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لَعِين
cursed /laˈʕiːn/
adjectiveA1#446 most common
Also: damned, accursed, the Accursed One (epithet of Satan)
Example sentences
هٰذَا الْمَطَرُ اللَّعِينُ!
This damned rain!
لَا أُحِبُّ هٰذَا الْيَوْمَ اللَّعِينَ.
I do not like this cursed day.
تِلْكَ الْأَفْعَى اللَّعِينَةُ لَدَغَتِ الْفَلَّاحَ.
That cursed snake bit the farmer.
هَرَبَ الْقَتَلَةُ اللُّعَنَاءُ مِنَ الْعَدَالَةِ.
The accursed murderers fled from justice.
فِي التُّرَاثِ الْإِسْلَامِيِّ، يُشَارُ إِلَى الشَّيْطَانِ بِاللَّعِينِ الْمَطْرُودِ مِنْ رَحْمَةِ اللهِ.
In Islamic tradition, Satan is called the accursed one, expelled from God's mercy.
لَمْ يَكُنْ ذٰلِكَ الطَّاغِيَةُ اللَّعِينُ يَأْبَهُ لِأَنِينِ ضَحَايَاهُ.
That accursed tyrant paid no heed to the moaning of his victims.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | لَعِينٌ | لُعَنَاءُ |
| Genitive | لَعِينٍ | لُعَنَاءَ |
| Accusative | لَعِينًا | لُعَنَاءَ |
| Vocative | لَعِينُ | لُعَنَاءُ |
Word family
لَعَنَto curse
لَعْنَةa curse, maledictionمَلْعُونcursed, damnedلاعِنone who curses
لِعَانmutual cursing (a spousal oath in Islamic law)
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic triconsonantal root ل-ع-ن (l-ʿ-n), meaning to curse or to drive away from mercy. It is built on the faʿīl measure, which often carries a passive sense, so لَعِين means one who has been cursed. The same root gives the verb لَعَنَ (to curse) and the noun لَعْنَة (a curse).
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