محنة

Arabic

    Root
    م ح ن (m ḥ n)
    4 terms

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /miħ.na/

    Noun

    مِحْنَة • (miḥnaf (plural مِحَن (miḥan))

    1. catastrophe, calamity, disaster, tragedy, woe, affliction, adversity, tribulation, distress
      Synonyms: see Thesaurus:مصيبة

    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

    Gulf Arabic

    Etymology

    From Arabic مِحْنَة (miḥna).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    مِحْنة • (miḥnaf (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