مثن

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the bladder, its location, and ailments related to it, specifically urinary incontinence or pain. It also extends to related concepts like holding urine and, metaphorically, holding or containing things.

Derived headwords

المَثَانَةnoun

1.
bladderboth
The organ where urine is stored, located within the body of both males and females.
2.
uterusclassical
In females, it can also refer to the place of the fetus, the womb.

مَثَنَverb

1.
to have bladder painclassical
To suffer from pain in the bladder.
2.
to hold urineclassical
To retain one's urine.

مَثْنًاnoun

1.
bladder painclassical
Pain in the bladder.
2.
incontinenceclassical
The condition of not being able to retain urine.

مَثِنٌadjective

1.
suffering from bladder painclassical
One who experiences pain in their bladder.
2.
one who holds urineclassical
Someone who retains their urine.

أَمْثَنَverb

1.
to be incontinentclassical
To suffer from urinary incontinence, unable to hold one's urine.

أَمْثَنُadjective

1.
incontinentclassical
One who cannot retain their urine.

مِثْنَاءadjective

1.
incontinent (female)classical
A female who suffers from urinary incontinence.

مُمَثَّنٌadjective

1.
suffering from bladder painclassical
One who complains of pain in their bladder.

مُثِّنَverb

1.
to have bladder painclassical
To experience pain in the bladder.

مُثِّنٌadjective

1.
suffering from bladder painclassical
One who has pain in their bladder.

مَثَنَverb

1.
to afflict with painclassical
To cause someone pain, specifically in the bladder.

مَثْنًاnoun

1.
affliction with painclassical
The act of causing pain, particularly to the bladder.

مَثُونًاnoun

1.
affliction with painclassical
The act of causing pain, particularly to the bladder.

المُثَنُّadjective

1.
one who holds urineclassical
Someone who retains their urine.
2.
wickedclassical
Describing someone who has sexual intercourse at dawn when their bladder is full.

الأَمْثَنُadjective

1.
incontinentclassical
One who cannot retain urine in their bladder.

المَثْنَاءadjective

1.
incontinent (female)classical
A woman who complains of her bladder.

المُسْتَوْدَعnoun

1.
repositoryclassical
A place where something is stored or kept, metaphorically used for the bladder.

المُحَمَّلnoun

1.
containerclassical
A receptacle or carrier, used metaphorically for the female genitalia or bladder.

Parallel reading

المثانة: مستقر البول وموضعه من الرجل والمرأة معروفة.

The bladder: its place of storage for urine and its location in man and woman is known.

ومثن، بالكسر، مثنا، فهو مثن وأمثن، والأنثى مثناء: اشتكى مثانته

And to have pain in the bladder, with kasra, a pain of the bladder; so he is one with bladder pain and incontinent, and the female is incontinent (extended).

وفي حديث عمار بن ياسر: أنه صلى في تبان فقال إني ممثون

And in the hadith of Ammar ibn Yasir: that he prayed in a loincloth and said, 'I have bladder pain.'

الممثون الذي يشتكي مثانته، وهي العضو [العضو] الذي يجتمع فيه البول داخل الجوف

The one with bladder pain is he who complains of his bladder, and it is the organ within which urine collects inside the body.

يقال منه: رجل مثن وممثون، فإذا كان لا يمسك بوله فهو أمثن.

It is said of it: a man with bladder pain and one with bladder pain; and if he does not hold his urine, he is incontinent.

ومثن الرجل، بالكسر، فهو أمثن بين المثن إذا كان لا يستمسك بوله.

And a man suffers from pain in the bladder, with kasra, so he is incontinent among those with bladder pain if he cannot retain his urine.

ابن سيده: المثن وجع المثانة، وهو أيضا أن لا يستمسك البول فيها.

Ibn Sidah said: Al-Mathn is pain of the bladder, and it is also the inability to retain urine in it.

أبو زيد: الأمثن الذي لا يستمسك بوله في مثانته، والمرأة مثناء، ممدود.

Abu Zayd said: Al-Amthan is he who cannot retain his urine in his bladder, and the woman is Al-Mathnaa (extended).

ابن الأعرابي: يقال لمهبل المرأة المحمل والمستودع وهو المثانة أيضا

Ibn Al-A'rabi said: The vagina of a woman is called Al-Mahmal and Al-Mustawda', and it is also the bladder.

قال الأزهري: هذا لفظه، قال: والمثانة عند عوام الناس موضع البول، وهي عنده موضع الولد من الأنثى.

Al-Azhari said: This is his wording. He said: And the bladder among common people is the place of urine, and to him, it is the place of the child in the female.

وقالت امرأة من العرب لزوجها: إنك لمثن خبيث، قيل لها: وما المثن؟ قالت: الذي يجامع عند السحر عند اجتماع البول في مثانته

And a woman from the Arabs said to her husband: 'You are indeed a wicked one who holds urine.' She was asked: 'And what is Al-Mathn?' She said: 'He who has intercourse at dawn when urine has gathered in his bladder.'

أبو بكر الأنباري: المثناء، بالمد، المرأة إذا اشتكت مثانتها.

Abu Bakr Al-Anbari said: Al-Mathnaa', with elongation, is a woman when she complains of her bladder.

ومثنه يمثنه، بالضم «1». مثنا ومثونا: أصاب مثانته.

And he afflicted him with it, with damma. Mathnan and Mathunan: he affected his bladder.

الأزهري: ومثنه بالأمر مثنا غته به غتا؛ قال شمر: لم أسمع مثنته بهذا المعنى لغير الأموي؛ قال الأزهري: أظنه متنته متنا، بالتاء لا بالثاء، مأخوذ من المتين وقد تقدم في ترجمة متن، والله أعلم.

Al-Azhari said: And he afflicted him with the matter, Mathnan, he annoyed him greatly with it. Shamir said: I have not heard 'mathantuhu' in this meaning except from Al-Umawi. Al-Azhari said: I think it is 'matantuhu' (with taa), Mathnan, taken from Al-Mateen, and it has been previously mentioned in the entry for 'matn', and God knows best.