محنة

Arabic
Root
م ح ن (m-ḥ-n)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /miħ.na/

Noun

مِحْنَة • (miḥna) f (plural مِحَن (miḥan))

  1. catastrophe, calamity, disaster, tragedy, woe, affliction, adversity, tribulation, distress

Declension
Declension of noun مِحْنَة (miḥna)
Singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal مِحْنَة
miḥna		 الْمِحْنَة
al-miḥna		 مِحْنَة
miḥnat
Nominative مِحْنَةٌ
miḥnatun		 الْمِحْنَةُ
al-miḥnatu		 مِحْنَةُ
miḥnatu
Accusative مِحْنَةً
miḥnatan		 الْمِحْنَةَ
al-miḥnata		 مِحْنَةَ
miḥnata
Genitive مِحْنَةٍ
miḥnatin		 الْمِحْنَةِ
al-miḥnati		 مِحْنَةِ
miḥnati
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal مِحْنَتَيْن
miḥnatayn		 الْمِحْنَتَيْن
al-miḥnatayn		 مِحْنَتَيْ
miḥnatay
Nominative مِحْنَتَانِ
miḥnatāni		 الْمِحْنَتَانِ
al-miḥnatāni		 مِحْنَتَا
miḥnatā
Accusative مِحْنَتَيْنِ
miḥnatayni		 الْمِحْنَتَيْنِ
al-miḥnatayni		 مِحْنَتَيْ
miḥnatay
Genitive مِحْنَتَيْنِ
miḥnatayni		 الْمِحْنَتَيْنِ
al-miḥnatayni		 مِحْنَتَيْ
miḥnatay
Plural basic broken plural triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal مِحَن
miḥan		 الْمِحَن
al-miḥan		 مِحَن
miḥan
Nominative مِحَنٌ
miḥanun		 الْمِحَنُ
al-miḥanu		 مِحَنُ
miḥanu
Accusative مِحَنًا
miḥanan		 الْمِحَنَ
al-miḥana		 مِحَنَ
miḥana
Genitive مِحَنٍ
miḥanin		 الْمِحَنِ
al-miḥani		 مِحَنِ
miḥani

Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: möhnət
  • → Ottoman Turkish: محنت (mihnet)
    • Turkish: mihnet
  • → Persian: محنت (mehnat)
  • → Uzbek: mehnat

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مِحْنَة (miḥna).

Pronunciation
  • (Kuwait) IPA(key): /ˈmɪħ.nə/

Noun

مِحْنة • (miḥna) f (plural مِحَن (miḥan))

  1. disaster, tragedy, tribulation, an extremely difficult and testing situation
  2. (definite, Kuwait) المحنة (il-miḥna): The 1990 invasion of Kuwait by Saddam Hussein forces
    Synonym: الغزو (il-ḡazu)
  3. (slang) horniness, randiness
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