أرعن

Arabic

Root
ر ع ن (r ʕ n)
3 terms

Etymology

Color or defect adjective from رَعِنَ (raʕina).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔar.ʕan/

Adjective

أَرْعَن • (ʔarʕan) (feminine رَعْنَاء (raʕnāʔ), common plural رُعْن (ruʕn))

lightheaded, frivolous, flighty, heedless, reckless, imprudent

Declension

Declension of adjective **أَرْعَن** (ʔarʕan)
singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular diptote		basic singular diptote
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	أَرْعَن ʔarʕan	الْأَرْعَن al-ʔarʕan	رَعْنَاء raʕnāʔ	الرَّعْنَاء ar-raʕnāʔ
nominative	أَرْعَنُ ʔarʕanu	الْأَرْعَنُ al-ʔarʕanu	رَعْنَاءُ raʕnāʔu	الرَّعْنَاءُ ar-raʕnāʔu
accusative	أَرْعَنَ ʔarʕana	الْأَرْعَنَ al-ʔarʕana	رَعْنَاءَ raʕnāʔa	الرَّعْنَاءَ ar-raʕnāʔa
genitive	أَرْعَنَ ʔarʕana	الْأَرْعَنِ al-ʔarʕani	رَعْنَاءَ raʕnāʔa	الرَّعْنَاءِ ar-raʕnāʔi
dual	masculine		feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	أَرْعَنَيْن ʔarʕanayn	الْأَرْعَنَيْن al-ʔarʕanayn	رَعْنَاءَيْن raʕnāʔayn	الرَّعْنَاءَيْن ar-raʕnāʔayn
nominative	أَرْعَنَانِ ʔarʕanāni	الْأَرْعَنَانِ al-ʔarʕanāni	رَعْنَاءَانِ raʕnāʔāni	الرَّعْنَاءَانِ ar-raʕnāʔāni
accusative	أَرْعَنَيْنِ ʔarʕanayni	الْأَرْعَنَيْنِ al-ʔarʕanayni	رَعْنَاءَيْنِ raʕnāʔayni	الرَّعْنَاءَيْنِ ar-raʕnāʔayni
genitive	أَرْعَنَيْنِ ʔarʕanayni	الْأَرْعَنَيْنِ al-ʔarʕanayni	رَعْنَاءَيْنِ raʕnāʔayni	الرَّعْنَاءَيْنِ ar-raʕnāʔayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	basic broken plural triptote		basic broken plural triptote
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	رُعْن ruʕn	الرُّعْن ar-ruʕn	رُعْن ruʕn	الرُّعْن ar-ruʕn
nominative	رُعْنٌ ruʕnun	الرُّعْنُ ar-ruʕnu	رُعْنٌ ruʕnun	الرُّعْنُ ar-ruʕnu
accusative	رُعْنًا ruʕnan	الرُّعْنَ ar-ruʕna	رُعْنًا ruʕnan	الرُّعْنَ ar-ruʕna
genitive	رُعْنٍ ruʕnin	الرُّعْنِ ar-ruʕni	رُعْنٍ ruʕnin	الرُّعْنِ ar-ruʕni

References

“أرعن” in Almaany
Baalbaki, Rohi (1995) “أرعن”, in Al-Mawrid: A Modern Arabic-English Dictionary, 7th edition, Beirut: Dar El-Ilm Lilmalayin, →ISBN