نتن

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نتن

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Allegedly cognate to Hebrew נָתַן (nātán, “to give”), Aramaic נָתַן (nātan, “to give”), Aramaic נְתַן (nətan, “to give; to put”), Phoenician 𐤉𐤕𐤍 (ytn, “to give”), Ugaritic 𐎊𐎚𐎐 (ytn, “to give”), Ge'ez ነተን (nätän, “to give”), Akkadian 𒋧 (nadānum, “to give”) by specialization to the meaning “give off smell”. Note the Akkadian spelling comes from Sumerian 𒋧 (šum, “to give”), however it is spelt identically to the Semitic Akkadian 𒋧 (šum, “garlic, onion; potent smelling bulb”) possibly indicating an early semantic connection; compare ثُوم (ṯūm).

More remote connections are with وَتِين (watīn) and أَدَّى (ʔaddā).

verb نَتَنَ · نَتِنَ I نَتُنَ · natana · natina · يَنْتِنُ · يَنْتَنُ

intransitive to be offensive to the nose, to smell foul; to stink (especially of decay)
Similar: عَفِنَ, فَسَدَ
broadly, intransitive to be offensive to the senses, faith, or morals; to be vile, repulsive, or disgusting
Similar: عَفِنَ, فَسَدَ

verb نَتَّنَ · nattana · يُنَتِّنُ · تَنْتِين · مُنَتِّن

transitive to cause to stink, to fester, to putrefy, to decay

noun نَتْن · natn · النَّتْن · نَتْنٌ

noun from verb verbal noun of نَتَنَ (natana) (form I)
noun from verb verbal noun of نَتِنَ (natina) (form I)

adjective نَتِن · natin · نَتِنَة · نَتِنُون · نَتِنَات

malodorant, stinky, fetid; putrid
Similar: عَفِن

In English

spoil to become sour or rancid, to decay
stink have a strong bad smell
fetid foul-smelling
stinky having a strong, unpleasant smell

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {نتن},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%86},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}