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maʾana

sustain, provide

مَأَنَ

Word

Verb · Form I

Root

م ء ن

Forms

Present
يَمْأَنُ
Verbal noun
مَأْن
Conjugation
Person PastPresentCommand
he هُوَ مَأَنَيَمْأَنُ—
she هِيَ مَأَنَتتَمْأَنُ—
they two (m.) هُما مَأَنايَمْأَنانِ—
they two (f.) هُما مَأَنَتاتَمْأَنانِ—
they (m.) هُمْ مَأَنُوايَمْأَنُونَ—
they (f.) هُنَّ مَأَنَّيَمْأَنَّ—
you (m.) أَنْتَ مَأَنْتَتَمْأَنُاِمْأَنْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ مَأَنْتِتَمْأَنِينَاِمْأَنِي
you two أَنْتُما مَأَنْتُماتَمْأَنانِاِمْأَنَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ مَأَنْتُمتَمْأَنُونَاِمْأَنُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ مَأَنْتُنَّتَمْأَنَّاِمْأَنْنَ
I أَنا مَأَنْتُأَمْأَنُ—
we نَحْنُ مَأَنّانَمْأَنُ—

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 6 entries
  • مَأَنَهُمْ Form I He sustained them; bore the burden of, or undertook, their maintenance
    He sustained them; bore the burden of, or undertook, their maintenance; he maintained them. (S, K, arts. مأن and مون.) ― -b2- مَأَنَ القَوْمَ and ↓ مَأَّنَهُمْ He maintained, or sustained, the people, or party. (M.)
  • مَاَّأَ Form II Open entry
    see 1.
  • مَأْنَةٌ Open entry
    of the belly: see جَأْبَةٌ. ― -b2- المَأْنَتَانِ of the hump of a camel: see قَحَدَةٌ.
  • مُوأْنَةٌ Food
    i. q. قُوْتٌ [Food, &c.]; (M;) a dial. var. of ↓ مَوأُونَةٌ (q. v.); as also مُونَةٌ: pl. مُوأَنٌ. (Msb.)
  • مَيأِنَّةٌ Open entry
    : see art. ان, where will be found the explanations of this word given in the S and K in art. مأن.
  • مَوأونَةٌ A weight, or burden
    A weight, or burden. (Mgh, Msb.) See مِثْقَالٌ. ― -b2- Trouble, molestation, or embarrassment; as also ↓ مُوأْنَةٌ: pl. of the former مَوأُونَاتٌ; and of the latter مُوأَنٌ. (MA.) ― -b3- The requisite means of subsistence. (KL.) ― -b4- مَوأُونَةُ الجِمَاعِ: see زَافِنَةٌ: it seems to mean the pudendum muliebre considered as the means of جِمَاع.

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