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سِجْن
prison /ˈsidʒn/
nounA1#445 most common
Also: jail, imprisonment, incarceration
Example sentences
هٰذا سِجْنٌ.
This is a prison.
أَخي في السِّجْنِ الآن.
My brother is in prison now.
حُكِمَ عَلَيْهِ بِالسِّجْنِ خَمْسَ سَنَواتٍ.
He was sentenced to five years in prison.
زُرْتُ صَديقي في السِّجْنِ يَوْمَ الجُمُعَةِ الماضي.
I visited my friend in prison last Friday.
تَعِجُّ سُجُونُ البِلادِ بِالمُعْتَقَلينَ السِّياسِيِّينَ.
The country's prisons are crowded with political detainees.
رَأى في عُزْلَةِ السِّجْنِ فُرْصَةً لِمُراجَعَةِ ماضيهِ وإعادَةِ تَرْتيبِ أَفْكارِهِ.
In the isolation of prison he saw a chance to review his past and put his thoughts back in order.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | سِجْنٌ | سُجُونٌ |
| Genitive | سِجْنٍ | سُجُونٍ |
| Accusative | سِجْنًا | سُجُونًا |
| Vocative | يا سِجْنُ | يا سُجُونُ |
Word family
سَجَنَto imprison
سَجينprisoner
سَجَّانjailer
مَسْجونimprisoned, jailed
سُجُونprisons
Etymology
Sijn comes from the Semitic root s-j-n, which carries the sense of shutting in or confining. It began as the verbal noun of sajana, to imprison, and came to name the place of confinement itself. The Quran uses the related form sijjin, built on the same idea of being locked away.
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