جنين

See also: جنین, چنین, حنئن, and حنين

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ج ن ن (j n n)
10 terms

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d͡ʒa.niːn/

Noun

جَنِين • (janīn) m (plural أَجِنَّة (ʔajinna))

embryo, foetus
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 53:32:
  هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِكُمْ إِذْ أَنْشَأَكُمْ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ وَإِذْ أَنْتُمْ أَجِنَّةٌ فِي بُطُونِ أُمَّهَاتِكُمْ
  huwa ʔaʕlamu bikum ʔiḏ ʔanšaʔakum mina l-ʔarḍi waʔiḏ ʔantum ʔajinnatun fī buṭūni ʔummahātikum
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
seed germ

Declension

Declension of noun **جَنِين** (janīn)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	جَنِين janīn	الْجَنِين al-janīn	جَنِين janīn
nominative	جَنِينٌ janīnun	الْجَنِينُ al-janīnu	جَنِينُ janīnu
accusative	جَنِينًا janīnan	الْجَنِينَ al-janīna	جَنِينَ janīna
genitive	جَنِينٍ janīnin	الْجَنِينِ al-janīni	جَنِينِ janīni
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	جَنِينَيْن janīnayn	الْجَنِينَيْن al-janīnayn	جَنِينَيْ janīnay
nominative	جَنِينَانِ janīnāni	الْجَنِينَانِ al-janīnāni	جَنِينَا janīnā
accusative	جَنِينَيْنِ janīnayni	الْجَنِينَيْنِ al-janīnayni	جَنِينَيْ janīnay
genitive	جَنِينَيْنِ janīnayni	الْجَنِينَيْنِ al-janīnayni	جَنِينَيْ janīnay
plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	أَجِنَّة ʔajinna	الْأَجِنَّة al-ʔajinna	أَجِنَّة ʔajinnat
nominative	أَجِنَّةٌ ʔajinnatun	الْأَجِنَّةُ al-ʔajinnatu	أَجِنَّةُ ʔajinnatu
accusative	أَجِنَّةً ʔajinnatan	الْأَجِنَّةَ al-ʔajinnata	أَجِنَّةَ ʔajinnata
genitive	أَجِنَّةٍ ʔajinnatin	الْأَجِنَّةِ al-ʔajinnati	أَجِنَّةِ ʔajinnati

Descendants

Gulf Arabic: جنين (janīn)
→ Azerbaijani: cənin
→ Malay: janin
→ Indonesian: janin
→ Persian: جنین
- → Tajik: ҷанин (janin)
- → Urdu: جنین
→ Ottoman Turkish: جنین (cenîn)
- → Turkish: cenin

Etymology 2

Grammatically belongs to the root ج ن ن (j n n). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

جِنِين • (jinīn) f

Jenin (a city in the West Bank, Palestine)

Declension

Declension of noun **جِنِين** (jinīn)
singular	basic singular diptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	—	جِنِين jinīn	—
nominative	—	جِنِينُ jinīnu	—
accusative	—	جِنِينَ jinīna	—
genitive	—	جِنِينَ jinīna	—