See also: ابن, أثن, اثن, أتن, and آتن

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Denominal verb of إِبَّان (ʔibbān, time).

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أَبَّنَ (ʔabbana) II (non-past يُؤَبِّنُ (yuʔabbinu), verbal noun تَأْبِين (taʔbīn))

  1. to eulogize, to pay homage to a dead person, to commemorate the times of
  2. (obsolete) to be on the tracks of, to follow the traces of
  3. (obsolete) to watch, to observe, to wait for
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Etymology 2

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Denominal verb of بَنَّة (banna, odour in particular from lodging-places due to cattle), or a previous meaning “ground” of بُنّ (bunn), Omani Arabic بُون (būn, origin, root).

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أَبَنَّ (ʔabanna) IV (non-past يُبِنُّ (yubinnu), verbal noun إِبْنَان (ʔibnān)) (obsolete)

  1. to stick, to stay, to remain [with بِ (bi)]
    • Fleischer, Heinrich Leberecht (1888) Kleinere Schriften[1] (in German), volume 3, Leipzig: S. Hirzel, page 484
      يَا كَرَوَانًا ضُكَّ فَأَكْبَأَنَّا
      فَشَنَّ بِٱلسَلْخِ فَلَمَّا شَنَّا … بَلَّ ٱلذُنَابَى عَبَسًا مُبِنَّا
      yā karawānan ḍukka faʔakbaʔannā
      fašanna bi-s-salḵi falammā šannā … balla ḏ-ḏunābā ʕabasan mubinnā
      You thick-knee! Which when bumped will clew and toss dung and having hurled … moistens the tail with sticky soil!
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Etymology 3

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Etymology 4

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Etymology 5

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South Levantine Arabic

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Root
ء ب ن
1 term

Etymology

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From Arabic أَبَّنَ (ʔabbana).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʔab.ban/, [ˈʔab.ban]
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Verb

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أبّن (ʔabban) II (present بأبّن (biʔabben))

  1. to eulogize

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of أبّن (ʔabban)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m أبّنت (ʔabbant) أبّنت (ʔabbant) أبّن (ʔabban) أبّننا (ʔabbanna) أبّنتو (ʔabbantu) أبّنو (ʔabbanu)
f أبّنتي (ʔabbanti) أبّنت (ʔabbanat)
present m بأبّن (baʔabben) بتأبّن (bitʔabben) بأبّن (biʔabben) منأبّن (minʔabben) بتأبّنو (bitʔabbnu) بأبّنو (biʔabbnu)
f بتأبّني (bitʔabbni) بتأبّن (bitʔabben)
subjunctive m اأبّن (aʔabben) تأبّن (tʔabben) يأبّن (yʔabben) نأبّن (nʔabben) تأبّنو (tʔabbnu) يأبّنو (yʔabbnu)
f تأبّني (tʔabbni) تأبّن (tʔabben)
imperative m أبّن (ʔabben) أبّنو (ʔabbnu)
f أبّني (ʔabbni)