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مُحْزِن

saddening /ˈmuħ.zin/

adjectiveB1#2690 most common

Also: sad (of news or events), distressing, heartbreaking

Example sentences

هذا خبر محزن.
This is sad news.
شاهدنا فيلماً محزناً أمس.
We watched a sad movie yesterday.
كانت نهاية القصة محزنة جداً.
The story's ending was very sad.
سمعنا خبراً محزناً عن وفاة جارنا.
We heard sad news about our neighbor's death.
من المحزن أن نرى الأطفال يعانون من الفقر في هذا البلد الغني.
It is saddening to see children suffering from poverty in this rich country.
تركت الحادثة المحزنة أثراً عميقاً في نفوس جميع من عرفوه.
The saddening incident left a deep mark on everyone who knew him.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeمُحْزِنٌمُحْزِنُونَ
Genitiveمُحْزِنٍمُحْزِنِينَ
Accusativeمُحْزِناًمُحْزِنِينَ
Vocativeيا مُحْزِنُيا مُحْزِنُونَ

Word family

حُزْنsadness, grief
حَزينsad, sorrowful (feeling sad)
أَحْزَنَto sadden, to make sad
حَزِنَto be sad, to grieve
مَحْزونsaddened, grieved

Etymology

مُحْزِن comes from the Arabic root ح-ز-ن (ḥ-z-n), which carries the sense of grief and sorrow. The base verb حَزَنَ means to grieve or feel sad. The causative Form IV verb أَحْزَنَ means to make someone sad, and مُحْزِن is its active participle: something or someone that produces sadness in others.

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