لين

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ل ي ن (l y n)
5 terms

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

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), verbal noun تَلْيِين (talyīn))

  1. to soften
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Verb

لِينَ (līna) (form I) /liː.na/

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

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adverb

لِين (līn)

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