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رعن

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes qualities of being clumsy, foolish, slow, or relaxed, often in a negative or unrefined sense. It also extends to physical descriptions like prominent mountain features, and place names, with some derived terms referring to specific historical figures or groups.

Derived headwords

الأَرْعَنadjective
  1. 1.
    Clumsy in speechboth

    Describes someone who is clumsy, erratic, or foolish in their speech.

  2. 2.
    Foolish and sluggishboth

    Refers to a person who is foolish and sluggish or relaxed.

  3. 3.
    Prominent mountain spurclassical

    A large, prominent spur or projection of a mountain.

  4. 4.
    Disorderly armyclassical

    An army that is disordered or chaotic due to its large numbers.

  5. 5.
    Long-nosedclassical

    A man with a long nose.

رَعَنَverb
  1. 1.
    To be foolish and sluggishboth

    The man was foolish, sluggish, and relaxed.

  2. 2.
    To be struck by the sunboth

    The sun afflicted his brain, causing him to become sluggish and faint.

رُعُونَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Foolishness and sluggishnessboth

    The state of being foolish, sluggish, and relaxed.

رَعْنnoun
  1. 1.
    Prominent mountain spurboth

    A large, prominent spur or projection of a mountain.

  2. 2.
    Long mountainclassical

    A long mountain.

  3. 3.
    A place in Hijazclassical

    A place name in Hijaz, among the dwellings of the Yamani people.

  4. 4.
    A place in Bahrainclassical

    A place name in Bahrain.

  5. 5.
    A place near Basraclassical

    A place located outside Basra, near Abu Musa's excavation.

  6. 6.
    Relaxationclassical

    Looseness or slackness, especially in tying something due to fear or haste.

رُعُونnoun
  1. 1.
    Plural of رعن (mountain spur)classical

    Plural form for prominent mountain spurs.

رَعَانnoun
  1. 1.
    Plural of رعن (mountain spur)classical

    Plural form for prominent mountain spurs.

مَرْعُونadjective
  1. 1.
    Fainted from sunstrokeboth

    Someone who has fainted or become unconscious due to the heat of the sun.

ذُو رُعَيْنname
  1. 1.
    King of Himyarclassical

    A king of Himyar, descended from Al-Harith ibn Amr ibn Himyar.

رُعَيْنnoun
  1. 1.
    Fortress or mountain with a fortressclassical

    A fortress belonging to Dhu Ru'ayn, or a mountain containing a fortress.

  2. 2.
    Another region in Yemenclassical

    Another administrative region or province in Yemen, known as Sha'b Dhi Ru'ayn.

الرَّعِينnoun
  1. 1.
    A group or troopclassical

    Refers to a troop or group of people, with the 'n' being a transposition of 'l'.

رَعُونadjective
  1. 1.
    Strongclassical

    Describes someone who is strong.

  2. 2.
    Very activeclassical

    Describes someone or something that is very active or restless.

  3. 3.
    Darkness of nightclassical

    Refers to the deep darkness of the night.

رَعْنَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    Basraclassical

    The city of Basra, named possibly due to its uneven terrain or the flow of the sea.

  2. 2.
    White, long grapesclassical

    A type of white, long grape found in Taif.

رَعْنِكparticle
  1. 1.
    Variant of 'perhaps'classical

    A dialectal variant of the word 'la'allaka' (perhaps, maybe).

Parallel reading

الأرعن: الأهوج في منطقه
Al-Ar'an: The erratic in his speech.
وقد رعن الرجل، مثلثة، رعونة ورعنا، محركة، وهو أرعن، وهي رعناء
And the man became foolish, sluggish, with ru'unah and ru'nan, and he is ar'an, and she is ra'na'.
قال خطام المجاشعي يصف ناقة: ورحلوها رحلة فيها رعن
Khitam Al-Majashi'i said, describing a she-camel: 'And they saddled her with a saddling that had looseness in it.'
أي استرخاء لم يحكم شدها من الخوف والعجلة.
Meaning, a looseness where they did not secure its tying due to fear and haste.
لا تقولوا راعنا وقولوا انظرنا
Do not say 'Ra'ina' (heed us) but say 'Unthurna' (look at us).
قيل: هي كلمة كانوا يذهبون بها إلى سب النبي، صلى الله عليه وسلم اشتقوه من الرعونة.
It was said: It is a word they used to insult the Prophet, peace be upon him, deriving it from ru'unah (foolishness).
قال ثعلب: معناه: لا تقولوا كذبا وسخريا وحمقا.
Tha'lab said: Its meaning is: Do not say it falsely, mockingly, and foolishly.
ورعنته الشمس: آلمت دماغه فاسترخى لذلك وغشي عليه
And the sun afflicted him: it pained his brain, so he became sluggish because of it and fainted.
ورجل مرعون إذا غشي عليه
And a man is mar'un if he faints.
كأنه من أوار الشمس مرعون
As if he is fainted from the heat of the sun.
والرعن: أنف عظيم يتقدم الجبل
And Al-Ru'n: a large spur that projects from the mountain.
ج رعون ورعان.
Plural: ru'un and ru'an.
والرعن: الجبل الطويل
And Al-Ru'n: the long mountain.
غداة الرعن والخرقاء ندعووصرح باطل الظن الكذوب
On the morning of Al-Ru'n and Al-Kharqaa', we call, and the false assumption of the liar is clarified.
وجيش أرعن: له فضول كرعان الجبال، شبه بالرعن من الجبل.
And an ar'an army: it has protrusions like the spurs of mountains, likened to a mountain spur.
ويقال: الجيش الأرعن هو المضطرب لكثرته.
And it is said: The ar'an army is the one that is disordered due to its multitude.
وهم آل ذي رعين
And they are the family of Dhu Ru'ayn.
جارية من شعب ذي رعينحياكة تمشي بعلطتين
A slave girl from Sha'b Dhi Ru'ayn, a weaver, walking with two anklets.
والرعين، كأمير: الرعيل، النون مقلوبة عن اللام
And Al-Ra'in, like Ameer: Al-Ra'eel, the 'n' is transposed from 'l'.
والرعون، كصبور: الشديد.
And Al-Ru'un, like Sabur: the strong one.
تشق مغمضات الليل عنهاإذا طرقت بمرداس رعون
It cuts through the obscured parts of the night when it encounters a dense, dark night.
بمرداس رعون: أي بجبل من الظلام عظيم.
Bi-mirdasin ru'un: meaning, with a great mountain of darkness.
ورعنك: لغة في لعلك
And Ru'nak: a dialectal variant for La'allaka (perhaps).
البصرة الرعناء لي وطنا
Al-Basrah Al-Ru'naa' was my homeland.
سميت به لكثرة مجرى البحر وعكيكه بها
It was named so due to the abundance of the sea's course and its currents within it.
ورجل أرعن: طويل الأنف.
And a man ar'an: long-nosed.