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مَعْنَى
meaning /ˈmaʕ.naː/
nounA2#751 most common
Also: sense, significance, import
Example sentences
ما مَعْنَى هَذِهِ الكَلِمَة؟
What is the meaning of this word?
هَلْ تَعْرِفُ مَعْنَى اسْمِكَ؟
Do you know the meaning of your name?
لِهَذِهِ الجُمْلَةِ مَعْنَيانِ مُخْتَلِفانِ.
This sentence has two different meanings.
أُريدُ أَنْ أَفْهَمَ المَعْنَى الحَقيقيَّ لِكَلامِهِ.
I want to understand the true meaning of his words.
يَكْمُنُ مَعْنَى القَصيدَةِ في ما لَمْ يَقُلْهُ الشاعِرُ صَراحَةً.
The meaning of the poem lies in what the poet did not say openly.
إنَّ المَعْنَى الكامِنَ وَراءَ النَّصِّ لا يُدْرَكُ إلّا بِتَأويلٍ يَتَجاوَزُ ظاهِرَ اللَّفْظِ.
The meaning latent behind the text is grasped only through an interpretation that goes beyond the surface of the wording.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَعْنًى | مَعانٍ |
| Genitive | مَعْنًى | مَعانٍ |
| Accusative | مَعْنًى | مَعانِيَ |
| Vocative | يا مَعْنَى | يا مَعانِي |
Word family
عَنَىto mean, to intend
مَعانٍmeanings (plural)
مَعْنَوِيّmoral, abstract, immaterial
مَعْنِيّconcerned, meant
عِنايَةcare, attentionEtymology
مَعْنَى derives from the triliteral root ع-ن-ي, whose verb عَنَى means to mean, to intend, or to concern. The noun was formed with a mīm prefix to denote that which is intended, and so came to mean meaning or sense. Arabic is a Semitic language, so the word has no Indo-European root. The same root appears in the Hebrew עִנְיָן (ʿinyān), matter or concern.
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