امتحن

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Arabic[edit]

Root
م ح ن (m-ḥ-n)

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

اِمْتَحَنَ (imtaḥana) VIII, non-past يَمْتَحِنُ‎ (yamtaḥinu)

  1. to test
    • 10th century, Al-Mutanabbi, ديوان أبي الطيب المتنبي, volume 2:
      وَيَمْتَحِنُ ٱلنَّاسَ ٱلْأَمِيرُ بِرَأْيِهِ / وَيُغْضِي عَلَى عِلْمٍ بِكُلِّ مُمَخْرِقِ
      wayamtaḥinu n-nāsa l-ʔamīru biraʔyihi / wayuḡḍī ʕalā ʕilmin bikulli mumaḵriqi
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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