Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

أُمْنِيَّةٌ

Root: منى

Full Definition

أُمْنِيَّةٌ An object of wish, or desire: originally, a thing that a man meditates (يُقَدِّرُهُ) in his mind; from مَنَى signifying قَدَّرَ: and hence applied to a lie; and to what is wished, or desired, and what is read, or desired [pl. أَمَانِىُّ and أَمَانٍ]. See مُنْبَةٌ and حَجْوَى.


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