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مَيْن
lie, falsehood /ˈmajn/
nounB2#3057 most common
Also: untruth, deceit
Example sentences
هٰذا مَيْنٌ.
This is a lie.
لا تَقُلِ المَيْن.
Don't speak falsehood.
كَلامُهُ كُلُّهُ مَيْن.
His talk is all lies.
عَرَفْتُ أَنَّ كَلامَهُ مَيْن.
I knew that his words were a lie.
ما في قَوْلِهِ مَيْنٌ وَلا زُور.
There is no lie or falsehood in his statement.
أَقْسَمَ أَنَّهُ ما نَطَقَ بِمَيْنٍ قَطُّ.
He swore he had never once uttered a lie.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَيْنٌ | |
| Genitive | مَيْنٍ | |
| Accusative | مَيْناً | |
| Vocative |
Word family
مانَto lie, to be false
مائنlying, false; a liar
مَيّانhabitual liar
مَيْنةa lie, a single instance of falsehood
Etymology
Mayn comes from the Semitic root m-y-n, built into the Arabic verb mana, meaning to lie or falsify. The noun mayn is the verbal noun of that verb, so it names the act or substance of lying itself. It belongs to classical and literary Arabic and shows up often in pre-modern poetry and oratory, usually paired with its near-synonym zur.
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