tawānaā

slacken, hesitate

تَوانَىَ

Word

Verb · Form VI

Root

و ن ي

Forms

Present: يَتَوانَى
Verbal noun: تَوانِي

In the library

وقد قالت العلماء: لا ينبغي للإنسان أن يتوانى في الجد للتقوى؛ بل لا ينبغي أن يدافع عن ذنب الأثيم.

Kalila wa Dimna, page 44 →

Conjugation

Person	Past	Present
he هُوَ	تَوانَى	يَتَوانَى
she هِيَ	تَوانَت	تَتَوانَى
they two (m.) هُما	تَوانَيا	يَتَوانَيانِ
they two (f.) هُما	تَوانَتا	تَتَوانَيانِ
they (m.) هُمْ	تَوانَوْا	يَتَوانُونَ
they (f.) هُنَّ	تَوانَيْنَ	يَتَوانَيْنَ
you (m.) أَنْتَ	تَوانَيْتَ	تَتَوانَى
you (f.) أَنْتِ	تَوانَيْتِ	تَتَوانِينَ
you two أَنْتُما	تَوانَيْتُما	تَتَوانَيانِ
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ	تَوانَيْتُم	تَتَوانُونَ
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ	تَوانَيْتُنَّ	تَتَوانَيْنَ
I أَنا	تَوانَيْتُ	أَتَوانَى
we نَحْنُ	تَوانَيْنا	نَتَوانَى

From the same root

All words from و ن ي →

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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