māhiyya

nature, quality

ماهِيَّة

Word

Noun · pattern فعلِيَّة

Root

م ء ه

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وهو قوانين يعرف بها الصحيح من الفاسد في الحدود المعروفة للماهيات، والحجج المفيدة للتصديقات، وذلك لأن الأصل في الإدراك إنما هو المحسوسات بالحواس الخمس.

The Muqaddimah, page 308 →

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 2 entries

مَاهِيَّةٌ quiddity, or essence, or substance

[The quiddity, or essence, or substance, of a thing;] that whereby a thing is what it is. (KT.) See also حَقِيقَةٌ, and جَوْهَرٌ, and ذَاتِيَّةٌ, and مَعْنًى.
مِيأِينٌ Open entry

: see سِنِينٌ, voce سَنَةٌ, in art. سنه.

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