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ي-م-ن
the right side; good fortune
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Words from this root
5 words in 5 patterns. Each pattern shapes the root's meaning in its own way.
فَعِيل Adjective فَعِيل
فَعِيل = a lasting quality (or the person who has it)
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right side, right hand; (also) an oath
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عَلَى الْيَمِينِ on the right
Met in The taxi
أَفْعَل أَيْمَنُ
right-hand (side); the name Ayman
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- Feminine
- يُمْنَى
فُعْلَى يُمْنَى
right (feminine): الْيَدُ الْيُمْنَى the right hand
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فَعَل الْيَمَنُ
Yemen (the land 'to the right' of the Kaaba for someone facing east)
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فُعْل يُمْنٌ
good fortune, blessing
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How the patterns shape this root
يَمِين is the right-hand side — عَلَى الْيَمِينِ, on the right — and because the right hand was raised for oaths, يَمِين means an oath too. The right side counted as the lucky side: يُمْن is good fortune, and أَيْمَن (pattern أَفْعَل) is both 'right-hand' and the name Ayman; its feminine يُمْنَى describes the right hand, الْيَدُ الْيُمْنَى. Even الْيَمَن, Yemen, is 'the land on the right'.