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ابن

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with concepts of accusation, remembrance, and time. It extends to notions of enmity, watching, mourning, and specific temporal or locational references.

Derived headwords

أبنهverb
  1. 1.
    stable in pause and connectionboth

    stable in pause and connection

يأبنهverb
  1. 1.
    he accuses himboth

    Present tense of accusing someone of something.

يأبنهverb
  1. 1.
    he accuses himboth

    Present tense of accusing someone of something (alternative pronunciation).

الابنةnoun
  1. 1.
    knot in woodclassical

    A knot or blemish found in wood.

أبنnoun
  1. 1.
    its origin is 'banū', so the missing letter is a wāw, like the missing letter in 'ab' and 'akh'both

    its origin is 'banū', so the missing letter is a wāw, like the missing letter in 'ab' and 'akh'

  2. 2.
    it is said 'ibnun bayyinul-bunūwah' (a clear sonship)both

    it is said 'ibnun bayyinul-bunūwah' (a clear sonship)

يؤبنverb
  1. 1.
    he is mentionedboth

    To be mentioned, especially in a negative or critical way.

أبنتverb
  1. 1.
    I watchedclassical

    To watch over, observe, or keep an eye on something.

التأبينnoun
  1. 1.
    trackingclassical

    The act of following or tracking the traces or footprints of something.

  2. 2.
    mourning and praiseclassical

    The act of mourning for the deceased and praising them after death.

أببتverb
  1. 1.
    I mournedclassical

    To mourn for someone, often accompanied by praise after their death.

مامؤبنadjective
  1. 1.
    unmournedclassical

    Not mourned for; not wept over.

أبناverb
  1. 1.
    we mournedclassical

    Past tense, first person plural of mourning and praising.

إبانnoun
  1. 1.
    its timeboth

    its time

  2. 2.
    I clarified itboth

    I clarified it

  3. 3.
    he separated itboth

    he separated it

  4. 4.
    in its deficient formboth

    in its deficient form

أبانانname
  1. 1.
    two mountainsclassical

    The name of two mountains.

Parallel reading

اتهمه به
He accused him of it.
الابنة بالضم: العقدة في العود
Al-ibnah (with dammah): the knot in the wood.
بينهم أبن، أي عداوات
Between them is abn, meaning enmities.
فلان يؤبن بكذا، أي يذكر بقبيح
So-and-so is mentioned with such-and-such, meaning he is spoken of negatively.
لا تؤبن فيه الحرم
The women's honor should not be spoken of ill therein.
أبنت الشئ: رقبته
I watched over the thing: I observed it.
يقول له الراءون هذاك راكب يؤبن شخصا فوق علياء واقف
The observers say to him, 'That one is riding, watching a person standing on a high place.'
التأبين: أن تقفوا أثر الشئ
Al-ta'been: to stand and follow the trace of something.
وأببت الرجل تابينا، إذا بكيت عليه وأثنيت عليه بعد الموت
And I mourned for the man with mourning, if you weep for him and praise him after death.
فامدح بلالا غير مامؤبن
So praise Bilal, not as one unmourned.
وأبنا ملاعب الرماح
And we mourned for the players of spears.
كل الفواكه في إبانها، أي في وقتها
All fruits are in their ibban, meaning in their time.
تؤم بها الحداة مياه نخل وفيها عن أبانين ازورار
The camel drivers guide them to the waters of Nakhla, and in them is a turning away from Abanan.
درس المنا بمتالع فأبان فتقادمت بالحس فالسوبان
The dwelling places have become desolate at Mutala', then Aban, and have grown old with Al-Hass and Al-Suban.