mahīn

despised, contemptible

مَهِين

Word

Adjective · pattern فَعِيل

Root

م ه ن

In the library

إن الارتفاع إلى المنزلة الشريفة شديدٌ، والانحطاط منه مهينٌ؛ كالحجر الثقيل: رفعه من الأرض إلى العاتق عسرٌ، ووضعه إلى الأرض هينٌ.

Kalila wa Dimna, page 27 →

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 3 entries

اِمْتَهَنَهُ Form VIII He used it for service and work

He used it for service and work: (K:) i. q. اِبْتَذَلَهُ, q. v.: (S, Msb:) He held it in mean estimation. (Har, p. 65.)
مَِهْنَةٌ work, labour

[is syn. with عَمَلٌ and فِعْلٌ, and means work, labour, or] service; ministration; performance of an office. (S, &c.) ― -b2- Also, The clothes worn in service, or in the performance of business. (Msb.)
مَهِينٌ Contemptible; abject

Contemptible; abject: (S, K) weak: having little judgment and discrimination. (K.)

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