Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مِئْنَاثٌ

Root: انث

Full Definition

مِئْنَاثٌ A woman who usually brings forth females: and a man who usually begets female children; for the measure مِفْعَالٌ applies equally to both sexes: the contr. epithet is مِذْكَارٌ.
2 See also مُؤَنَّثٌ, in two places.
3 أَرْضٌ مِئْنَاثٌ: see أَنِيثٌ.
4 سَيْفٌ مِئْنَاثٌ, and مِئْنَاثَةٌ: see أَنِيثٌ.


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