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طَعْن
stabbing (the act of piercing or thrusting with a weapon) /ˈtˤaʕn/
nounB2#3908 most common
Also: thrust, legal appeal, verbal attack, aspersion
Example sentences
أُصِيبَ الرَّجُلُ بِطَعْنٍ فِي يَدِهِ.
The man was hurt by a stab to his hand.
سَمِعْنَا عَنْ حَادِثَةِ طَعْنٍ فِي الشَّارِعِ.
We heard about a stabbing incident in the street.
تُوُفِّيَ الضَّحِيَّةُ مُتَأَثِّرًا بِجِرَاحِ الطَّعْنِ.
The victim died from the stab wounds.
قَدَّمَ المُحَامِي طَعْنًا فِي الحُكْمِ أَمَامَ المَحْكَمَةِ العُلْيَا.
The lawyer filed an appeal against the ruling before the supreme court.
رَفَضَتِ المَحْكَمَةُ الطَّعْنَ بِالنَّقْضِ الَّذِي تَقَدَّمَ بِهِ الدِّفَاعُ.
The court rejected the cassation appeal filed by the defense.
يُعَدُّ الطَّعْنُ فِي نَزَاهَةِ القَاضِي تُهْمَةً خَطِيرَةً تَسْتَوْجِبُ التَّحْقِيقَ.
Impugning the judge's integrity is a serious charge that calls for investigation.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | طَعْنٌ | طَعَنَاتٌ |
| Genitive | طَعْنٍ | طَعَنَاتٍ |
| Accusative | طَعْنًا | طَعَنَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يَا طَعْنُ | يَا طَعَنَاتُ |
Word family
طَعَنَto stab, pierce; to impugn, cast doubt on
طَاعِنstabbing; advanced in years
مَطْعُونstabbed, wounded by a thrust
طَعْنَةa stab, a single wound
مَطْعَنa point of criticism, ground for objection
Etymology
طَعْن is the verbal noun of the triliteral Arabic verb طَعَنَ (ṭaʿana), meaning to pierce or stab with a pointed weapon such as a spear. Classical usage extended the sense to combat and warfare, where a طَعْنَة was a lance thrust. Arabic later carried the word into abstract and legal registers, so a claim can be 'stabbed' in the sense of being challenged or impugned, and a court ruling can face a طَعْن, meaning a formal appeal.
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