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yamina

be lucky, be fortunate

يَمِنَ

Word

Verb · Form I

Root

ي م ن

Forms

Present
يَيْمَنُ
Conjugation
Person PastPresentCommand
he هُوَ يَمِنَيَيْمَنُ—
she هِيَ يَمِنَتتَيْمَنُ—
they two (m.) هُما يَمِنايَيْمَنانِ—
they two (f.) هُما يَمِنَتاتَيْمَنانِ—
they (m.) هُمْ يَمِنُوايَيْمَنُونَ—
they (f.) هُنَّ يَمِنَّيَيْمَنَّ—
you (m.) أَنْتَ يَمِنْتَتَيْمَنُاِيمَنْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ يَمِنْتِتَيْمَنِينَاِيمَنِي
you two أَنْتُما يَمِنْتُماتَيْمَنانِاِيمَنَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ يَمِنْتُمتَيْمَنُونَاِيمَنُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ يَمِنْتُنَّتَيْمَنَّاِيمَنْنَ
I أَنا يَمِنْتُأَيْمَنُ—
we نَحْنُ يَمِنّانَيْمَنُ—

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 12 entries
  • يُمِنَ Form I He was prosperous; fortunate; lucky
    , (T, M, K,) and يَمِنَ, (M, K,) He was prosperous; fortunate; lucky. (T, M, K.)
  • يَامَنَ Form III Open entry
    : see 3 in art. شأم in two places.
  • أَيْمَنَهُ Form IV He made it to incline towards the right
    He made it to incline towards the right: see an ex. voce سِنٌّ (near the end of the paragraph). ― -b2- أَيْمَنَ: see أَشْأَمَ in two places. ― -b3- أَيْمَنْتُ إِبِلِى: see أَيْسَرْتُ.
  • تَيَمَّنَ Form V He was placed on his right side in the grave
    He was placed on his right side in the grave. (TA, voce عَلْبَى.) ― -b2- تَيَمَّنَ بِهِ i. q. تَبَرَّكَ بِهِ [q. v.]. (S.) ― -b3- فُلَانٌ يُتَيَمَّنُ بِرَأْيِهِ, i. e. يُتَبَرَّكُ بِهِ, (T,) app. One is fortunate in, or derives a blessing from, his counsel. ― -b4- He augured good by it, or from it; or looked for good fortune, or a blessing, from it; syn. تَبَّرَكَ بِهِ: (Mgh, Msb, &c:) opposed to تَشَأءَمَ بِهِ, in the K, art. طير; and in Bd, xvii. 14; and well known. ― -b5- تَيَمَّنَ بِكَلِمَةٍ [He augured good from the word], (Har, p. 488,) and بِكَلَامٍ. (Msb. in art. فأل.)
  • تَيَامَنَ Form VI Open entry
    : see تَشََّامَ. ― -b2- تَيَامَنُوا: see 3 in art. يسر.
  • يُمْنٌ Prosperity; good fortune; good luck; auspiciousness
    Prosperity; good fortune; good luck; auspiciousness; (T, S, M, K;) contr. of شُوأْمٌ, (M,) and of نَحْسٌ. (L, art. سعد.)
  • يُمْنَةٌ Open entry
    : its pl. seems to be يُمَنٌ. See بُرْدٌ.
  • اليَمِينُ The location that is on the right
    The location that is on the right. ― -b2- يَمِينٌ also, The south. See سَرْحٌ. ― -b3- يَمِينُ also signifies A covenant (Bd, and Jel in lxviii. 39) confirmed by an oath. (Bd, ibid.) يَمِينُ ٱللّٰهِ The oath by attestation of God: see أَيْمُ ٱللّٰهِ, and عَهْدُ ٱللّٰهِ. ― -b4- حَلَفْتُ يَمِينًا [I swore, or have sworn, an oath]. (T, S, M, voce أَمِينٌ, which see. You say, يَمِينَ ٱللّٰهِ لَا أَفْعلُ (as in some copies of the S [meaning, حَلَفْتُ يَمِينَ ٱللّٰهِ]): or يَمِينُ ٱللّٰهِ (as in other copies [meaning, يَمِينُ ٱللّٰهِ قَسَمِى]). See a similar form of oath voce حَرَامٌ. ― -b5- يَمِينًا صَادِقَةً لَأَفْعَلَنَّ: see زَعْمةٌ.
  • يَمَانٍ A garment of Yemen
    A garment of Yemen: see a verse voce تَسْهِيمٌ.
  • يَمَانِىٌّ Open entry
    and يَمَانُونَ: see تِهَامِىٌّ.
  • يَامِنٌ Open entry
    : see يَاسِرٌ.
  • أَيْمَنُ right, as opposed to
    [The right, as opposed to the left; see Kur, xix. 53, xx. 82, and xxviii. 30:] contr. of أَيْسَرُ; and [in like manner] ↓ مَيْمَنَةٌ is contr. of مَيْسَرَةٌ. (S.) ― -b2- أَيْمَنُ, contr. of أَشْأَمُ, as signifying The right, opposed to the left: and as signifying Lucky, or auspicious: pl. أَيَامِنُ. See أَشْأَمُ. ― -b3- It is also used in the sense of يُمْنٌ: see أَشْأَمُ. ― -b4- Also More, and most, lucky, or auspicious, or happy: see 8 in art. فيأل.

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