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انث

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

مُؤَنَّثٌ ذ [A feminine word; a word made feminine. ― -b2- Also,] (T, A, K,) and ↓ أَنِيثٌ, (AA, T,) and ↓ مِئْنَاثٌ, (K,) and ↓ مِئْنَاثَةٌ, (TA,) (tropical:) i. q. مُخَنَّثٌ, (AA, T, A, K,) i. e. An effeminate man; one who resembles a woman (AA, T, TA) in gentleness, and in softness of speech, and in an affectation of languor of the limbs: (TA:) or a man in the form, or make, of a female. (T.) ― -b3- سَيْفٌ مُؤَنَّثٌ: see أَنِيثٌ. ― -b4- طِيبٌ مُؤَنَّثٌ (tropical:) Perfume that is used by women; such as خَلُوق and زَعْفَران, (Sh, T, L,) and what colours the clothes: (L:) ذُكُورَةُ الطِّيبِ being such perfumes as have no colour; such as غَالِيَة and كَافُور and مِسْك and عُود and عَنْبَر and the like, which leave no mark. (T, L.)

Derived headwords

مُؤَنَّثٌ
  1. 1.
سَيْفٌ مُؤَنَّثٌ
طِيبٌ مُؤَنَّثٌ
ذُكُورَةُ الطِّيبِ