عجين

Arabic

Root
ع ج ن (ʕ-j-n)

Noun

عَجِين • (ʕajīn) m (plural عُجُن (ʕujun))

1. verbal noun of عَجَنَ (ʕajana, “to knead”)
2. dough

Declension

Declension of noun عَجِين (ʕajīn)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَجِين ʕajīn	الْعَجِين al-ʕajīn	عَجِين ʕajīn
Nominative	عَجِينٌ ʕajīnun	الْعَجِينُ al-ʕajīnu	عَجِينُ ʕajīnu
Accusative	عَجِينًا ʕajīnan	الْعَجِينَ al-ʕajīna	عَجِينَ ʕajīna
Genitive	عَجِينٍ ʕajīnin	الْعَجِينِ al-ʕajīni	عَجِينِ ʕajīni
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَجِينَيْن ʕajīnayn	الْعَجِينَيْن al-ʕajīnayn	عَجِينَيْ ʕajīnay
Nominative	عَجِينَانِ ʕajīnāni	الْعَجِينَانِ al-ʕajīnāni	عَجِينَا ʕajīnā
Accusative	عَجِينَيْنِ ʕajīnayni	الْعَجِينَيْنِ al-ʕajīnayni	عَجِينَيْ ʕajīnay
Genitive	عَجِينَيْنِ ʕajīnayni	الْعَجِينَيْنِ al-ʕajīnayni	عَجِينَيْ ʕajīnay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عُجُن ʕujun	الْعُجُن al-ʕujun	عُجُن ʕujun
Nominative	عُجُنٌ ʕujunun	الْعُجُنُ al-ʕujunu	عُجُنُ ʕujunu
Accusative	عُجُنًا ʕujunan	الْعُجُنَ al-ʕujuna	عُجُنَ ʕujuna
Genitive	عُجُنٍ ʕujunin	الْعُجُنِ al-ʕujuni	عُجُنِ ʕujuni

Adjective

عَجِين • (ʕajīn) (feminine عَجِينَة (ʕajīna))

1. kneaded, clinched

Declension

Declension of adjective عَجِين (ʕajīn)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	عَجِين ʕajīn	الْعَجِين al-ʕajīn	عَجِينَة ʕajīna	الْعَجِينَة al-ʕajīna
Nominative	عَجِينٌ ʕajīnun	الْعَجِينُ al-ʕajīnu	عَجِينَةٌ ʕajīnatun	الْعَجِينَةُ al-ʕajīnatu
Accusative	عَجِينًا ʕajīnan	الْعَجِينَ al-ʕajīna	عَجِينَةً ʕajīnatan	الْعَجِينَةَ al-ʕajīnata
Genitive	عَجِينٍ ʕajīnin	الْعَجِينِ al-ʕajīni	عَجِينَةٍ ʕajīnatin	الْعَجِينَةِ al-ʕajīnati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	عَجِينَيْن ʕajīnayn	الْعَجِينَيْن al-ʕajīnayn	عَجِينَتَيْن ʕajīnatayn	الْعَجِينَتَيْن al-ʕajīnatayn
Nominative	عَجِينَانِ ʕajīnāni	الْعَجِينَانِ al-ʕajīnāni	عَجِينَتَانِ ʕajīnatāni	الْعَجِينَتَانِ al-ʕajīnatāni
Accusative	عَجِينَيْنِ ʕajīnayni	الْعَجِينَيْنِ al-ʕajīnayni	عَجِينَتَيْنِ ʕajīnatayni	الْعَجِينَتَيْنِ al-ʕajīnatayni
Genitive	عَجِينَيْنِ ʕajīnayni	الْعَجِينَيْنِ al-ʕajīnayni	عَجِينَتَيْنِ ʕajīnatayni	الْعَجِينَتَيْنِ al-ʕajīnatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	—		—
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	—	—	—	—
Nominative	—	—	—	—
Accusative	—	—	—	—
Genitive	—	—	—	—

References

• “عجين” in Almaany
• Freytag, Georg (1835) “عجين”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 116
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “عجين”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[2] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 185
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “عجين”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[3], London: Williams & Norgate, page 1968
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “عجين”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[4] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 816

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic عَجِين (ʕajīn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕa.ʒiːn/, [ʕaˈʒiːn]

• Audio (al-Lidd)

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Noun

عجين • (ʕajīn) m

1. dough