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سجن

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of imprisonment, confinement, and detention. It extends to related ideas like severe punishment and a specific place mentioned in religious texts.

Derived headwords

السِّجْنnoun
  1. 1.
    imprisonment, jailboth

    imprisonment, jail

سَجَنَverb
  1. 1.
    from the verb class of naṣaraboth

    from the verb class of naṣara

سَجْنnoun
  1. 1.
    from the verb class of naṣaraboth

    from the verb class of naṣara

سَجِينadjective
  1. 1.
    a place where the book of the wicked isboth

    a place where the book of the wicked is

سِجِّينname
  1. 1.
    a place where the book of the wicked isboth

    a place where the book of the wicked is

Parallel reading

السجن: الحبس.
Prison: confinement.
والسجن بالفتح المصدر.
And 'sijin' (with fatha) is the masdar (verbal noun).
وقد سجنه (2) يسجنه: أي حبسه.
And he imprisoned him, he imprisons him: meaning, he confined him.
وضرب سجين، أي شديد.
And a 'sajin' blow, meaning severe.
قال ابن مقبل ورجلة يضربون الهام عن عرض ضربا تواصت به الابطال سجينا (1)
Ibn Muqbil said: And foot soldiers strike the skulls from a distance with a blow that the heroes have recommended to each other as 'sajin'.
وسجين: موضع فيه كتاب الفجار.
And Sijjin: a place containing the record of the wicked.
قال ابن عباس رضي الله عنهما: ودواوينهم.
Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both, said: And their registers.
قال أبو عبيدة: هو فعيل من السجن، كالفسيق من الفسق.
Abu Ubaidah said: It is 'fai'il' from 'sijin', like 'fasiq' from 'fasaq'.