maʾn
sustaining, providing
مَأْن
From the same root
All words from م ء ن →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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