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مون

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of providing sustenance, support, and bearing the burden of responsibility for someone, especially family. It also extends to the idea of agricultural tools and specific place names.

Derived headwords

مَانَ يَمُونُverb
  1. 1.
    to provide sustenanceboth

    To bear the expenses and provide for someone's needs, taking on their responsibility and sufficiency.

مَؤُونَةnoun
  1. 1.
    sustenanceboth

    The cost of living, expenses, or provisions needed for sustenance.

  2. 2.
    burdenclassical

    The responsibility or burden of providing for others.

مَمُونadjective
  1. 1.
    providerboth

    A person who provides sustenance and bears the expenses for others.

يَمِينُverb
  1. 1.
    to provide sustenanceboth

    To provide for one's family, covering their expenses and taking care of them.

مَوَنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    sustenanceclassical

    The cost of living, expenses, or provisions needed for sustenance, pronounced without hamza.

مَائِنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    sustenanceclassical

    The cost of living, expenses, or provisions needed for sustenance.

تَمَوَّنَverb
  1. 1.
    to spend excessivelyclassical

    To spend a great deal of money on one's dependents or family.

تَمَوُّنnoun
  1. 1.
    excessive spendingclassical

    The act of spending excessively on one's dependents or family.

تُؤَمُّنnoun
  1. 1.
    abundance of childrenclassical

    Having a large number of children.

المَانnoun
  1. 1.
    plowshareclassical

    The part of a plow that cuts the soil, likely of Persian origin.

مَاوَانname
  1. 1.
    place nameboth

    A proper noun referring to a specific location.

ذُو مَاوَانname
  1. 1.
    place nameboth

    A proper noun referring to a specific location, possibly related to water.

Parallel reading

مَانَه يمونه مونا إذا احتمل مؤونته وقام بكفايته
He provided for him, supporting him with sustenance, if he bore his expenses and took care of his sufficiency.
فهو رجل ممون
He is a man who provides sustenance.
ومَان الرجل أهله يمونهم مونا ومؤونة: كفاهم وأنفق عليهم وعالهم
And the man provided for his family, supporting them with sustenance and provisions: he sufficed them, spent on them, and cared for them.
ومين فلان يمان، فهو ممون
And so-and-so provides sustenance, and he is a provider.
والاسم المائنة والموونة بغير همز على الأصل
And the noun is al-mā'inah and al-mu'ūnah without hamza, following the original form.
ومن قال مؤون قال مؤونة
And whoever says mu'ūnun says mu'ūnah.
التمون كثرة النفقة على العيال
At-tamawwun is the excessive spending on dependents.
والتمن كثرة الأولاد
And at-tu'ammun is the abundance of children.
والمان: الكك وهو السن الذي يحرث به
And al-mānn: the kakk, which is the blade with which one plows.
مان إذا شق الأرض للزرع
He plowed if he split the earth for planting.
يشربن من ماوان ماء مرا
They drink from Māwān bitter water.
وكذلك المان السكة التي يحرث بها غير مهموزة
And likewise, al-mānn, the plowshare used for plowing, is un-hamzated.