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ءذعن

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of submission, obedience, and yielding. It describes a state of being compliant, readily following commands, and acknowledging something. It can also extend to the idea of following in succession.

Derived headwords

أَذْعَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to submitboth

    To yield to authority or a command, showing compliance and obedience.

  2. 2.
    to obey readilyboth

    To hasten in obedience, indicating a quick and willing response to a command.

  3. 3.
    to acknowledgeboth

    To admit or confess something, often under duress or persuasion.

  4. 4.
    to be humbleclassical

    To be submissive and lowly, often implying a lack of resistance.

خَضَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to submitboth

    To yield to power or authority; to be subservient.

  2. 2.
    to be humbleboth

    To be meek and unassertive, often in a way that implies deference.

ذَلَّverb
  1. 1.
    to be humbledboth

    To be brought low or degraded; to be abased.

  2. 2.
    to be submissiveboth

    To be meek and obedient, often to the point of servility.

أَقَرَّverb
  1. 1.
    to admitboth

    To confess or acknowledge the truth of something.

  2. 2.
    to affirmboth

    To state something as true or valid.

أَسْرَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to hastenboth

    To move or act quickly.

  2. 2.
    to speed upboth

    To increase the speed of something.

اِنْقَادَverb
  1. 1.
    to be ledboth

    To be guided or controlled; to follow willingly.

  2. 2.
    to obeyboth

    To comply with orders or requests.

مِذْعَانadjective
  1. 1.
    compliantclassical

    Describing a female camel that is easily led and has a supple head.

  2. 2.
    yieldingclassical

    Easily controlled or guided.

مُذْعِنِينَadjective
  1. 1.
    following in successionclassical

    Describing a group of people following one after another, in sequence.

Parallel reading

أذعن له: خضع، وذل، وأقر، وأسرع في الطاعة، وانقاد
He submitted to him: he was humbled, abased, he acknowledged, he hastened in obedience, and he yielded.
كذعن، كفرح
As in 'to submit', like 'to be happy'.
وناقة مذعان: منقادة سلسة الرأس
And a compliant female camel: one that is easily led and has a supple head.
ورأيتهم مذعانين، صوابه بالباء الموحدة، أي: متتابعين
And I saw them following in succession, its correction is with the single 'ba', meaning: following one after another.