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مَجْنُون
madman /madʒˈnuːn/
nounA1#360 most common
Also: lunatic, insane person, crazy person
Example sentences
هُوَ مَجْنُون.
He is crazy.
أَنْتَ مَجْنُون يَا صَدِيقِي.
You are crazy, my friend.
يَتَصَرَّفُ هَذَا الرَّجُلُ مِثْلَ مَجْنُون.
This man acts like a madman.
فِي القِصَّةِ، أَحَبَّ قَيْسٌ لَيْلَى حَتَّى صَارَ مَجْنُونًا.
In the story, Qays loved Layla until he went mad.
لَا تُصَدِّقْ كُلَّ كَلَامِهِ، فَالنَّاسُ يَعْتَبِرُونَهُ مَجْنُونًا.
Do not believe all he says, because people consider him a madman.
مَنْ يُخَالِفُ رَأْيَ الجَمِيعِ قَدْ يُوصَفُ بِأَنَّهُ مَجْنُون، لَكِنَّ التَّارِيخَ يُنْصِفُهُ أَحْيَانًا.
Whoever opposes everyone's view may be called mad, but history sometimes vindicates him.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَجْنُونٌ | مَجَانِينُ |
| Genitive | مَجْنُونٍ | مَجَانِينَ |
| Accusative | مَجْنُونًا | مَجَانِينَ |
| Vocative | يَا مَجْنُونُ | يَا مَجَانِينُ |
Word family
جُنُون (junūn)madness, insanity
جِنّ (jinn)jinn, spirits
جَنَّ (janna)to cover, conceal; to drive mad
مَجْنُونَة (majnūnah)madwoman
جَنَّة (jannah)garden, paradise
Etymology
مَجْنُون is the passive participle of the verb جَنَّ, meaning to cover or conceal. It literally means one covered or possessed by jinn, from the old belief that madness came from spirit possession. The same Semitic root ج-ن-ن gives جِنّ, the hidden spirits, and جَنَّة, the enclosed garden of paradise.
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