جزين

See also: جرين, حزين, حزین, خرین, and خرئن

Arabic

Etymology 1

Verb

جزين (form I)

  1. جَزَيْنَ (jazayna) /d͡ʒa.zaj.na/: third-person feminine plural past active of جَزَى (jazā)
  2. جُزِينَ (juzīna) /d͡ʒu.ziː.na/: third-person feminine plural past passive of جَزَى (jazā)

Etymology 2

Aramaic גזין / ܓܙܝܢ (gazzīn, literally treasures), doublet of كَنْز (kanz) and خَزْنَة (ḵazna).

Pronunciation

  • (hyperclassical) IPA(key): /d͡ʒiz.ziːn/
  • (general register) IPA(key): /d͡ʒaz.ziːn/
  • (completely dialectal) IPA(key): /ʒaz.ziːn/

Proper noun

جَزِّين or جِزِّين • (jazzīn or jizzīnf

  1. Jezzine (a town, the capital of the Jezzine District, South Governorate, Lebanon)
  2. Jezzine District (a district of South Governorate, Lebanon) (قَضَاء جَزِّين (qaḍāʔ jazzīn))
Declension
Declension of noun جَزِّين (jazzīn)‎; جِزِّين (jizzīn)
singular basic singular diptote
indefinite definite construct
informal جَزِّين‎; جِزِّين
jazzīn‎; jizzīn
nominative جَزِّينُ‎; جِزِّينُ
jazzīnu‎; jizzīnu
accusative جَزِّينَ‎; جِزِّينَ
jazzīna‎; jizzīna
genitive جَزِّينَ‎; جِزِّينَ
jazzīna‎; jizzīna
Derived terms
  • وَادِي جَزِّين (wādī jazzīn, Wadi Jezzine, a village in the Jezzine district)

References

  • Wild, Stefan (1973) Libanesische Ortsnamen (Beiruter Texte und Studien; 9)‎[1], Würzburg · Bayrūt: Ergon-Verlag · al-Furat, published 2008, →ISBN, page 88