tayammun

good omen, auspiciousness

تَيَمُّن

Word

Noun · pattern تَفَعُّل

Root

ي م ن

In the library

1/721- وعن عائشة رضيَ اللَّه عنها قالَتْ: كَانَ رسولُ اللَّه صَلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وسَلَّم يُعْجِبُهُ التَّيمُّنُ في شأنِه كُلِّه: في طُهُوِرِهِ، وَتَرجُّلِهِ، وَتَنَعُّلِه.

Riyad al-Salihin, page 316 →

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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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