زنى

Compare Hebrew זָנָה‎ (zaná, “to fornicate”)

زَنَى • (zanā) I, non-past يَزْنِي‎‎ (yaznī)

1. to commit adultery, to fornicate [+ بِـ‎ (object) = with]
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 25:68:

     ‏وَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَدْعُونَ مَعَ ٱللّٰهِ إِلَٰهًا آخَرَ وَلَا يَقْتُلُونَ ٱلنَّفْسَ ٱلَّتِي حَرَّمَ ٱللّٰهُ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَا يَزْنُونَ ۚ وَمَن يَفْعَلْ ذَٰلِكَ يَلْقَ أَثَامًا‎

     wallaḏīna lā yadʕūna maʕa llāhi ʔilāhan ʔāḵara walā yaqtulūna n-nafsa llatī ḥarrama llāhu ʔillā bi-l-ḥaqqi walā yaznūna waman yafʕal ḏālika yalqa ʔaṯāman

     Q. 25:68: "And those who do not call upon any god other than Allah, and who do not kill any soul which Allah has made forbidden, except with [legal] right, and who do not fornicate. The one who does that shall meet a [great] punishment".

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زَنَّى • (zannā) II, non-past يُزَنِّي‎‎ (yuzannī)

1. (transitive, rare) to accuse of fornication
   • (Can we date this quote?), Al-Jahiz, Kitāb al-Hayawān:

     ‏وكان له بنيّ يتبعه، فكان يزنّي أمّه عند كلّ حقّ وباطل، وعند كلّ جدّ وهزل. قلت له يوما- ونحن عند بني ربعيّ: ويحك، بأيّ شيء تستحلّ أن تقذف أمّه‎

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2. adultery, fornication
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 17:32:

     ‏وَلَا تَقْرَبُوا الزِّنَى ۖ إِنَّهُ كَانَ فَاحِشَةً وَسَاءَ سَبِيلًا‎

     walā taqrabū az-zinā ʔinnahu kāna fāḥišatan wasāʔa sabīlan

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• زِنَا‎ (zinā)

• زَانٍ‎ (zānin)
• زَانِيَة‎ (zāniya)
• زِنَاء‎ (zināʔ)