نون
Arabic
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /nuːn/
Noun
نُون • (nūn) f (plural نُونَات (nūnāt))
- Name of the 25th letter of the Arabic alphabet (ن / ن), representing the sound /n/.
Declension
Declension of noun نُون (nūn)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | نُون nūn |
النُّون an-nūn |
نُون nūn |
Nominative | نُونٌ nūnun |
النُّونُ an-nūnu |
نُونُ nūnu |
Accusative | نُونًا nūnan |
النُّونَ an-nūna |
نُونَ nūna |
Genitive | نُونٍ nūnin |
النُّونِ an-nūni |
نُونِ nūni |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | نُونَيْن nūnayn |
النُّونَيْن an-nūnayn |
نُونَيْ nūnay |
Nominative | نُونَانِ nūnāni |
النُّونَانِ an-nūnāni |
نُونَا nūnā |
Accusative | نُونَيْنِ nūnayni |
النُّونَيْنِ an-nūnayni |
نُونَيْ nūnay |
Genitive | نُونَيْنِ nūnayni |
النُّونَيْنِ an-nūnayni |
نُونَيْ nūnay |
Plural | sound feminine plural | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | نُونَات nūnāt |
النُّونَات an-nūnāt |
نُونَات nūnāt |
Nominative | نُونَاتٌ nūnātun |
النُّونَاتُ an-nūnātu |
نُونَاتُ nūnātu |
Accusative | نُونَاتٍ nūnātin |
النُّونَاتِ an-nūnāti |
نُونَاتِ nūnāti |
Genitive | نُونَاتٍ nūnātin |
النُّونَاتِ an-nūnāti |
نُونَاتِ nūnāti |
Etymology 2
Deverbative from the letter نُون (nūn).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /naw.wa.na/
Verb
نَوَّنَ • (nawwana) II, non-past يُنَوِّنُ (yunawwinu)
Conjugation
Conjugation of
نَوَّنَ
(form-II sound)verbal noun الْمَصْدَر |
tanwīn | |||||||||||
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active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل |
مُنَوِّن munawwin | |||||||||||
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول |
مُنَوَّن munawwan | |||||||||||
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم | ||||||||||||
singular الْمُفْرَد |
dual الْمُثَنَّى |
plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي |
m | nawwantu |
nawwanta |
نَوَّنَ nawwana |
نَوَّنْتُمَا nawwantumā |
nawwanā |
nawwannā |
nawwantum |
nawwanū | |||
f | nawwanti |
nawwanat |
نَوَّنَتَا nawwanatā |
nawwantunna |
نَوَّنَّ nawwanna | |||||||
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع |
m | ʾunawwinu |
tunawwinu |
yunawwinu |
تُنَوِّنَانِ tunawwināni |
يُنَوِّنَانِ yunawwināni |
nunawwinu |
tunawwinūna |
yunawwinūna | |||
f | tunawwinīna |
tunawwinu |
تُنَوِّنَانِ tunawwināni |
tunawwinna |
yunawwinna | |||||||
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب |
m | ʾunawwina |
tunawwina |
yunawwina |
تُنَوِّنَا tunawwinā |
يُنَوِّنَا yunawwinā |
nunawwina |
tunawwinū |
yunawwinū | |||
f | tunawwinī |
tunawwina |
تُنَوِّنَا tunawwinā |
tunawwinna |
yunawwinna | |||||||
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم |
m | ʾunawwin |
tunawwin |
yunawwin |
تُنَوِّنَا tunawwinā |
يُنَوِّنَا yunawwinā |
nunawwin |
tunawwinū |
yunawwinū | |||
f | tunawwinī |
tunawwin |
تُنَوِّنَا tunawwinā |
tunawwinna |
yunawwinna | |||||||
imperative الْأَمْر |
m | نَوِّنْ nawwin |
nawwinā |
nawwinū |
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f | nawwinī |
نَوِّنَّ nawwinna | ||||||||||
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول | ||||||||||||
singular الْمُفْرَد |
dual الْمُثَنَّى |
plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي |
m | nuwwintu |
nuwwinta |
نُوِّنَ nuwwina |
نُوِّنْتُمَا nuwwintumā |
nuwwinā |
nuwwinnā |
nuwwintum |
nuwwinū | |||
f | nuwwinti |
nuwwinat |
نُوِّنَتَا nuwwinatā |
nuwwintunna |
نُوِّنَّ nuwwinna | |||||||
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع |
m | ʾunawwanu |
tunawwanu |
yunawwanu |
تُنَوَّنَانِ tunawwanāni |
يُنَوَّنَانِ yunawwanāni |
nunawwanu |
