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إِنْسان
human being /ʔinˈsaːn/
nounA1#593 most common
Also: human, person, man (the human species)
Example sentences
هُوَ إِنْسانٌ طَيِّبٌ.
He is a good person.
كُلُّ إِنْسانٍ يُحِبُّ الحُرِّيَّةَ.
Every human loves freedom.
الإِنْسانُ يَتَعَلَّمُ مِنْ أَخْطائِهِ.
A human learns from his mistakes.
لا يَسْتَطيعُ الإِنْسانُ أَنْ يَعيشَ وَحْدَهُ.
A human cannot live alone.
يُقالُ إِنَّ الإِنْسانَ كائِنٌ اجْتِماعِيٌّ بِطَبْعِهِ.
It is said that the human being is a social creature by nature.
مَهْما بَلَغَ الإِنْسانُ مِنَ العِلْمِ، يَظَلُّ عاجِزاً أَمامَ أَسْرارِ الكَوْنِ.
However much knowledge a human attains, he stays powerless before the secrets of the universe.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | إِنْسانٌ | نَاسٌ |
| Genitive | إِنْسانٍ | نَاسٍ |
| Accusative | إِنْساناً | نَاساً |
| Vocative | يا إِنْسانُ | يا نَاسُ |
Word family
إِنْسانِيّ (insānī)human; humane
إِنْسانِيّة (insāniyya)humanity; humaneness
إِنْس (ins)humankind
أُنْس (uns)companionship, warmth of company
Etymology
إِنْسان comes from the Arabic root ء-ن-س, tied to the ideas of sociability and familiarity. Classical grammarians linked it to أُنْس, meaning companionship, and read the human as a being made for company. The word shares a common Semitic ancestry with Hebrew אֱנוֹשׁ and Aramaic ʾĕnāš, both meaning man or mankind.
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