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مَأْن
provision, sustenance (what one must provide for or bear the cost of) /ˈmaʔn/
nounB1#1952 most common
Also: upkeep, expense, burden one bears, matter one attends to
Example sentences
هٰذا مَأْنُنا.
This is our provision.
مَأْنُ البَيْتِ ثَقيلٌ.
The household's upkeep is heavy.
يَحْمِلُ الأَبُ مَأْنَ أَوْلادِهِ بِصَبْرٍ.
The father bears the upkeep of his children with patience.
لا تَجْعَلْ نَفْسَكَ مَأْناً عَلى النّاسِ.
Do not make yourself a burden on people.
ما مَأَنْتُ مَأْنَ هٰذا الأَمْرِ مِنْ قَبْلُ.
I had not reckoned with the trouble of this matter before.
أَثْقَلَ الضَّيْفُ مُضيفَهُ بِمَأْنِهِ الطَّويلِ حَتّى ضاقَ بِهِ.
The guest weighed his host down with the long expense of him until the host grew weary.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَأْنٌ | |
| Genitive | مَأْنٍ | |
| Accusative | مَأْناً | |
| Vocative | يا مَأْنُ |
Word family
مَؤُونةprovisions, expenses
مُؤْنةstores, supplies
مَأَنَto provide for, to sustain
مَأْنةmatter one attends to; lower-belly flesh
Etymology
مَأْن is the verbal noun of مَأَنَ, from the Arabic root م-أ-ن, meaning to provide for or to bear the cost of. The same root gives مَؤُونة, the ordinary word for provisions and expenses. Arabic is a Semitic language, so the word has no Proto-Indo-European root.
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