זן

Hebrew

Etymology

Via Aramaic זנא / זנה / ܙܢܐ descending from Proto-Iranian *jánHah, Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ánHas.

Pronunciation

  • (noun)
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  • (verb)
  • Rhymes: -ɔn

Noun

זַן • (zan) m (plural indefinite זַנִּים, plural construct זַנֵּי־)

  1. breed (of animal)
  2. type, variety
  3. strain

Declension

Declension of זַן
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
Number: State: form Person: singular plural
m f m f
singular indefinite זַן first זַנִּי זַנֵּנוּ
definite הַזַּן second זַנְּךָ זַנֵּךְ זַנְּכֶם זַנְּכֶן
construct זַן־ third זַנּוֹ זַנָּהּ זַנָּם זַנָּן
plural indefinite זַנִּים first זניי / זַנַּי זַנֵּינוּ
definite הַזַּנִּים second זַנֶּיךָ זנייך / זַנַּיִךְ זַנֵּיכֶם זַנֵּיכֶן
construct זַנֵּי־ third זַנָּיו זַנֶּיהָ זַנֵּיהֶם זַנֵּיהֶן

Verb

Root
ז־ו־ן (z-w-n)
5 terms

זָן • (zan) (pa'al construction)

  1. (flowery) to sustain, to nurture, to feed

Conjugation

Conjugation of זָן (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לָזוּן
action noun זִינָה
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first זַנְתִּי זַנּוּ
second זַנְתָּ זַנְתְּ זַנְתֶּם זַנְתֶּן
third זָן זָנָה זָנוּ
present זָן זָנָה זָנִים זָנוֹת
future first אָזוּן נָזוּן
second תָּזוּן תָּזוּנִי תָּזוּנוּ תזונה / תָּזֹנָּה1
third יָזוּן תָּזוּן יָזוּנוּ תזונה / תָּזֹנָּה1
imperative positive זוּן זוּנִי זוּנוּ זונה / זֹנָּה1
negative אַל + Second person future tense

1 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

References

  • Wagner, Max (1966), Die lexikalischen und grammatikalischen Aramaismen im alttestamentlichen Hebräisch (Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft; 96) (in German), Berlin: Alfred Töpelmann, →ISBN, page 49 Nr. 79
  • “זן” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
  • "זן" in the Noun Declension Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language

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