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Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
ل ي ن (l y n)
5 terms

Adjective

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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 laʕallahu yataḏakkaru ʔaw yaḵšā
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  6. tanned
Declension
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Antonyms
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Descendants
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  • Swahili: laini

Noun

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لِين (līnm

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

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لَيَّنَ (layyana) II (non-past يُلَيِّنُ (yulayyinu), verbal noun تَلْيِين (talyīn))

  1. to soften
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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لِينَ (līna) (form I) /liː.na/

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

Moroccan Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic إِلَى أَيْن (ʔila ʔayn, to where).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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لِين (līn)

  1. (interrogative) to where?
    Synonym: لاين (lāyin)