معين

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ع ي ن (ʿ-y-n).

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /ma.ʕiːn/

Noun

مَعِين • (maʿīn) m (plural مُعُن (muʿun) or مُعْنَان (muʿnān))

(archaic)
  1. well, spring, water source
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 56:17-18:
      يَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ وِلْدَانٌ مُّخَلَّدُو نَبِأَكْوَابٍ وَأَبَارِيقَ وَكَأْسٍ مِّن مَّعِينٍ
      yaṭūfu ʿalayhim wildānun mmuḵalladū nabiʾakwābin waʾabārīqa wakaʾsin mmin mmaʿīnin
      There will circulate among them young boys made eternal, with beakers, pitchers and a glass of spring water.
    Synonyms: عَيْن (ʿayn), جَدْوَل (jadwal)
Declension

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /mu.ʕaj.jin/

Adjective

مُعَيِّن (muʿayyin)

  1. active participle of عَيَّنَ (ʿayyana).
Declension

Pronunciation 3

  • IPA(key): /mu.ʕaj.jan/

Adjective

مُعَيَّن (muʿayyan)

  1. passive participle of عَيَّنَ (ʿayyana).
Declension

Noun

مُعَيَّن (muʿayyan) m (plural مُعَيَّنَات (muʿayyanāt))

  1. (geometry) rhombus
Declension
Descendants

References

  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860), معين”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 427
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), معين”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 1031
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