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طعنه

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of piercing or stabbing, often with a weapon like a spear. It extends to metaphorical meanings of verbal attack, rapid movement, and even disease.

Derived headwords

طَعَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to stab, pierceboth

    To strike or pierce someone with a pointed object, typically a spear.

  2. 2.
    to go, proceedclassical

    To travel or move rapidly, especially through a desert or at night.

  3. 3.
    to extend, speed upclassical

    To make a horse extend itself or speed up its pace.

طَعَنَهُ بالرِّمْحِ — He stabbed him with the spear.
طَعْنnoun
  1. 1.
    stabbing, piercingboth

    The act of stabbing or piercing with a weapon.

  2. 2.
    verbal attack, slanderboth

    Criticism or attack directed at someone's character or words.

  3. 3.
    plague, epidemicboth

    A widespread and often fatal disease.

  4. 4.
    rapid movementclassical

    The act of moving quickly or extending one's pace.

طَعْنًا — A stabbing.
طَعْنًا فيه بالقول — Slandering him verbally.
في المفازة: ذَهَبَ — In the desert: he went.
والليل: سار فيه كله — And at night: he traveled through it all.
مَطْعُونadjective
  1. 1.
    stabbed, piercedboth

    One who has been stabbed or pierced by a weapon.

فهو مطعون — So he is one who has been stabbed.
طَعِينadjective
  1. 1.
    stabbed, piercedclassical

    One who has been stabbed or pierced; similar to مطعون.

  2. 2.
    wounded by wordsclassical

    Figuratively, one who has been hurt or attacked by speech.

وطعين — And one who has been stabbed.
طُعْنnoun
  1. 1.
    stabbing, piercingboth

    The act of stabbing or piercing, often used as a masdar for the verb.

ج: طعن، بالضم — Plural: tu'n, with damma.
طَعْنَانnoun
  1. 1.
    verbal attack, slanderclassical

    Intense or repeated verbal criticism or slander.

وطعنانا — And slander.
مِطْعَانadjective
  1. 1.
    frequent attackerboth

    One who frequently attacks or stabs the enemy.

والمطعان: الكثير الطعن للعدو — And al-mit'aan: the one who frequently stabs the enemy.
مَطْعَنadjective
  1. 1.
    frequent attackerclassical

    Similar to مطعان, one who frequently attacks or stabs the enemy.

كالمطعن — Like al-mat'an.
مَطَاعِينnoun
  1. 1.
    frequent attackersboth

    Plural of مطعان or مطعن, referring to those who frequently attack.

ج: مطاعين — Plural: muta'iin.
مَطَاعِنnoun
  1. 1.
    frequent attackersboth

    Plural of مطعان or مطعن, referring to those who frequently attack.

ومطاعن — And muta'an.
تَطَاعَنُواverb
  1. 1.
    to stab each otherboth

    To engage in mutual stabbing or piercing during conflict.

وتطاعنوا في الحرب — And they stabbed each other in the war.
تَطَاعُنnoun
  1. 1.
    mutual stabbingboth

    The act of stabbing each other; a masdar for the verb تطاعنوا.

تطاعنا — Mutual stabbing.
طِعَانnoun
  1. 1.
    mutual stabbingboth

    The act of stabbing each other; another masdar for the verb تطاعنوا.

وطعانا — And mutual stabbing.
أَطْعَنُواverb
  1. 1.
    to stabclassical

    To stab or pierce; a form of the verb related to the root.

واطعنوا — And they stabbed.
الطَّاعُونnoun
  1. 1.
    plague, epidemicboth

    A widespread and often fatal disease; a pestilence.

والطاعون: الوباء — And al-ta'uun: the epidemic.
طَوَاعِينnoun
  1. 1.
    plagues, epidemicsboth

    Plural of الطاعون, referring to multiple widespread diseases.

ج: طواعين — Plural: tuwa'iin.
طُعِنَverb
  1. 1.
    to be stabbedboth

    To be pierced or stabbed by a weapon (passive voice).

  2. 2.
    to be afflictedclassical

    To be struck or afflicted by something, such as a disease.

وكُعِنِيَ: أصابه — And ku'iniya: it afflicted him.

Parallel reading

طعنه بالرمح
He stabbed him with the spear.
فهو مطعون وطعين
So he is one who has been stabbed and wounded by words.
وفيه بالقول طعنا وطعنانا
And in it (i.e., regarding him) verbally, there was slander and repeated slander.
وفي المفازة: ذهب
And in the desert: he went.
والليل: سار فيه كله
And at night: he traveled through it all.
والفرس في العنان: مده، وتبسط في السير
And the horse in the reins: he extended it, and it spread out in its pace.
والمطعان: الكثير الطعن للعدو، كالمطعن
And al-mit'aan: the one who frequently stabs the enemy, like al-mat'an.
وتطاعنوا في الحرب تطاعنا وطعنانا، وطعانا، واطعنوا
And they stabbed each other in the war with mutual stabbing, and repeated stabbing, and stabbing, and they stabbed.
والطاعون: الوباء
And al-ta'uun: the epidemic.
ج: طواعين
Plural: tuwa'iin.
وكُعِنِيَ: أصابه
And ku'iniya: it afflicted him.