Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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منع منى مه


1. ⇒ منى

مَنَاهُ He tried him; proved him. (Ṣ, Ḳ.) You say, مَنَاهُ ٱللّٰهُ بِحُبِّهَا God tried him by love of her. (T.) And مُنِىَ بِكَذَا He was tried by such a thing. (T.)

Root: منى - Entry: 1. Signification: A2

مَنَى He meditated [a thing in his mind]; syn. قَدَّرَ. (Bḍ, ii. 73.) See أَمِنْيَّةٌ.


5. ⇒ تمنّى

تَمَنَّاهُ He wished, or desired, it. (Ḳ, TA.)

Root: منى - Entry: 5. Signification: A2

التَّمَنِّى relates to that which is possible and to that which is impossible: whereas التَّرَجِّى relates only to what is possible. (I’Aḳ, p. 90.)


10. ⇒ استمنى

تُسْمَنْنَى, said of a she-camel: see 8 in art. سمو.


مَنًى


مُنْيَةٌ

مُنْيَةٌ A thing wished for by a man: pl. مُنًى. (T.) This word andأُمْنِيَّةٌ↓ signify the same. (M, Mgh, Mṣb, Ḳ.) See an ex. in a verse cited voce أَوْ

Root: منى - Entry: مُنْيَةٌ Signification: A2

المُنْيَةُ in the case of a covered she-camel, The period by the end of which one knows whether she be pregnant or not. (M.)

Root: منى - Entry: مُنْيَةٌ Signification: A3

مُنْيَةٌ of a mare, Twenty days. (M, voce سَفُودٌ.)


مَنِيَّةٌ

مَنِيَّةٌ [A decreed event. Fate; destiny:] The decree of death: (IB:) or the decreed term [of life, or] of a living being: (Er-Rághib:) death; (Ṣ, M, Ḳ;) because it is decreed; (Ṣ, M;) as alsoمَنًى↓: (M, Ḳ:) [properly a thing decreed: and hence the pl.] المَنَايَا signifies the fates or decrees [of God]. (T.)

Root: منى - Entry: مَنِيَّةٌ Signification: A2

مَنِيَّةٌ also means † A man of courage upon his saddle: (TA in art. حوى:) pl. مَنَايَا: see an ex. voce حَوِيَّةٌ.


أُمْنِيَّةٌ

أُمْنِيَّةٌ An object of wish, or desire: originally, a thing that a man meditates (يُقَدِّرُهُ) in his mind; from مَنَى signifying قَدَّرَ: and hence applied to a lie; and to what is wished, or desired, and what is read, or desired [pl. أَمَانِىُّ and أَمَانٍ]. (Bḍ in ii. 73.) See مُنْبَةٌ and حَجْوَى.


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