māʿūn

instrument, container

ماعُون

Word

Noun · pattern فاعُول

Root

م ع ن

Forms

Plural: مَواعِين

In the library

الْمَعْرُوفَ كُلُّهُ وَقَالَ بَعْضُ الْعَرَبِ الْمَاعُونُ الْمَاءُ وَقَالَ عِكْرِمَةُ أَعْلَاهَا الزَّكَاةُ الْمَفْرُوضَةُ وَأَدْنَاهَا عَارِيَّةُ الْمَتَاعِ

Sahih al-Bukhari, page 7377 →

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 2 entries

أَمْعَنَ Form IV He (a horse) went far

He (a horse) went far, (S, Msb, K,) in his run. (S, Msb.) ― -b2- Hence, أَمْعَنَ فِى الطَّلَبِ He went very far in search: (Msb:) or he went far, or to a great or an extraordinary length, therein. (Mgh.) ― -b3- امعن فِى الشَّىْءِ, (Ham p. 817,) or فِى الأَمْرِ, (MA, K, Har p. 176,) He went far, (K, Ham, Har,) or deep, or beyond bounds, (MA,) in, or into, the thing, or affair. (Ham, &c.) ― -b4- أَمْعَنَ لِى بِحَقِّى: see أَذَعْنَ.
المَعْنُ The drawing

The drawing of water.

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