mīnāʾ
port, harbor
مِيناء
Word
NounRoot
و ن يForms
- Plurals
- مِيَن، مَوانِي، مَوان
In the library
وميناء هذه المدينة عليها سلسلة بين برجين لا يدخلها أحد، ولا يخرج منها حتى تحط له السلسلة.
The Travels, page 39 →From the same root
- وَنِيَbecome weak, be despondent
- وَنَىَbecome weak, be despondent
- وَنَّىَbe slow, be negligent
- وانِيweak, exhausted
- تُونِسِيّTunisian
- تَوانَىَslacken, hesitate
- تَوانِيslowness, negligence, indifference
- مُتَوانِيslack, negligent, indifferent
Lane's Lexicon
Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 4 entries-
وَنَى فِيهِ Form I He entered upon a thing languidly
He entered upon a thing languidly; and عَنْهُ He passed from it: see عَنْ. -
تَوَانَى Form VI He was, or became, languid, remiss, weak, feeble, or faint
He was, or became, languid, remiss, weak, feeble, or faint, (T, S, M, MA, Msb, K, *) in actions, and affairs, (T,) in respect of an object of his want, (S,) or in an affair. (MA, Msb.) ― -b2- تَوَانَى فى الأَمْرِ He flagged, or was remiss, in the affair; (Msb;) i. q. قَصَّرَ. (S.) -
وَنَاةٌ A woman languid, or gentle, or grave in deportment
A woman languid, or gentle, or grave in deportment, &c.: see أَنَاةٌ. -
مِينَآءٌ A port
A port: see an ex. in a verse cited voce شُحُون: it is masc.; its being a substitute for ى: or it is an ancient Egyptian word in origin.
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