ميي

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to names, specifically female names and the places associated with them. It also extends to describe certain animals and plants.

Derived headwords

مِيَةname

1.
female nameboth
One of the names of women, as mentioned in Al-Jauhari.

مياname

1.
female nameclassical
A name specifically mentioned in poetry, according to Al-Laith.

ميا فارقينname

1.
place nameboth
A city in the Jazira region, belonging to the Bakr tribe, named after 'Mia bint Ad'.

فارقيadjective

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نسبة to Farqinboth
A nisba (adjective of relation) to the city of Farqin, with some letters omitted due to its length.

فارقينيadjective

1.
نسبة to Farqinboth
Another form of the nisba (adjective of relation) to the city of Farqin.

الميةnoun

1.
female apeclassical
The female ape, according to Ibn Khalaweh. It is also said that the female ape is called 'miah' or 'munnah', and a woman might be named after it.

الماييةnoun

1.
type of wheatclassical
A type of wheat that is white tending towards yellow, with smaller grains than rice.

ماييةnoun

1.
catclassical
A term used for a cat, similar to 'ma'iyah'.

كماعيةnoun

1.
catclassical
A term used for a cat.

Parallel reading

مِيَة ومي: من أسمائهن

Miyah and Wami: among their names.

أما مِي ففي الشعر خاصة

As for Mia, it is specifically in poetry.

وميا بنت أد بن أدد بن مدينة فارقين فأضيفت إليها

And Mia bint Ad bin Adad bin Madinat Farqin, so it was attributed to it.

فقيل ميا فارقين؛ وبين بنت وبنت جناس

So it was said 'Mia Farqin'; and between bint and bint there is a homonymy.

فإن يك في كيل اليمامة عسرة فما كيل ميا فارقين بأعسرا

If there is difficulty in measuring Al-Yamamah, then the measurement of Mia Farqin is not more difficult.

وهي مدينة بالجزيرة من ديار بكر

And it is a city in Al-Jazira from the lands of Bakr.

وقالوا في النسبة إليها فارقي، أسقطوا بعض الحروف لكثرتها

And they said regarding the attribution to it 'Farqi', omitting some letters due to its length.

ويقال أيضا فارقيني

And it is also said 'Farqini'.

ميا هي بنت أد، وفارقين هو خندق المدينة

Mia is bint Ad, and Farqin is the moat of the city.

وبالعجمية اركين فعرب

And in Persian it is 'Arkin', so it was Arabized.

يقال ما هو بالصخر من بناء أنو شروان، وما هو بالآجر من بناء أبرويز

It is said it is made of rock from the construction of Anushirvan, and it is made of brick from the construction of Parviz.

المية القردة، عن ابن خالويه

Al-Miyah is the ape, from Ibn Khalaweh.

زعموا أن القردة الأنثى تسمى مية، ويقال منة، وبها سميت المرأة

They claim that the female ape is called 'Miyah', and it is also called 'Minah', and a woman is named after it.

والمايية: حنطة بيضاء إلى الصفرة، وحبها دون حب البرنجانية

And Al-Maiyah: a wheat that is white tending towards yellow, and its grains are smaller than rice grains.

حكاه أبو حنيفة

Abu Hanifa narrated it.

يقال للهرة،! مايية كماعية

It is said for a cat, 'Maiyah' like 'Kam'iyah'.