من

Root entry · 32 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns concepts of bestowing favor, grace, and gifts, often from a higher power or source. It also extends to meanings of strength, power, and sustenance, as well as the celestial substance known as manna. Additionally, it encompasses notions of weakness, deficiency, and the passage of time or fate.

Derived headwords

مَنَّverb

1.
to bestow favorboth
To bestow favor or grace upon someone, to confer a gift or kindness.
2.
to cutclassical
To cut or sever a rope or cord.
3.
to exhaustclassical
To exhaust or weaken a camel, or to exhaust and weary a person.
4.
to diminishclassical
To diminish or reduce something.

مَنٌّnoun

1.
mannaboth
A sweet, crystalline substance that falls from the sky onto trees or rocks, often resembling honey or gum, such as the substance found on oak trees which is beneficial for coughs and respiratory issues.
2.
giftboth
A favor, a bestowed gift, or an act of kindness.
3.
measureclassical
A unit of measure, such as a 'makkuk' (a dry measure), a scale, or two pounds.

مِنَّةnoun

1.
strengthboth
Power, strength, or might.
2.
favorclassical
A favor or a bestowed gift.

مَنُونnoun

1.
fateboth
Time, fate, or destiny.
2.
deathboth
Death.
3.
one who bestows muchclassical
One who bestows favors abundantly.

مَنَّانadjective

1.
bestower of favorsboth
One who bestows favors abundantly; also one of the names of Allah, meaning the Giver who bestows without prior cause.
2.
weakclassical
Weak or feeble.

مَنُونَةnoun

1.
dustclassical
Dust.
2.
weak ropeclassical
A weak or fragile rope.
3.
weak personclassical
A weak or feeble person.
4.
strong personclassical
A strong or powerful person (opposite of weak).
5.
spiderclassical
A spider.
6.
female hedgehogclassical
A female hedgehog.

مَنَّانَةadjective

1.
woman who boasts of favorsclassical
A woman who bestows favors upon her husband and then boasts about them.

مَمْنُونadjective

1.
weakclassical
Weak or feeble.
2.
strongclassical
Strong or powerful (opposite of weak).

أَمْنَنَverb

1.
to bestow favorclassical
To bestow favor or confer a gift.

تَمَنَّنَverb

1.
to bestow favorclassical
To bestow favor or confer a gift.

مَنَنْتُهُverb

1.
to reach the limitclassical
To reach the utmost limit of someone's capacity or ability.

مَمْنُونُهُnoun

1.
utmost limitclassical
The utmost limit of one's capacity or ability.

مَمْنَانnoun

1.
night and dayclassical
The night and the day.

مَنِينname

1.
linguistclassical
A linguist named Abu Abdullah bin Mani.

مَنِينَاname

1.
nicknameclassical
A nickname.

مَنَّةnoun

1.
strengthboth
Power, strength, or might.

مَنُونnoun

1.
fateboth
Time, fate, or destiny.
2.
deathboth
Death.

مَنَّانadjective

1.
bestower of favorsboth
One who bestows favors abundantly; also one of the names of Allah, meaning the Giver who bestows without prior cause.

مَنُونَةnoun

1.
spiderclassical
A spider.

مَنَّةnoun

1.
strengthboth
Power, strength, or might.

مَنُونnoun

1.
fateboth
Time, fate, or destiny.
2.
deathboth
Death.

مَنَّانadjective

1.
bestower of favorsboth
One who bestows favors abundantly; also one of the names of Allah, meaning the Giver who bestows without prior cause.

مَنُونَةnoun

1.
spiderclassical
A spider.

مَنَّانَةadjective

1.
woman who boasts of favorsclassical
A woman who bestows favors upon her husband and then boasts about them.

مَمْنُونadjective

1.
weakclassical
Weak or feeble.
2.
strongclassical
Strong or powerful (opposite of weak).

مَنِينname

1.
linguistclassical
A linguist named Abu Abdullah bin Mani.

مَنِينَاname

1.
nicknameclassical
A nickname.

مَنَاهَاverb

1.
to hesitateclassical
To hesitate or waver in fulfilling a need or request.

مَنَنnoun

1.
plural of mannahclassical
Plural of 'minnah', meaning strengths or favors.

مَنَايَاnoun

1.
plural of manunclassical
Plural of 'manun', referring to fates or deaths.

أَمْنَانnoun

1.
plural of manclassical
Plural of 'mann', referring to measures.

أُمَنَاءnoun

1.
plural of manclassical
Plural of 'mann', referring to measures.

