سنة
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سنة¹
- /sa.na/
Where it comes from
Inherited from Proto-Semitic *šanat-. Cognate to Hebrew שָׁנָה, Ugaritic 𐎌𐎐𐎚 (šnt /šanatu/), of the same meaning.
سنة²
- /si.na/
Where it comes from
From Proto-Semitic *šinat- (“sleep”). Cognate with Akkadian 𒋗𒌓𒌈 (šuttum, “dream”), Hebrew שֵׁנָה (šēnā, “sleep, slumber”), Mehri شنيت (“sleep, slumber”) and Ugaritic 𐎌𐎐𐎚 (šnt).
noun سِنَة · sina · السِّنَة · سِنَةٌ
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drowsiness
اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ ۚ لَا تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌ ۚ لَّهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ ۗ مَن ذَا الَّذِي يَشْفَعُ عِندَهُ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ ۚ يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ ۖ وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِشَيْءٍ مِّنْ عِلْمِهِ إِلَّا بِمَا
Similar: نُعَاس
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slumber; nap
Similar: قَيْلُولَة
سنة³
- /sun.na/
Where it comes from
Compare سَنَّ (sanna, “to establish (a law, custom, etc.)”).
noun سُنَّة · sunna · سُنَن · السُّنَّة
- a common, habitual, popularized, or enforced practice; a custom, convention, or ritual; a social norm or standard وهذا عادة للعرب مألوفة وسنة مسلوكة: إذا أعطوا شيئًا من شيء حكمًا ما قابلوا ذلك بأن يعطوا المأخوذ منه حكمًا من أحكام صاحبه عمارة لبينهما وتتميمًا للشبه الجامع لهما. وعليه باب ما لا ينصرف ألا تراهم لما شبهوا الاسم بالفعل فلم يصرفوه؛ كذلك شبهوا الفعل بالاسم فأعربوه
- the conduct, habits, behavior, or mannerisms of a person (viewed collectively)
- a determinate or predetermined universal law (either normative or historical) سُنَنُ الْكَوْنِ وَٱلتَّارِيخِ
- the body of narratives attributed to Islamic religious figures (viewed collectively)
- the set of canonical traditions whence orthodoxy and orthopraxy are derived (viewed collectively)
- adherence to the religious traditions, traditionalism; orthodoxy and orthopraxy
- a traditional religious practice for which there is a divine reward but for whose omission there is no punishment, a commendable supererogatory act often done as an expression of faith, a religious work of supererogation
- the Sunni sect or the adherents thereof (viewed collectively); Sunnism مَا أَبْرَزُ الِاخْتِلَافَاتِ الْفِقْهِيَّةِ بَيْنَ السُّنَّةِ وَالشِّيعَة؟
- an image, a form, an appearance, a look أما العليق فمعروف وأما الورد الجبلي وورد الكلب وهو المعروف عند أهل الطب بالنسرين قال أبو حنيفة الورد الجبلي يشبه الورد ويشبه ذلك بعض سنة العليق وثمره شبيه العنب الدليك وهو أحمر يشبه البسر إلا أن طرفه محدود وفي داخله شبه الصوف ونواره نوار الورد أبيض يشوبه حمرة
In English
- year time it takes for the Earth to complete one revolution around the Sun
- sleep state of reduced consciousness
- nap a short period of sleep, especially during the day
- drowsiness state of being drowsy
- slumber a very light state of sleep
- sleepiness property of being sleepy
- sunnah custom, system, way of life
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