tunawwanūna |
yunawwanūna | |||
f | tunawwanīna |
tunawwanu |
تُنَوَّنَانِ tunawwanāni |
tunawwanna |
yunawwanna | |||||||
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب |
m | ʾunawwana |
tunawwana |
yunawwana |
تُنَوَّنَا tunawwanā |
يُنَوَّنَا yunawwanā |
nunawwana |
tunawwanū |
yunawwanū | |||
f | tunawwanī |
tunawwana |
تُنَوَّنَا tunawwanā |
tunawwanna |
yunawwanna | |||||||
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم |
m | ʾunawwan |
tunawwan |
yunawwan |
تُنَوَّنَا tunawwanā |
يُنَوَّنَا yunawwanā |
nunawwan |
tunawwanū |
yunawwanū | |||
f | tunawwanī |
tunawwan |
تُنَوَّنَا tunawwanā |
tunawwanna |
yunawwanna |
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܢܽܘܢܳܐ (nūnā, “fish”) as in the Hebrew story of Joshua, son of Nun, ultimately likely from Akkadian 𒄩 (KU6 /nūnu/), possibly from Sumerian.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nuːn/
Noun
نُون • (nūn) m (plural نِينَان (nīnān) or أَنْوَان (ʾanwān))
(very rare, obsolete)
- The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
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- وَذَا النُّونِ إِذ ذَّهَبَ مُغٰضِبًا فَظَنَّ أَن لَّن نَّقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ فَنَادَى فِي الظُّلُمَاتِ أَن لَّا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ سُبْحٰنَكَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ مِنَ الظّٰلِمِينَ
- waḏā n-nūni ʾiḏ ḏḏahaba muḡāḍiban faẓanna ʾan llan nnaqdira ʿalayhi fanādā fī ẓ-ẓulumāti ʾan llā ʾilāha ʾillā ʾanta subḥānaka ʾinnī kuntu mina ẓ-ẓālimīna
- And the man of the nūn, when he went off in fury and opined that We would not decree upon him. And he cried in the glooms “there is no god short of You, exalted are You. Indeed I have been of the wrongdoers.”
- fish; great fish
- A male given name
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Declension
Declension of noun نُون (nūn)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | نُون nūn |
النُّون an-nūn |
نُون nūn |
Nominative | نُونٌ nūnun |
النُّونُ an-nūnu |
نُونُ nūnu |
Accusative | نُونًا nūnan |
النُّونَ an-nūna |
نُونَ nūna |
Genitive | نُونٍ nūnin |
النُّونِ an-nūni |
نُونِ nūni |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | نُونَيْن nūnayn |
النُّونَيْن an-nūnayn |
نُونَيْ nūnay |
Nominative | نُونَانِ nūnāni |
النُّونَانِ an-nūnāni |
نُونَا nūnā |
Accusative | نُونَيْنِ nūnayni |
النُّونَيْنِ an-nūnayni |
نُونَيْ nūnay |
Genitive | نُونَيْنِ nūnayni |
النُّونَيْنِ an-nūnayni |
نُونَيْ nūnay |
Plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | نِينَان; أَنْوَان nīnān; ʾanwān |
النِّينَان; الْأَنْوَان an-nīnān; al-ʾanwān |
نِينَان; أَنْوَان nīnān; ʾanwān |
Nominative | نِينَانٌ; أَنْوَانٌ nīnānun; ʾanwānun |
النِّينَانُ; الْأَنْوَانُ an-nīnānu; al-ʾanwānu |
نِينَانُ; أَنْوَانُ nīnānu; ʾanwānu |
Accusative | نِينَانًا; أَنْوَانًا nīnānan; ʾanwānan |
النِّينَانَ; الْأَنْوَانَ an-nīnāna; al-ʾanwāna |
نِينَانَ; أَنْوَانَ nīnāna; ʾanwāna |
Genitive | نِينَانٍ; أَنْوَانٍ nīnānin; ʾanwānin |
النِّينَانِ; الْأَنْوَانِ an-nīnāni; al-ʾanwāni |
نِينَانِ; أَنْوَانِ nīnāni; ʾanwāni |
References
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 121
- Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, page 282
- Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “نون”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1332
Baluchi
Persian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [nun], [nuːn]
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *nu (“now”).
Noun
نون • (nun) (plural نونها (nun-hâ))
- The name of the Perso-Arabic script letter ن.
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