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من

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 مَنَّ عَلَيْهِ ذ , (S, M, Msb, K,) aor. مَنُ3َ , (Msb,) inf. n. مَنٌّ (S, M, Msb, K) and مِنِّينَى; (K;) and ↓ امتنّ; (Msb;) He conferred, or bestowed, upon him, a favour, or benefit. (S, M, Msb, K.) You say, مَنَّ عَلَيْهِ شَيْأً, and بِشَىْءٍ, which latter is more common, and عليه بِهِ ↓ امتنّ He conferred, or bestowed, a thing upon him as a favour. (Msb.) ― -b2- مَنَّ عَلَيْهِ, (S, M, Msb, K,) inf. n. مَنٌّ (T, Msb) or مِنَّةٌ; (S, K;) and ↓ امتن (S, M, Msb, K) and ↓ تمنّن; (M;) He reproached him for a favour, or benefit, which he (the former) had conferred, or bestowed; (M;) he recounted his gifts or actions to him. (Msb.) Ex., عَلَيْهَا بِمَا مَهَرَهَا ↓ اِمْتَنَّ [ He reproached her for the dowry he had given her ]. (K, art. مهر.) See Bd, ii. 264. See also an ex. in a verse cited voce سَرِفَ.

Derived headwords

مَنَّ عَلَيْهِverb
  1. 1.
مَنَّ عَلَيْهِ شَيْأً
عليه بِهِ
مَنَّ عَلَيْهِ
عَلَيْهَا بِمَا مَهَرَهَا