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أَمَّن
to secure (make safe) /ʔamˈman/
verbA2#935 most common
Also: to insure, to provide, to ensure, to say amen
Example sentences
أَمَّنَ عَلِيٌّ سَيَّارَتَهُ.
Ali insured his car.
أَمَّنْتُ عَلَى بَيْتِي ضِدَّ الْحَرِيقِ.
I insured my house against fire.
يَجِبُ أَنْ نُؤَمِّنَ الْحُدُودَ لِحِمَايَةِ الْبِلَادِ.
We must secure the borders to protect the country.
أَمَّنَتِ الشَّرِكَةُ لِمُوَظَّفِيهَا تَأْمِينًا صِحِّيًّا شَامِلًا.
The company provided its employees with comprehensive health insurance.
لَمْ تَسْتَطِعِ الْحُكُومَةُ أَنْ تُؤَمِّنَ الِاحْتِيَاجَاتِ الْأَسَاسِيَّةَ لِلسُّكَّانِ خِلَالَ الْأَزْمَةِ.
The government could not secure the population's basic needs during the crisis.
أَمَّنَ الْمُصَلُّونَ عَلَى دُعَاءِ الْإِمَامِ فِي صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ.
The worshippers said amen to the imam's supplication during the dawn prayer.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُؤَمِّنُ | أَمَّنْتُ | سَأُؤَمِّنُ |
| 2sg | تُؤَمِّنُ | أَمَّنْتَ | سَتُؤَمِّنُ |
| 3sg | يُؤَمِّنُ | أَمَّنَ | سَيُؤَمِّنُ |
| 1pl | نُؤَمِّنُ | أَمَّنَّا | سَنُؤَمِّنُ |
| 2pl | تُؤَمِّنُونَ | أَمَّنْتُمْ | سَتُؤَمِّنُونَ |
| 3pl | يُؤَمِّنُونَ | أَمَّنُوا | سَيُؤَمِّنُونَ |
Word family
Etymology
أَمَّن is the form II (causative) verb from the Semitic root ʔ-m-n, which carries the sense of firmness, safety, and trust. Where the form I verb أَمِنَ means to be safe, the doubled middle radical makes it causative: to make safe, to secure. The same root gives Hebrew אָמַן, to be firm or faithful, and the word amen, which passed into Greek, Latin, and English through Hebrew.
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