ماعون

Arabic

مَوَاعِين وَرَقٍ

Etymology

From Hebrew מָעֹון (māʿṓn, “shelter, refuge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maː.ʕuːn/

Noun

مَاعُون • (māʕūn) m (collective, plural مَوَاعِين (mawāʕīn))

1. aid, kindness
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 107:4-7:

     فَوَيْلٌ لِّلْمُصَلِّينَ الَّذِينَ هُمْ عَن صَلَاتِهِمْ سَاهُونَ الَّذِينَ هُمْ يُرَاءُونَ وَيَمْنَعُونَ الْمَاعُونَ

     fawaylun li-l-muṣallīna llaḏīna hum ʕan ṣalātihim sāhūna llaḏīna hum yurāʔūna wa-yamnaʕūna al-māʕūna

     Ah, woe unto worshippers. Who are heedless of their prayer; Who would be seen (at worship) Yet refuse small kindnesses!

2. utensil, implement, instrument
   1. particularly, a vessel, a pot, a receptacle used in the household
3. ream, stack, batch, rack (particularly of paper)

   Synonyms: رِْزْمَة (rizma), كُرَّاسَة (kurrāsa)

Declension

Declension of noun مَاعُون (māʕūn)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَاعُون māʕūn	الْمَاعُون al-māʕūn	مَاعُون māʕūn
nominative	مَاعُونٌ māʕūnun	الْمَاعُونُ al-māʕūnu	مَاعُونُ māʕūnu
accusative	مَاعُونًا māʕūnan	الْمَاعُونَ al-māʕūna	مَاعُونَ māʕūna
genitive	مَاعُونٍ māʕūnin	الْمَاعُونِ al-māʕūni	مَاعُونِ māʕūni
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَاعُونَيْن māʕūnayn	الْمَاعُونَيْن al-māʕūnayn	مَاعُونَيْ māʕūnay
nominative	مَاعُونَانِ māʕūnāni	الْمَاعُونَانِ al-māʕūnāni	مَاعُونَا māʕūnā
accusative	مَاعُونَيْنِ māʕūnayni	الْمَاعُونَيْنِ al-māʕūnayni	مَاعُونَيْ māʕūnay
genitive	مَاعُونَيْنِ māʕūnayni	الْمَاعُونَيْنِ al-māʕūnayni	مَاعُونَيْ māʕūnay
plural	basic broken plural diptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَوَاعِين mawāʕīn	الْمَوَاعِين al-mawāʕīn	مَوَاعِين mawāʕīn
nominative	مَوَاعِينُ mawāʕīnu	الْمَوَاعِينُ al-mawāʕīnu	مَوَاعِينُ mawāʕīnu
accusative	مَوَاعِينَ mawāʕīna	الْمَوَاعِينَ al-mawāʕīna	مَوَاعِينَ mawāʕīna
genitive	مَوَاعِينَ mawāʕīna	الْمَوَاعِينِ al-mawāʕīni	مَوَاعِينِ mawāʕīni

Derived terms

• سُورَة الْمَاعُون (sūrat l-māʕūn)
• مَاعُونَة (māʕūna)

References

• Ahrens, Karl (1930), “Christliches im Qoran. Eine Nachlese”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎^[1] (in German), volume 84, page 22
• Fleischer, Heinrich Leberecht (1888), Kleinere Schriften‎^[2] (in German), volume 2, Leipzig: S. Hirzel, →DOI, pages 128–130
• Geiger, Abraham (1833, 1902), Was hat Mohammed aus dem Judenthume aufgenommen? (in German), 2nd edition, Leipzig: M. W. Kaufmann, pages 56–57
• Grimme, Hubert (1912), “Über einige Klassen südarabischer Lehnwörter im Koran”, in Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und verwandte Gebiete‎^[3] (in German), volume 26, page 168
• Jeffery, Arthur (1938), The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, page 256
• Nöldeke, Theodor (1910), Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft‎^[4] (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, pages 28–29
• Nöldeke, Theodor; Schwally, Friedrich (1909), Geschichte des Qorāns. Erster Teil: Über den Ursprung des Qurāns.‎^[5] (in German), 2^nd edition, Leipzig: Dieterich'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 93
• Rhodokanakis, Nikolaus (1911), “Zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft”, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes‎^[6] (in German), volume 25, page 67
• Torrey, Charles Cutler (1933), The Jewish foundation of Islam‎^[7], New York: Jewish Institute of Religion Press – Bloch Publishing Co., Agents, page 51

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مَاعُون (māʕūn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maː.ʕuːn/

Noun

ماعون • (māʕūn) m (plural مواعن (mwāʕin) or ماعن (māʕin))

1. utensil, implement, instrument