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لَعْنَة
curse /ˈlaʕ.na/
nounA1#219 most common
Also: damnation, malediction, imprecation
Example sentences
هَذِهِ لَعْنَة.
This is a curse.
عَلَيْهِ لَعْنَةُ اللَّهِ.
God's curse is upon him.
يَقُولُ النَّاسُ إِنَّ عَلَى البَيْتِ لَعْنَةً قَدِيمَةً.
People say there is an old curse on the house.
أَلْقَى السَّاحِرُ لَعْنَةً عَلَى القَرْيَةِ كُلِّهَا.
The sorcerer cast a curse on the whole village.
شَعَرَتْ بِأَنَّ هَذِهِ الثَّرْوَةَ لَعْنَةٌ أَكْثَرُ مِنْهَا نِعْمَةٌ.
She felt this wealth was a curse more than a blessing.
تُلاحِقُ لَعْنَةُ الحَرْبِ أَجْيَالًا لَمْ تُولَدْ بَعْدُ.
The curse of war haunts generations not yet born.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | لَعْنَةٌ | لَعَنَاتٌ |
| Genitive | لَعْنَةٍ | لَعَنَاتٍ |
| Accusative | لَعْنَةً | لَعَنَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يَا لَعْنَةُ | يَا لَعَنَاتُ |
Word family
لَعَنَto curse
مَلْعُونcursed, damnedلَعِينaccursed one, the devilلَاعِنone who curses
لِعَانmutual imprecation (a legal oath)
Etymology
لَعْنَة comes from the triliteral root ل ع ن, which means to curse or to drive someone away from mercy. The pattern فَعْلَة forms a noun for a single act, so the word names one curse or the condition of being cursed. In religious language it points to exclusion from God's mercy. It sits in a family that includes the verb لَعَنَ and the adjective مَلْعُون.
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