عن

See also: غن

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ع ن ن (ʕ-n-n) in the sense of appearing in view in the distance and in the sense offering or presenting, bring it into someone’s view; related to ع ي ن (ʕ-y-n) a root denoting the eye and vision.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕan/

Preposition

عَنْ • (ʕan)

1. off, away from
2. from (source)
3. out of (a feeling)
4. about, on
5. according to, as attested by, on authority of
6. on the basis of, on the strength of
7. for, in defense of
8. as a substitute for

Inflection

Inflected forms
Base form					عَنْ (ʕan)
Personal-pronoun- including forms	Singular		Dual	Plural
	Masculine	Feminine	Common	Masculine	Feminine
First person	عَنِّي (ʕannī)		عَنَّا (ʕannā)
Second person	عَنْكَ (ʕanka)	عَنْكِ (ʕanki)	عَنْكُمَا (ʕankumā)	عَنْكُمْ (ʕankum)	عَنْكُنَّ (ʕankunna)
Third person	عَنْهُ (ʕanhu)	عَنْهَا (ʕanhā)	عَنْهُمَا (ʕanhumā)	عَنْهُمْ (ʕanhum)	عَنْهُنَّ (ʕanhunna)

Derived terms

• عَمَّا (ʕammā)
• عَمَّ (ʕamma)
• عَمَّنْ (ʕamman)

Etymology 2

Root
ع ن ن (ʕ n n)
6 terms

Verb

عَنَّ • (ʕanna) I (non-past يَعِنُّ (yaʕinnu) or يَعُنُّ (yaʕunnu), verbal noun عَنّ (ʕann) or عَنَن (ʕanan))

1. to present itself, to offer itself
2. to take shape, to form, to arise, to spring up
3. to suggest itself
4. to appear, to occur
5. to turn away, to move aside
6. to put a rein on
7. to pull the reins on
8. to confine, to enclose
9. to vilify, to revile

Conjugation

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						عَنّ, عَنَن ʕann, ʕanan
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						عَانّ ʕānn
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مَعْنُون maʕnūn
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	عَنَنْتُ ʕanantu	عَنَنْتَ ʕananta	عَنَّ ʕanna		عَنَنْتُمَا ʕanantumā	عَنَّا ʕannā		عَنَنَّا ʕanannā	عَنَنْتُمْ ʕanantum	عَنُّوا ʕannū
	f		عَنَنْتِ ʕananti	عَنَّتْ ʕannat			عَنَّتَا ʕannatā			عَنَنْتُنَّ ʕanantunna	عَنَنَّ ʕananna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَعِنُّ, أَعُنُّ ʔaʕinnu, ʔaʕunnu	تَعِنُّ, تَعُنُّ taʕinnu, taʕunnu	يَعِنُّ, يَعُنُّ yaʕinnu, yaʕunnu		تَعِنَّانِ, تَعُنَّانِ taʕinnāni, taʕunnāni	يَعِنَّانِ, يَعُنَّانِ yaʕinnāni, yaʕunnāni		نَعِنُّ, نَعُنُّ naʕinnu, naʕunnu	تَعِنُّونَ, تَعُنُّونَ taʕinnūna, taʕunnūna	يَعِنُّونَ, يَعُنُّونَ yaʕinnūna, yaʕunnūna
	f		تَعِنِّينَ, تَعُنِّينَ taʕinnīna, taʕunnīna	تَعِنُّ, تَعُنُّ taʕinnu, taʕunnu			تَعِنَّانِ, تَعُنَّانِ taʕinnāni, taʕunnāni			تَعْنِنَّ, تَعْنُنَّ taʕninna, taʕnunna	يَعْنِنَّ, يَعْنُنَّ yaʕninna, yaʕnunna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَعِنَّ, أَعُنَّ ʔaʕinna, ʔaʕunna	تَعِنَّ, تَعُنَّ taʕinna, taʕunna	يَعِنَّ, يَعُنَّ yaʕinna, yaʕunna		تَعِنَّا, تَعُنَّا taʕinnā, taʕunnā	يَعِنَّا, يَعُنَّا yaʕinnā, yaʕunnā		نَعِنَّ, نَعُنَّ naʕinna, naʕunna	تَعِنُّوا, تَعُنُّوا taʕinnū, taʕunnū	يَعِنُّوا, يَعُنُّوا yaʕinnū, yaʕunnū
	f		تَعِنِّي, تَعُنِّي taʕinnī, taʕunnī	تَعِنَّ, تَعُنَّ taʕinna, taʕunna			تَعِنَّا, تَعُنَّا taʕinnā, taʕunnā			تَعْنِنَّ, تَعْنُنَّ taʕninna, taʕnunna	يَعْنِنَّ, يَعْنُنَّ yaʕninna, yaʕnunna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَعِنَّ, أَعِنِّ, أَعْنِنْ, أَعُنَّ, أَعُنِّ, أَعْنُنْ ʔaʕinna, ʔaʕinni, ʔaʕnin, ʔaʕunna, ʔaʕunni, ʔaʕnun	تَعِنَّ, تَعِنِّ, تَعْنِنْ, تَعُنَّ, تَعُنِّ, تَعْنُنْ taʕinna, taʕinni, taʕnin, taʕunna, taʕunni, taʕnun	يَعِنَّ, يَعِنِّ, يَعْنِنْ, يَعُنَّ, يَعُنِّ, يَعْنُنْ yaʕinna, yaʕinni, yaʕnin, yaʕunna, yaʕunni, yaʕnun		تَعِنَّا, تَعُنَّا taʕinnā, taʕunnā	يَعِنَّا, يَعُنَّا yaʕinnā, yaʕunnā		نَعِنَّ, نَعِنِّ, نَعْنِنْ, نَعُنَّ, نَعُنِّ, نَعْنُنْ naʕinna, naʕinni, naʕnin, naʕunna, naʕunni, naʕnun	تَعِنُّوا, تَعُنُّوا taʕinnū, taʕunnū	يَعِنُّوا, يَعُنُّوا yaʕinnū, yaʕunnū
	f		تَعِنِّي, تَعُنِّي taʕinnī, taʕunnī	تَعِنَّ, تَعِنِّ, تَعْنِنْ, تَعُنَّ, تَعُنِّ, تَعْنُنْ taʕinna, taʕinni, taʕnin, taʕunna, taʕunni, taʕnun			تَعِنَّا, تَعُنَّا taʕinnā, taʕunnā			تَعْنِنَّ, تَعْنُنَّ taʕninna, taʕnunna	يَعْنِنَّ, يَعْنُنَّ yaʕninna, yaʕnunna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		عِنَّ, عِنِّ, اِعْنِنْ, عُنَّ, عُنِّ, اُعْنُنْ ʕinna, ʕinni, iʕnin, ʕunna, ʕunni, uʕnun			عِنَّا, عُنَّا ʕinnā, ʕunnā				عِنُّوا, عُنُّوا ʕinnū, ʕunnū
	f		عِنِّي, عُنِّي ʕinnī, ʕunnī							اِعْنِنَّ, اُعْنُنَّ iʕninna, uʕnunna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	—	—	عُنَّ ʕunna		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	—	—	يُعَنُّ yuʕannu		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	—	—	يُعَنَّ yuʕanna		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	—	—	يُعَنَّ, يُعَنِّ, يُعْنَنْ yuʕanna, yuʕanni, yuʕnan		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—

