مزن

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to clouds, rain, and water. It extends to include specific types of clouds, hail, and even the concept of a downpour. Metaphorically, it can refer to certain geographical locations and tribal names.

Derived headwords

المُزْنَةnoun

1.
the white cloudboth
the white cloud
2.
the rainboth
the rain

مُزْنnoun

1.
the pluralboth
the plural

البَرَدnoun

1.
Hailboth
Hailstones, described as the 'حب المزن' (grains of the cloud).

المازِنnoun

1.
Ant eggsclassical
The eggs of ants.

مازنname

1.
Tribal ancestor nameboth
The name of an ancestor of a tribe from Tamim, specifically Mazin bin Malik bin Amr bin Tamim. Also a name found among the Banu Sa'sa'ah and Banu Shayban.

ابن مزنةname

1.
Crescent moonclassical
A designation for the crescent moon.

المزونnoun

1.
Omanclassical
The name by which the Arabs used to call the region of Oman.
2.
Sailorsclassical
A term used by Abu Ubaydah to refer to sailors.

مزينةname

1.
Tribal nameboth
A tribe from Mudar, descended from Mazinah bin Ad bin Tábikha bin Ilyas bin Mudar.

مُزْنِيّadjective

1.
Relating to Mazinahboth
The nisba (adjective of relation) for the tribe Mazinah.

Parallel reading

المزنة: السحابة البيضاء والجمع مزن.

Al-muzna: the white cloud, and the plural is mazn.

والبرد: حب المزن.

And al-barad: the grains of the cloud (hail).

والمازن: بيض النمل.

And al-mazin: the eggs of ants.

ومازن: أبو قبيلة من تميم، وهو مازن بن مالك بن عمرو بن تميم.

And Mazin: the father of a tribe from Tamim, and he is Mazin bin Malik bin Amr bin Tamim.

ويقال للهلال: ابن مزنة.

And the crescent moon is called: Ibn Muznah.

كأن ابن مزنتها جانحا * فسيط لدى الافق من خنصر

As if its Ibn Muznah (crescent moon) was leaning * and spread out at the horizon like a little finger.

والمزنة: المطرة.

And al-muzna: the rainfall.

ألم تر أن الله أنزل مزنة * وعفر الظباء في الكناس تقمع

Have you not seen that Allah has sent down a rainfall * and the gazelles are covered in dust in their enclosures?

وكانت العرب تسمى عمان المزون.

And the Arabs used to call Oman 'Al-Muzun'.

وأما الازد أزد أبى سعيد * فأكره أن أسميها المزونا

As for the Azd, the Azd of Abu Sa'id, * I would hate to call them 'Al-Muzun' (Oman).

وهو أبو سعيد المهلب المزونى، أي أكره أن أنسبه إلى المزون، وهى أرض عمان.

And he is Abu Sa'id Al-Muhallab Al-Muzuni, meaning I hate to attribute him to Al-Muzun, which is the land of Oman.

يقول: هو من مضر.

He says: He is from Mudar.

وقال أبو عبيدة: يعنى بالمزون الملاحين.

And Abu Ubaydah said: 'Al-Muzun' means sailors.

وكان أردشير بن بابكان جعل الازد ملاحين بشحر عمان قبل الاسلام بستمائة سنة.

And Ardashir bin Babakan had made the Azd sailors in the coast of Oman six hundred years before Islam.

ومزينة: قبيلة من مضر وهو مزينة بن أد بن طابخة بن الياس بن مضر ; والنسبة إليهم مزنى.

And Mazinah: a tribe from Mudar, and he is Mazinah bin Ad bin Tábikha bin Ilyas bin Mudar; and the relation to them is Mazani.