[…] قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَظُنُّونَ أَنَّهُم مُّلَاقُو ٱللَّهِ كَم مِن فِئَةٍ قَلِيلَةٍ غَلَبَتْ فِئَةً كَثِيرَةً بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ […][…] But those ˹believers˺ who were certain they would meet Allah reasoned, “How many times has a small force vanquished a mighty army by the Will of Allah! […]609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:249
From a fully vowelled text
فَجَزِعُوا وَخَافُوا، وَظَنُّوا أَنَّهُمْ نَظَرُوا رُوحًا.But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.Luke 24:37, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
إِذًا مَنْ يَظُنُّ أَنَّهُ قَائِمٌ، فَلْيَنْظُرْ أَنْ لاَ يَسْقُطَ.Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.1 Corinthians 10:12, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهُ مَاشِيًا عَلَى الْبَحْرِ ظَنُّوهُ خَيَالاً، فَصَرَخُوا.But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit, and cried out:Mark 6:49, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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