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ذعن

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

The root ذعن (dh-'-n) primarily relates to submission, obedience, and yielding. It encompasses concepts of acknowledging truth, hastening to obey, and being pliant or submissive, often in a willing manner.

Derived headwords

أَذْعَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to submitboth

    To yield, be humble, and submissive to someone or something.

  2. 2.
    to acknowledgeboth

    To admit or confess something, especially willingly.

  3. 3.
    to hasten in obedienceclassical

    To quickly and readily comply with a request or command.

  4. 4.
    to be pliantboth

    To be yielding and easily managed or led.

أذعن له إذعانا — He submitted to him with submission.
أذعن لي بحقي — He acknowledged my right to me.
إِذْعَانnoun
  1. 1.
    submissionboth

    The act of yielding, being humble, and submissive.

  2. 2.
    acknowledgmentboth

    The act of admitting or confessing something.

  3. 3.
    hastening in obedienceclassical

    The act of quickly and readily complying.

مُذْعِنadjective
  1. 1.
    submissiveboth

    One who is yielding, humble, and obedient.

  2. 2.
    acknowledgingboth

    One who admits or confesses.

  3. 3.
    hastening in obedienceclassical

    One who quickly and readily complies.

  4. 4.
    pliantboth

    Easily managed or led.

وإن يكن لهم الحق يأتوا إليه مذعنين — And if the truth is theirs, they come to it submitting.
رأيتهم مذعانين — I saw them submitting.
ذَعَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to be pliantboth

    To be yielding and easily managed or led.

  2. 2.
    to submitboth

    To yield and be submissive.

ذعناً — yieldingly
ذَعْنnoun
  1. 1.
    pliabilityboth

    The state of being yielding and easily managed.

  2. 2.
    submissionboth

    The state of yielding.

نَاقَةٌ مِذْعَانadjective
  1. 1.
    pliant camelboth

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

وناقة مذعان: منقادة لقائدها سلسة الرأس — And a pliant camel: obedient to its leader, supple of head.
مُذْعَنِينadjective
  1. 1.
    submittingboth

    Those who are submitting or yielding.

  2. 2.
    acknowledgingboth

    Those who are acknowledging or confessing.

  3. 3.
    hastening in obedienceclassical

    Those who are quickly and readily complying.

وإن يكن لهم الحق يأتوا إليه مذعنين — And if the truth is theirs, they come to it submitting.
رأيتهم مذعانين — I saw them submitting.
مُذْعَنadjective
  1. 1.
    submissiveboth

    One who is yielding and obedient.

  2. 2.
    pliantboth

    Easily managed or led.

رجل مذعان — A submissive man.

Parallel reading

أذعن له إذعانا: (خضع وذل)
He submitted to him with submission: (he was humble and abased).
أذعن لي بحقي: (أقر)
He acknowledged my right to me: (he confessed).
وكذلك أمعن به، أي أقر طائعا غير مستكره.
And likewise, he acknowledged it, meaning he confessed willingly, not under duress.
وإن يكن لهم الحق يأتوا إليه مذعنين
And if the truth is theirs, they come to it submitting.
أذعن في اللغة: (أسرع في الطاعة)
Adhna' in language means: (to hasten in obedience).
تقول: أذعن لي بحقي، معناه طاوعني لما كنت ألتمسه منه، وصار يسرع إليه
You say: 'He acknowledged my right to me,' meaning he obeyed me in what I was seeking from him, and he became quick to do it.
وبه فسرت الآية أيضا.
And this is how the verse was also interpreted.
مذعنين: مطيعين غير مستكرهين.
Mudh'ineen: obedient, not under duress.
أذعن الرجل: (انقاد) وسلس
The man submitted: (he became obedient) and pliant.
كذعن، كفرح
Like dhana'a, as in faraha.
وناقة مذعان: منقادة لقائدها (سلسة الرأس.
And a pliant camel: obedient to its leader (supple of head).
رأيتهم مذعانين، صوابه بالياء الموحدة: أي متتابعين
I saw them submitting, the correct form is with a single 'ya': meaning following one another.
رجل مذعان: أي منقاد
A submissive man: meaning obedient.