سن اليأس
Arabic
Etymology
Literally: “age of despair”. Perhaps after Quran 65:4, where it says: وَاللّائِي يَئِسْنَ مِنَ الْمَحِيضِ مِن نِسَائِكُمْ (wa-llāʾī yaʾisna mina l-maḥīḍi min nisāʾikum, “those of your women who have despaired of menstruation”, i.e. “those who will certainly not menstruate again”).(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Noun
سِنّ الْيَأْس • (sinn al-yaʾs) f
- menopause
Declension
Declension of noun سِنّ الْيَأْس (sinn al-yaʾs)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | — | سِنّ الْيَأْس sinn al-yaʾs | — |
| Nominative | — | سِنُّ الْيَأْسِ sinnu l-yaʾsi | — |
| Accusative | — | سِنَّ الْيَأْسِ sinna l-yaʾsi | — |
| Genitive | — | سِنِّ الْيَأْسِ sinni l-yaʾsi | — |
Synonyms
- سِنُّ الْأَمَلِ (sinnu l-ʾamali) (euphemism; literally “age of hope”)