Parallel reading

مَنَّ عليهِ مَنًّا ومَنِينَى، كَخَلِيفَى: أَنْعَمَ واصْطَنَعَ عِنْدَهُ صَنِيعَةً ومِنَّةً

He bestowed favor upon him with a bestowal and a grace, like 'khalifa': he was gracious and conferred a favor and a kindness upon him.

والمَنُّ: كُلُّ طَلٍّ يَنْزِلُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ عَلَى شَجَرٍ أَوْ حَجَرٍ، وَيَحْلُو، وَيَنْعَقِدُ عَسَلًا، وَيَجِفُّ جَفَافَ الصَّمْغِ كَالشَّرْخَشْتِ والتُّرَنْجَبِينِ

And manna: every dew that descends from the sky onto trees or stones, and it sweetens, and solidifies into honey, and dries like gum, such as 'sharkhash' and 'turunjabeen'.

والمَعْرُوفُ بالْمَنِّ: مَا وَقَعَ عَلَى شَجَرِ البَلُّوطِ، مُعْتَدِلٌ نَافِعٌ لِلسُّعَالِ الرَّطْبِ، والصَّدْرِ، والرِّئَةِ

And that which is known as manna: what falls on oak trees, it is moderate and beneficial for moist coughs, the chest, and the lungs.

والْمَنُّ أَيْضًا: مَنْ لَمْ يَدْعُهُ أَحَدٌ، وَكِيلٌ م، أَوْ مِيزَانٌ، أَوْ رِطْلَانِ، كَالْمَنَا ج: أَمْنَانِ، وَجَمْعُ الْمَنَا: أُمَنَاءَ

And manna also: one whom no one calls upon, a measure 'makkuk', or a scale, or two pounds, like the 'mana' (plural of 'mann'): 'amnan', and the plural of 'mana' is 'umana'.

والْمِنَّةُ، بِالضَّمِّ: القُوَّةُ

And 'minnah', with damma: is strength.

وبِالْفَتْحِ: مِنْ أَسْمَائِهِنَّ

And with fatha: it is among their names.

والْمَنُونُ: الدَّهْرُ، والمَوْتُ

And 'al-manun': is time, and death.

والكَثِيرُ الامْتِنَانِ، كَالْمَنُونَةِ

And one who bestows favors abundantly, like 'al-manunah'.

والَّتِي زُوِّجَتْ لِمَالِهَا، فَهِيَ تَمُنُّ عَلَى زَوْجِهَا، كَالْمَنَّانَةِ

And she who is married for her wealth, she bestows favors upon her husband, like 'al-mannanah'.

وكَأَمِيرٍ: الغُبَارُ، والحَبْلُ الضَّعِيفُ، والرَّجُلُ الضَّعِيفُ، والقَوِيُّ، ضِدٌّ، كَالْمَمْنُونِ

And like 'ameer': dust, and a weak rope, and a weak man, and a strong man, the opposite, like 'al-mamnun'.

والْمَنَّةُ، كَعُنَبَةٍ: العَنْكَبُوتُ، كَالْمَنُونَةِ، وأُنْثَى القَنَافِذِ

And 'minnah', like 'unnabah': the spider, like 'al-manunah', and the female hedgehog.

ومَا نَانَنْتُهُ: تَرَدَّدْتُ فِي قَضَاءِ حَاجَتِهِ

And 'ma nanantuhu': I hesitated in fulfilling his need.

وامْتَنَنْتُهُ: بَلَغْتُ مَمْنُونَهُ، وهُوَ أَقْصَى مَا عِنْدَهُ

And 'imtanantuhu': I reached his utmost limit, which is the furthest he can go.

والمَمْنَانُ: اللَّيْلُ والنَّهَارُ

And 'al-mamnan': is the night and the day.

وأَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنُ مِنِيٍّ، بِكَسْرِ النُّونِ المُشَدَّدَةِ: لُغَوِيٌّ

And Abu Abdullah bin Mani, with a kasra on the shaddah of the noon: is a linguist.

ومَنِينَا، كَزُلَيْخَا: لَقَبٌ

And 'Manina', like 'Zulaikha': is a nickname.

والمَنَّانُ: مِنْ أَسْمَاءِ اللهِ تَعَالَى، أَيْ: المُعْطِي ابْتِدَاءً

And 'al-mannan': is among the names of Allah the Almighty, meaning: the Giver who bestows without prior cause.

{أَجْرٍ غَيْرِ مَمْنُونٍ}

{a reward without end} (literally: a reward not counted or cut off).