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ي م ن

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71
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27

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Morphology · Lane's Lexicon · CC BY-SA 3.0

From Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon (1863–1893), under the root يمن. Digitised by the Perseus Project (Tufts); Arabic decoded from Perseus's transliteration.

يُمِنَ , (T, M, K,) and يَمِنَ , (M, K,) He was prosperous; fortunate; lucky. (T, M, K.)

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يَامَنَ : see 3 in art. شأم in two places.

أَيْمَنَهُ He made it to incline towards the right: see an ex. voce سِنٌّ (near the end of the paragraph). ― -b2- أَيْمَنَ : see أَشْأَمَ in two places. ― -b3- أَيْمَنْتُ اـِبِلِى : see أَيْسَرْتُ .

تَيَمَّنَ He was placed on his right side in the grave. (TA, voce عَلْبَى .) ― -b2- تَيَمَّنَ بِهِ i. q. تَبَرَّكَ بِهِ [q. v.]. (S.) ― -b3- فُلَانٌ يُتَيَمَّنُ بِرَأْيِهِ , i. e. يُتَبَرَّكُ بِهِ , (T,) app. One is fortunate in, or derives a blessing from, his counsel. ― -b4- He augured good by it, or from it; or looked for good fortune, or a blessing, from it; syn. تَبَّرَكَ بِهِ : (Mgh, Msb, &c:) opposed to تَشَأءَمَ بِهِ , in the K, art. طير ; and in Bd, xvii. 14; and well known. ― -b5- تَيَمَّنَ بِكَلِمَةٍ [He augured good from the word], (Har, p. 488,) and بِكَلَامٍ . (Msb. in art. فأل .)

تَيَامَنَ : see تَشََّامَ . ― -b2- تَيَامَنُوا : see 3 in art. يسر .

يُمْنٌ Prosperity; good fortune; good luck; auspiciousness; (T, S, M, K;) contr. of شُوءْمٌ , (M,) and of نَحْسٌ . (L, art. سعد .)

يُمْنَةٌ : its pl. seems to be يُمَنٌ . See بُرْدٌ .

اليَمِينُ The location that is on the right. ― -b2- يَمِينٌ also, The south. See سَرْحٌ . ― -b3- يَمِينُ also signifies A covenant (Bd, and Jel in lxviii. 39) confirmed by an oath. (Bd, ibid.) يَمِينُ ا@للّٰهِ The oath by attestation of God: see أَيْمُ ا@للّٰهِ , and عَهْدُ ا@للّٰهِ . ― -b4- حَلَفْتُ يَمِينًا [I swore, or have sworn, an oath]. (T, S, M, voce أَمِينٌ , which see. You say, يَمِينَ ا@للّٰهِ لَا أَفْعلُ (as in some copies of the S [meaning, حَلَفْتُ يَمِينَ ا@للّٰهِ ]): or يَمِينُ ا@للّٰهِ (as in other copies [meaning, يَمِينُ ا@للّٰهِ قَسَمِى ]). See a similar form of oath voce حَرَامٌ . ― -b5- يَمِينًا صَادِقَةً لَأَفْعَلَنَّ : see زَعْمةٌ .

يَمَانٍ A garment of Yemen: see a verse voce تَسْهِيمٌ .

يَمَانِىٌّ and يَمَانُونَ : see تِهَامِىٌّ .

يَامِنٌ : see يَاسِرٌ .

أَيْمَنُ [The right, as opposed to the left; see Kur, xix. 53, xx. 82, and xxviii. 30:] contr. of أَيْسَرُ ; and [in like manner] ↓ مَيْمَنَةٌ is contr. of مَيْسَرَةٌ . (S.) ― -b2- أَيْمَنُ , contr. of أَشْأَمُ , as signifying The right, opposed to the left: and as signifying Lucky, or auspicious: pl. أَيَامِنُ . See أَشْأَمُ . ― -b3- It is also used in the sense of يُمْنٌ : see أَشْأَمُ . ― -b4- Also More, and most, lucky, or auspicious, or happy: see 8 in art. فيءل .

أَيْمُنٌ , used only in swearing, is a sing. noun, not a particle, nor pl. of يَمِينٌ : and is derived from يُمْنٌ . (Mughnee.)

الأَيَامِنُ : see an ex. of this word, voce ثَابِرٌ .

مَيْمَنَةٌ The right wing of an army. See أَيْمَنُ .

مَيْمُونٌ Fortunate; happy; (T, M, MA, KL;) blest. (T.) See an ex. voce عَرِيكَةٌ .

تَيَمُّنٌ The having [or receiving] a blessing. (K L.)

تِيمَنَّا for تَأْمَنَّا : see أَمِنَهُ .

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