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سَجِين
prisoner /saˈdʒiːn/
nounB1#1613 most common
Also: captive, convict, inmate
Example sentences
السَّجِينُ نائِمٌ.
The prisoner is asleep.
يَأكُلُ السَّجِينُ الخُبْزَ.
The prisoner eats the bread.
هَرَبَ السَّجِينُ مِنَ السِّجْنِ.
The prisoner escaped from the prison.
زارَتِ العائِلةُ السَّجِينَ في الزِّنزانةِ.
The family visited the prisoner in the cell.
أُفرِجَ عَنِ السَّجِينِ بَعدَ عَشْرِ سَنَواتٍ.
The prisoner was released after ten years.
يَتَمَتَّعُ كُلُّ سَجِينٍ بِالحَقِّ في مُحاكَمةٍ عادِلةٍ.
Every prisoner has the right to a fair trial.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | سَجِينٌ | سُجَنَاءُ |
| Genitive | سَجِينٍ | سُجَنَاءَ |
| Accusative | سَجِيناً | سُجَنَاءَ |
| Vocative | يا سَجِينُ | يا سُجَنَاءُ |
Word family
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic triliteral root س-ج-ن (s-j-n), which carries the sense of confining or shutting in. It follows the faʿīl pattern, here with a passive meaning: one who is held. The same root gives the noun سِجْن (prison) and the verb سَجَنَ (to imprison).
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