عنان

Arabic

Root
ع ن ن (ʕ n n)
6 terms

Etymology 1

Compare Aramaic עֲנָנָא (ʿănānā) and Hebrew עָנָן (anán, “cloud”).

Noun

عَنَان • (ʕanān) m (collective, singulative عَنَانَة f (ʕanāna))

clouds, stratosphere, cloudy sky

Declension

Declension of noun **عَنَان** (ʕanān)
collective	basic collective triptote
collective	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	عَنَان ʕanān	الْعَنَان al-ʕanān	عَنَان ʕanān
nominative	عَنَانٌ ʕanānun	الْعَنَانُ al-ʕanānu	عَنَانُ ʕanānu
accusative	عَنَانًا ʕanānan	الْعَنَانَ al-ʕanāna	عَنَانَ ʕanāna
genitive	عَنَانٍ ʕanānin	الْعَنَانِ al-ʕanāni	عَنَانِ ʕanāni
singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
singulative	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	عَنَانَة ʕanāna	الْعَنَانَة al-ʕanāna	عَنَانَة ʕanānat
nominative	عَنَانَةٌ ʕanānatun	الْعَنَانَةُ al-ʕanānatu	عَنَانَةُ ʕanānatu
accusative	عَنَانَةً ʕanānatan	الْعَنَانَةَ al-ʕanānata	عَنَانَةَ ʕanānata
genitive	عَنَانَةٍ ʕanānatin	الْعَنَانَةِ al-ʕanānati	عَنَانَةِ ʕanānati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	عَنَانَتَيْن ʕanānatayn	الْعَنَانَتَيْن al-ʕanānatayn	عَنَانَتَيْ ʕanānatay
nominative	عَنَانَتَانِ ʕanānatāni	الْعَنَانَتَانِ al-ʕanānatāni	عَنَانَتَا ʕanānatā
accusative	عَنَانَتَيْنِ ʕanānatayni	الْعَنَانَتَيْنِ al-ʕanānatayni	عَنَانَتَيْ ʕanānatay
genitive	عَنَانَتَيْنِ ʕanānatayni	الْعَنَانَتَيْنِ al-ʕanānatayni	عَنَانَتَيْ ʕanānatay
paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
paucal (3-10)	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	عَنَانَات ʕanānāt	الْعَنَانَات al-ʕanānāt	عَنَانَات ʕanānāt
nominative	عَنَانَاتٌ ʕanānātun	الْعَنَانَاتُ al-ʕanānātu	عَنَانَاتُ ʕanānātu
accusative	عَنَانَاتٍ ʕanānātin	الْعَنَانَاتِ al-ʕanānāti	عَنَانَاتِ ʕanānāti
genitive	عَنَانَاتٍ ʕanānātin	الْعَنَانَاتِ al-ʕanānāti	عَنَانَاتِ ʕanānāti

Etymology 2

Noun

عِنَان • (ʕinān) m (plural أَعِنَّة (ʔaʕinna)) (countable)

a bridle strap attached to a horse headstall, a rein
Synonyms: زِمَام (zimām, “lace; strap”), سَيْر (sayr, “strap”)

Hypernym: لِجَام (lijām, “bridle”)

Coordinate terms: شَكِيمَة (šakīma, “bit”), عِذَار (ʕiḏār, “bridle cheekpiece”)
- 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, 44:225:
  قَالَ حَسَّانُ
  هَجَوْتَ مُحَمَّدًا فَأَجَبْتُ عَنْهُ وَعِنْدَ اللَّهِ فِي ذَاكَ الْجَزَاءُ
  هَجَوْتَ مُحَمَّدًا بَرًّا تَقِيًّا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ شِيمَتُهُ الْوَفَاءُ
  فَإِنَّ أَبِي وَوَالِدَهُ وَعِرْضِي لِعِرْضِ مُحَمَّدٍ مِنْكُمْ وِقَاءُ
  ثَكِلْتُ بُنَيَّتِي إِنْ لَمْ تَرَوْهَا تُثِيرُ النَّقْعَ مِنْ كَنَفَيْ كَدَاءِ
  يُبَارِينَ الأَعِنَّةَ مُصْعِدَاتٍ عَلَى أَكْتَافِهَا الأَسَلُ الظِّمَاءُ
  تَظَلُّ جِيَادُنَا مُتَمَطِّرَاتٍ تُلَطِّمُهُنَّ بِالْخُمُرِ النِّسَاءُ
  qāla ḥassānu
  hajawta muḥammadan faʔajabtu ʕanhu waʕinda l-lahi fī ḏāka l-jazāʔu
  hajawta muḥammadan barran taqiyyan rasūla l-lahi šīmatuhu l-wafāʔu
  faʔinna ʔabī wawālidahu waʕirḍī liʕirḍi muḥammadin minkum wiqāʔu
  ṯakiltu bunayyatī ʔin lam tarawhā tuṯīru n-naqʕa min kanafay kadāʔi
  yubārīna l-ʔaʕinnata muṣʕidātin ʕalā ʔaktāfihā l-ʔasalu ẓ-ẓimāʔu
  taẓallu jiyādunā mutamaṭṭirātin tulaṭṭimuhunna bi-l-ḵumuri n-nisāʔu
  Thus said Hassān,
  "You railed against Muḥammad. I struck back for him. With God, and God alone, is my reward:
  You railed against the dutiful and pious—him, the Prophet, whose great mark is faithfulness.
  My father and my father's father and my name, they are, for him, a shield from you!
  So may I lose my little one if you do not see them kicking up dust about Kadāʾ!
  Outracing straps and reins, charging onward, on their backs are thirsting spearheads and tips and blades!
  Our troops—they shall stream through, and your women with their scarves and veils shall scuttle to flap them back!

Declension

Declension of noun **عَنَان** (ʕanān)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	عَنَان ʕanān	الْعَنَان al-ʕanān	عَنَان ʕanān
nominative	عَنَانٌ ʕanānun	الْعَنَانُ al-ʕanānu	عَنَانُ ʕanānu
accusative	عَنَانًا ʕanānan	الْعَنَانَ al-ʕanāna	عَنَانَ ʕanāna
genitive	عَنَانٍ ʕanānin	الْعَنَانِ al-ʕanāni	عَنَانِ ʕanāni
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	عَنَانَيْن ʕanānayn	الْعَنَانَيْن al-ʕanānayn	عَنَانَيْ ʕanānay
nominative	عَنَانَانِ ʕanānāni	الْعَنَانَانِ al-ʕanānāni	عَنَانَا ʕanānā
accusative	عَنَانَيْنِ ʕanānayni	الْعَنَانَيْنِ al-ʕanānayni	عَنَانَيْ ʕanānay
genitive	عَنَانَيْنِ ʕanānayni	الْعَنَانَيْنِ al-ʕanānayni	عَنَانَيْ ʕanānay
plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	أَعِنَّة ʔaʕinna	الْأَعِنَّة al-ʔaʕinna	أَعِنَّة ʔaʕinnat
nominative	أَعِنَّةٌ ʔaʕinnatun	الْأَعِنَّةُ al-ʔaʕinnatu	أَعِنَّةُ ʔaʕinnatu
accusative	أَعِنَّةً ʔaʕinnatan	الْأَعِنَّةَ al-ʔaʕinnata	أَعِنَّةَ ʔaʕinnata
genitive	أَعِنَّةٍ ʔaʕinnatin	الْأَعِنَّةِ al-ʔaʕinnati	أَعِنَّةِ ʔaʕinnati

References

Freytag, Georg (1835) “عنان”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 226
Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “عنان”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2166.