تنين
Arabic
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Aramaic תַּנִּינָא / ܬܱܢܺܝܢܳܐ (tannīnā, “sea serpent, monster”), from Akkadian 𒆗𒉌𒈾 (danninu, “netherworld; source of earthquakes; the inaccessible land where the dead remain”), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *dnn/*tnn (“to be mighty, to be strong; to be fortified, to be long lasting, to stay at a place; to rumble, to earthquake, to shake with a booming noise”). Doublet of دَنْدَن (dandan, “mythical monsterous fish that can swallow everything else in the sea, the biggest fish in the sea”); possibly related as well to Egyptian dnwn (/denwen/, “giant serpent whose body was made of fire defeated by the spirit of the dead pharaoh; symbolic of drought, chaos, and destructive natural forces”) attested in the Pyramid Texts of uncertain origin.
Noun
تِنِّين • (tinnīn) m (plural تَنَانِين (tanānīn))
- sea monster
- dragon
- (astronomy) (normally اَلتِّنِّين (at-tinnīn)) Draco
- (weather) waterspout
Declension
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | تِنِّين tinnīn |
التِّنِّين at-tinnīn |
تِنِّين tinnīn |
| Nominative | تِنِّينٌ tinnīnun |
التِّنِّينُ at-tinnīnu |
تِنِّينُ tinnīnu |
| Accusative | تِنِّينًا tinnīnan |
التِّنِّينَ at-tinnīna |
تِنِّينَ tinnīna |
| Genitive | تِنِّينٍ tinnīnin |
التِّنِّينِ at-tinnīni |
تِنِّينِ tinnīni |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | تِنِّينَيْن tinnīnayn |
التِّنِّينَيْن at-tinnīnayn |
تِنِّينَيْ tinnīnay |
| Nominative | تِنِّينَانِ tinnīnāni |
التِّنِّينَانِ at-tinnīnāni |
تِنِّينَا tinnīnā |
| Accusative | تِنِّينَيْنِ tinnīnayni |
التِّنِّينَيْنِ at-tinnīnayni |
تِنِّينَيْ tinnīnay |
| Genitive | تِنِّينَيْنِ tinnīnayni |
التِّنِّينَيْنِ at-tinnīnayni |
تِنِّينَيْ tinnīnay |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | تَنَانِين tanānīn |
التَّنَانِين at-tanānīn |
تَنَانِين tanānīn |
| Nominative | تَنَانِينُ tanānīnu |
التَّنَانِينُ at-tanānīnu |
تَنَانِينُ tanānīnu |
| Accusative | تَنَانِينَ tanānīna |
التَّنَانِينَ at-tanānīna |
تَنَانِينَ tanānīna |
| Genitive | تَنَانِينَ tanānīna |
التَّنَانِينِ at-tanānīni |
تَنَانِينِ tanānīni |
Declension
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | تَنِّين tannīn |
التَّنِّين at-tannīn |
تَنِّين tannīn |
| Nominative | تَنِّينٌ tannīnun |
التَّنِّينُ at-tannīnu |
تَنِّينُ tannīnu |
| Accusative | تَنِّينًا tannīnan |
التَّنِّينَ at-tannīna |
تَنِّينَ tannīna |
| Genitive | تَنِّينٍ tannīnin |
التَّنِّينِ at-tannīni |
تَنِّينِ tannīni |
References
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 123