    Conjugation of عَنَّ (I, geminate, a ~ i/u, impersonal passive (?), verbal nouns عَنّ, عَنَن)

Noun

عَنّ • (ʕann) m

1. verbal noun of عَنَّ (ʕanna) (form I)

Declension

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَنّ ʕann	الْعَنّ al-ʕann	عَنّ ʕann
Nominative	عَنٌّ ʕannun	الْعَنُّ al-ʕannu	عَنُّ ʕannu
Accusative	عَنًّا ʕannan	الْعَنَّ al-ʕanna	عَنَّ ʕanna
Genitive	عَنٍّ ʕannin	الْعَنِّ al-ʕanni	عَنِّ ʕanni

Declension of noun عَنّ (ʕann)

References

• Freytag, Georg (1835) “عن”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 226
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “عن”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 2162–2163
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “عن”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen, page 728

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic عَنْ (ʕan)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ˈʔan]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔǽn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔǽn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔǽn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔǽn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔǽn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔǽn]

Readings
Classical reading?	an
Dari reading?	an
Iranian reading?	an
Tajik reading?	an

Preposition

عن • (an)

1. from
2. of
3. through, by, with
4. concerning, on account of, for
5. above, on

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Is this attested in Classical Persian?”)

Pronunciation

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔǽn]

Readings
Iranian reading?	an

Noun

عن • (an) (Iran)

1. (vulgar) shit

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “عن”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “عن”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ع ن ن
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic عَنْ (ʕan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕan/, [ʕan]

• Audio (Ramallah):

  (file)

Preposition

عن • (ʕan)

1. from (away from)
2. about
3. instead of, on behalf of

Inflection

Inflected forms of عن
Base form					عن (ʕan)
Personal-pronoun- including forms		singular		plural
		m	f
1st person		عنّي (ʕanni)		عنّا (ʕanna)
2nd person		عنّك (ʕannak)	عنّك (ʕannek)	عنكم (ʕankom)
3rd person		عنّه (ʕanno)	عنها (ʕanha)	عنهم (ʕanhom)