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دَخَن
to give off smoke /ˈda.xa.na/
verbB1#2301 most common
Also: to smoke, to smolder, to fumigate
Example sentences
النَّارُ تَدْخُنُ.
The fire is giving off smoke.
الحَطَبُ الرَّطْبُ يَدْخُنُ كَثِيرًا.
Wet firewood smokes a lot.
بَدَأَتِ النَّارُ تَدْخُنُ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَشْتَعِلَ.
The fire began to smoke before it caught flame.
كُلَّمَا دَخَنَتِ المِدْفَأَةُ امْتَلَأَتِ الغُرْفَةُ بِرَائِحَةِ الخَشَبِ المَحْرُوقِ.
Whenever the stove smoked, the room filled with the smell of burnt wood.
ظَلَّتْ جَذْوَةُ الحَطَبِ تَدْخُنُ فِي المَوْقِدِ طَوَالَ اللَّيْلِ دُونَ أَنْ تَنْطَفِئَ.
The wood ember kept smoking in the hearth all night without going out.
مَا إِنْ دَخَنَتْ أَطْرَافُ السَّعَفِ حَتَّى تَصَاعَدَ مِنْهَا دُخَانٌ كَثِيفٌ حَجَبَ الرُّؤْيَةَ.
No sooner did the edges of the palm fronds smoke than thick smoke rose from them and blocked the view.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَدْخُنُ | دَخَنْتُ | سَأَدْخُنُ |
| 2sg | تَدْخُنُ | دَخَنْتَ | سَتَدْخُنُ |
| 3sg | يَدْخُنُ | دَخَنَ | سَيَدْخُنُ |
| 1pl | نَدْخُنُ | دَخَنَّا | سَنَدْخُنُ |
| 2pl | تَدْخُنُونَ | دَخَنْتُمْ | سَتَدْخُنُونَ |
| 3pl | يَدْخُنُونَ | دَخَنُوا | سَيَدْخُنُونَ |
Word family
دُخَانsmoke
دَخَّنَto smoke (a cigarette), to fumigate
مُدَخِّنsmoker
تَدْخِينsmokingدَاخِنsmoky, smoking
Etymology
The verb comes from the Semitic root د-خ-ن, tied to smoke. The related noun دُخَان means smoke, and دُخْن means millet, a grain whose greyish heads may have carried the same root. Arabic passed the smoke sense into Maltese as duħħan.
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