mutawānī

slack, negligent, indifferent

مُتَوانِي

Word

Noun · pattern مُتَفاعِل

Root

و ن ي

In the library

وقالوا: أربعة تشتدّ معاشرتهم: الرجل المتواني، والرجل العالم، والفرس المرح، والملك الشديد المملكة.

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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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