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يسن

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of water becoming stagnant or foul, and by extension, to the state of being old or decayed. It also includes place names and a proper noun.

Derived headwords

أَسِنَverb
  1. 1.
    to become stagnantboth

    The water became stagnant, foul, or putrid.

أَسِنَverb
  1. 1.
    to become oldclassical

    To become old or decayed, referring to things other than water.

ياسينname
  1. 1.
    Yasinboth

    A proper name, mentioned as being discussed in another section.

ياسِنadjective
  1. 1.
    stagnant waterclassical

    Describing water that has become stagnant and foul; a variant of 'aasinin'.

أَيْسَنname
  1. 1.
    Aysanclassical

    A place name in Al-Yamamah.

Parallel reading

أسن البئر؛ وقد يسن كفرح، مثل أسن.
The well became stagnant; and it may become stagnant like 'faraha', similar to 'asina'.
ماء ياسِن: متغير، لغة في آسن لبعض العرب.
Yasin water: changed/foul, a dialectal variant of 'aasinin' for some Arabs.
وأيسن، كأفلس: موضع باليمامة، عن نصر.
And Aysan, like 'aflasa': a place in Al-Yamamah, according to Nasr.