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أَيْمَن
right (the right side or right hand) /ˈʔajman/
adjectiveB2#3089 most common
Also: more blessed, more fortunate
Example sentences
البابُ الأيمنُ مفتوحٌ.
The right door is open.
ارفع يدك اليمنى.
Raise your right hand.
انظر إلى الجانب الأيمن من الصورة.
Look at the right side of the picture.
وقف الحارسُ عند الطرفِ الأيمنِ للملعبِ.
The guard stood at the right edge of the field.
هو أيمن الرجلين حظًا.
He is the more fortunate of the two men.
وَنَادَيْنَاهُ مِنْ جَانِبِ الطُّورِ الْأَيْمَنِ.
And We called him from the right side of the Mount.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | أَيْمَنُ | أَيَامِنُ |
| Genitive | أَيْمَنَ | أَيَامِنَ |
| Accusative | أَيْمَنَ | أَيَامِنَ |
| Vocative | يَا أَيْمَنُ | يَا أَيَامِنُ |
Word family
يمينright hand, oath
يمنىright (feminine form)
أيسرleft (antonym)
ميمونblessed, auspicious
تيامنto turn to the right, to seek a good omen
Etymology
Aymanu is the elative (comparative/superlative) form built on the Semitic root y-m-n, which carries the sense of the right hand and, by extension, blessing or good fortune. Across many old cultures the right hand was seen as the favored, capable one, so the same root gave rise to words for both direction and luck. From this base the word came to mean both the right side and, in its older elative use, more blessed.
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