مينة

مينة

See also: مینہ‎ and مينه‎

Arabic

Alternative forms

• مِينَاء‎ (mīnāʾ)

Etymology

From Egyptian mjnwt (“harbor”) or mjnt (“mooring post”) related to Egyptian mjnj (“to moor”).[1][2]

Noun

مِينَة • (mīna) f (plural مِيَن‎ (miyan))

1. port, harbor

Declension

Declension of noun مِينَة (mīna)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِينَة mīna	الْمِينَة‎ al-mīna	مِينَة mīnat
Nominative	مِينَةٌ mīnatun	الْمِينَةُ‎ al-mīnatu	مِينَةُ mīnatu
Accusative	مِينَةً mīnatan	الْمِينَةَ‎ al-mīnata	مِينَةَ mīnata
Genitive	مِينَةٍ mīnatin	الْمِينَةِ‎ al-mīnati	مِينَةِ mīnati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِينَتَيْن‎ mīnatayn	الْمِينَتَيْن‎ al-mīnatayn	مِينَتَيْ‎ mīnatay
Nominative	مِينَتَانِ‎ mīnatāni	الْمِينَتَانِ‎ al-mīnatāni	مِينَتَا‎ mīnatā
Accusative	مِينَتَيْنِ‎ mīnatayni	الْمِينَتَيْنِ‎ al-mīnatayni	مِينَتَيْ‎ mīnatay
Genitive	مِينَتَيْنِ‎ mīnatayni	الْمِينَتَيْنِ‎ al-mīnatayni	مِينَتَيْ‎ mīnatay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِيَن‎ miyan	الْمِيَن‎ al-miyan	مِيَن‎ miyan
Nominative	مِيَنٌ‎ miyanun	الْمِيَنُ‎ al-miyanu	مِيَنُ‎ miyanu
Accusative	مِيَنًا‎ miyanan	الْمِيَنَ‎ al-miyana	مِيَنَ‎ miyana
Genitive	مِيَنٍ‎ miyanin	الْمِيَنِ‎ al-miyani	مِيَنِ‎ miyani

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “ميناء”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

1. Budge, E. A. Wallis (1920), “menȧ”, in An Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary, London: J. Murray, page 300, meaning to tie a boat to land.
2. Lane, Edward William (1863), “مينة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 3061, suggesting it is an ancient Egyptian word in origin.