ألين

See also: إلين

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ل ي ن (l-y-n)

Elative of لَيِّن (layyin, “soft; gentle”) and لَيْن (layn, “(same)”).

Adjective

أَلْيَن • (ʔalyan)

1. elative degree of لَيِّن (layyin), elative degree of لَيْن (layn):
   1. softer; softest
   2. gentler; gentlest

Declension

Declension of adjective أَلْيَن (ʔalyan)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular diptote		singular unknown
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَلْيَن ʔalyan	الْأَلْيَن al-ʔalyan	? ?	? ?
Nominative	أَلْيَنُ ʔalyanu	الْأَلْيَنُ al-ʔalyanu	? ?	? ?
Accusative	أَلْيَنَ ʔalyana	الْأَلْيَنَ al-ʔalyana	? ?	? ?
Genitive	أَلْيَنَ ʔalyana	الْأَلْيَنِ al-ʔalyani	? ?	? ?
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَلْيَنَيْن ʔalyanayn	الْأَلْيَنَيْن al-ʔalyanayn	? ?	? ?
Nominative	أَلْيَنَانِ ʔalyanāni	الْأَلْيَنَانِ al-ʔalyanāni	? ?	? ?
Accusative	أَلْيَنَيْنِ ʔalyanayni	الْأَلْيَنَيْنِ al-ʔalyanayni	? ?	? ?
Genitive	أَلْيَنَيْنِ ʔalyanayni	الْأَلْيَنَيْنِ al-ʔalyanayni	? ?	? ?
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		plural unknown
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَلْيَنِين ʔalyanīn	الْأَلْيَنِين al-ʔalyanīn	? ?	? ?
Nominative	أَلْيَنُونَ ʔalyanūna	الْأَلْيَنُونَ al-ʔalyanūna	? ?	? ?
Accusative	أَلْيَنِينَ ʔalyanīna	الْأَلْيَنِينَ al-ʔalyanīna	? ?	? ?
Genitive	أَلْيَنِينَ ʔalyanīna	الْأَلْيَنِينَ al-ʔalyanīna	? ?	? ?

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “ألين”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen