Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

أَيْمَنُ

Root: يمن

Full Definition

أَيْمَنُ [The right, as opposed to the left; see Kur, xix. 53, xx. 82, and xxviii. 30:] contr. of أَيْسَرُ; and [in like manner] مَيْمَنَةٌ is contr. of مَيْسَرَةٌ.
2 أَيْمَنُ, contr. of أَشْأَمُ, as signifying The right, opposed to the left: and as signifying Lucky, or auspicious: pl. أَيَامِنُ. See أَشْأَمُ.
3 It is also used in the sense of يُمْنٌ: see أَشْأَمُ.
4 Also More, and most, lucky, or auspicious, or happy: see 8 in art. فئل.


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