ظاعن

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ظ ع ن (ẓ-ʕ-n)

Derived from the active participle from the verb ظَعَنَ (ẓaʕana).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ðˤaː.ʕin/

Adjective

ظَاعِن • (ẓāʕin) (feminine ظَاعِنَة (ẓāʕina), masculine plural ظَاعِنُونَ (ẓāʕinūna), feminine plural ظَاعِنَات (ẓāʕināt))

  1. ephemeral, transient

Declension

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “ظاعن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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