وثن

Arabic

وَثَن

Etymology

Borrowed from Old South Arabian 𐩥𐩻𐩬‎ (wṯn, “boundary stone; stele”) which became used for idols set up at border zones.

Noun

وَثَن • (waṯan) m (plural وُثُن (wuṯun) or أَوْثَان‎ (ʾawṯān))

idol, graven image

Declension

Declension of noun وَثَن (waṯan)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وَثَن waṯan	الْوَثَن‎ al-waṯan	وَثَن waṯan
Nominative	وَثَنٌ waṯanun	الْوَثَنُ‎ al-waṯanu	وَثَنُ waṯanu
Accusative	وَثَنًا‎ waṯanan	الْوَثَنَ‎ al-waṯana	وَثَنَ waṯana
Genitive	وَثَنٍ waṯanin	الْوَثَنِ‎ al-waṯani	وَثَنِ waṯani
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وَثَنَيْن‎ waṯanayn	الْوَثَنَيْن‎ al-waṯanayn	وَثَنَيْ‎ waṯanay
Nominative	وَثَنَانِ‎ waṯanāni	الْوَثَنَانِ‎ al-waṯanāni	وَثَنَا‎ waṯanā
Accusative	وَثَنَيْنِ‎ waṯanayni	الْوَثَنَيْنِ‎ al-waṯanayni	وَثَنَيْ‎ waṯanay
Genitive	وَثَنَيْنِ‎ waṯanayni	الْوَثَنَيْنِ‎ al-waṯanayni	وَثَنَيْ‎ waṯanay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وُثُن‎; أَوْثَان‎ wuṯun‎; ʾawṯān	الْوُثُن‎‎; الْأَوْثَان‎ al-wuṯun‎; al-ʾawṯān	وُثُن‎; أَوْثَان‎ wuṯun‎; ʾawṯān
Nominative	وُثُنٌ‎; أَوْثَانٌ‎ wuṯunun‎; ʾawṯānun	الْوُثُنُ‎‎; الْأَوْثَانُ‎ al-wuṯunu‎; al-ʾawṯānu	وُثُنُ‎; أَوْثَانُ‎ wuṯunu‎; ʾawṯānu
Accusative	وُثُنًا‎‎; أَوْثَانًا‎ wuṯunan‎; ʾawṯānan	الْوُثُنَ‎‎; الْأَوْثَانَ‎ al-wuṯuna‎; al-ʾawṯāna	وُثُنَ‎; أَوْثَانَ‎ wuṯuna‎; ʾawṯāna
Genitive	وُثُنٍ‎; أَوْثَانٍ‎ wuṯunin‎; ʾawṯānin	الْوُثُنِ‎‎; الْأَوْثَانِ‎ al-wuṯuni‎; al-ʾawṯāni	وُثُنِ‎; أَوْثَانِ‎ wuṯuni‎; ʾawṯāni

Derived terms

وَثَنِيّ‎ (waṯaniyy, “idolatrous; idolater”)
وَثَنِيَّة‎ (waṯaniyya, “idolatry”)

Descendants

Ge'ez: ወተን (wätän, “idol”)

References

Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, page 286-287
Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 273
Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 622

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