لين

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Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ل ي ن (l-y-n).

Adjective

لَيِّن or لَيْن (layyin or layn) (feminine لَيِّنَة (layyina) or لَيْنَة (layna), masculine plural لَيِّنُون (layyinūn) or لَيْنُونَ (laynūna) or أَلْيِنَاء (ʔalyināʔ), feminine plural لَيِّنَات (layyināt) or لَيْنَات (laynāt), elative أَلْيَن (ʔalyan))

  1. soft
  2. flabby, feeble
  3. flexible, supple, elastic, tractable
  4. tender, delicate
  5. gentle, sociable, kind
    Antonyms: شَدِيد (šadīd), عَنِيف (ʕanīf), قَاسٍ (qāsin)
    • Quran, 20:44
      فَقُولَا لَهُ قَوْلًا لَّيِّنًا لَّعَلَّهُ يَتَذَكَّرُ أَوْ يَخْشَىٰ
      faqūlā lahu qawlan llayyinan llaʕallahu yataḏakkaru ʔaw yaḵšā
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  6. tanned
Declension
Antonyms

Noun

لِين (līnm

  1. verbal noun of لَانَ (lāna, to be or become soft, tender, etc.) (form I)
Declension

Verb

لَيَّنَ (layyana) II, non-past يُلَيِّنُ‎ (yulayyinu)

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Conjugation

Etymology 2

Verb

لِينَ (līna) (form I)

  1. second-person feminine plural active imperative of وَلِيَ (waliya)

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic إِلَى أَيْن (ʾila ʾayn, to where).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

لين (līn or lāyen)

  1. (interrogative) to where?