معين

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Root
ع ي ن (ʕ-y-n)

Cognate with Hebrew מַעְיָן (ma'ayán, spring, fountain).

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Noun[edit]

مَعِين (maʕīnm (plural مُعُن (muʕun) or مُعْنَان (muʕnān)) (archaic)

  1. well, spring, water source
    Synonyms: عَيْن (ʕayn), جَدْوَل (jadwal)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 56:17-18:
      يَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ وِلْدَانٌ مُّخَلَّدُونَ بِأَكْوَابٍ وَأَبَارِيقَ وَكَأْسٍ مِّن مَّعِينٍ
      yaṭūfu ʕalayhim wildānun mmuḵalladūna biʔakwābin waʔabārīqa wakaʔsin mmin mmaʕīnin
      There will circulate among them young boys made eternal, with beakers, pitchers and a glass of spring water.
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Etymology 2[edit]

Derived from the active participle and passive participle of عَيَّنَ (ʕayyana).

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Adjective[edit]

مُعَيِّن (muʕayyin)

  1. active participle of عَيَّنَ (ʕayyana).
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مُعَيَّن (muʕayyan)

  1. passive participle of عَيَّنَ (ʕayyana)
  2. definite, clear, determined, known
  3. rhombic
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Noun[edit]

مُعَيَّن (muʕayyanm (plural مُعَيَّنَات (muʕayyanāt))

  1. rhombus
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Etymology 3[edit]

From Old South Arabian 𐩣𐩲𐩬 (mʿn).

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مَعِين (maʕīnf

  1. the state of Maʿīn in ancient Yemen
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References[edit]

  • 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[1] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 427
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “معين”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[2], London: W.H. Allen, page 1031

South Levantine Arabic[edit]

Root
ع ي ن
2 terms

Etymology[edit]

Equivalent to the passive participle of عيّن (ʕayyan, to designate).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /mʕaj.jan/, [ˈmʕaj.jan]
  • (file)

Adjective[edit]

معين (muʕayyan) (feminine معيّنة (muʕayyane), common plural معيّنين (muʕayyanīn))

  1. certain, specific, particular
    فيه شغلات معيّنة ما كنتش تحبّها؟
    fī šaḡlāt muʕayyane mā kunt-š tḥebbha
    Are there any specific things you weren't liking?