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عَوْن
help, aid /ˈʕawn/
nounB2#3793 most common
Also: assistance, support, helper
Example sentences
أَنْتَ عَوْنٌ لِي.
You are a help to me.
أَحْتَاجُ إِلَى عَوْنِكَ.
I need your help.
قَدَّمَتِ الحُكُومَةُ عَوْنًا لِلْمُزَارِعِينَ.
The government gave help to the farmers.
طَلَبَ الطَّالِبُ عَوْنَ مُعَلِّمِهِ لِفَهْمِ الدَّرْسِ.
The student asked his teacher for help understanding the lesson.
كَانَ عَوْنُ الجِيرَانِ سَبَبًا فِي تَجَاوُزِ الأُسْرَةِ لِلْأَزْمَةِ.
The neighbors' help was the reason the family got through the crisis.
لَوْلَا عَوْنُهُ الصَّامِتُ فِي الخَفَاءِ لَمَا تَحَقَّقَ هَذَا الإِنْجَازُ الَّذِي نَحْتَفِلُ بِهِ اليَوْمَ.
Without his quiet, hidden help, this achievement we celebrate today would not have happened.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | عَوْنٌ | أَعْوَانٌ |
| Genitive | عَوْنٍ | أَعْوَانٍ |
| Accusative | عَوْنًا | أَعْوَانًا |
| Vocative | يَا عَوْنُ | يَا أَعْوَانُ |
Word family
أَعَانَto help, assist
يُعِينhelps, is helping
مُعِينhelper
تَعَاوُنcooperation
إِعَانَةaid, subsidy
Etymology
عَوْن comes from the Arabic triliteral root ع-و-ن (ʿ-w-n), which carries the core sense of helping or assisting. The verb أَعَانَ (to help) and the noun عَوْن (help) both derive from this root, along with words like تَعَاوُن (cooperation) and إِعَانَة (aid). The root is native to Arabic and shows no confirmed link to Indo-European roots, since Arabic is a Semitic language.
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