مني
Arabic
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From the roots م ن ي (m-n-y) and م ن و (m-n-w).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]مَنِيّ • (maniyy) m (plural مُنْي (muny))
- conceptive fluid or discharge
- Synonym: مَاء (māʔ)
- male ejaculation, semen; sperm
- (obsolete) female ejaculation
- 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim:
- قَالَ: «وَجِئْتُ أَسْأَلُكَ عَنْ شَيْءٍ لَا يَعْلَمُهُ أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ إِلَّا نَبِيٌّ أَوْ رَجُلٌ أَوْ رَجُلَانِ.» قَالَ: «يَنْفَعُكَ إِنْ حَدَّثْتُكَ؟» قَالَ: «أَسْمَعُ بِأُذُنَيَّ.» قَالَ: «جِئْتُ أَسْأَلُكَ عَنِ الْوَلَدِ.» قَالَ: «مَاءُ الرَّجُلِ أَبْيَضُ، وَمَاءُ الْمَرْأَةِ أَصْفَرُ، فَإِذَا اجْتَمَعَا، فَعَلَا مَنِيُّ الرَّجُلِ مَنِيَّ الْمَرْأَةِ، أَذْكَرَا بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ، وَإِذَا عَلَا مَنِيُّ الْمَرْأَةِ مَنِيَّ الرَّجُلِ، آنَثَا بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ.» قَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ: «لَقَدْ صَدَقْتَ، وَإِنَّكَ لَنَبِيٌّ، ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ فَذَهَبَ.»
- [Then] he [the Jew] said, "I also came to ask you about something no one on earth would know but a Prophet or one or two [other] men." [So] he [the Prophet] said, "Would it benefit you if I answered?" [So] he [the Jew] said, "I shall hear [it] with my [own] ears. I came to ask you about [one's] offspring." [So] he [the Prophet] said, "The fluid of men is white; that of women is yellow. If they combine and the fluid of the man rises above [or overpowers] the woman's, they beget a male if Allah wills it, and if the fluid of the woman rises above [or overpowers] the man's, they beget a female if Allah wills it." [So] the Jew said, "You have spoken truthfully, and you are indeed a prophet." Then he went away and left.
Usage notes
[edit]Much older texts usually do not lexically distinguish between male and female ejaculation. Modern texts, on the other hand, tend to reserve مَنِيّ (maniyy) for referring to male ejaculation. See the entry for مَاء (māʔ) for more information.
Declension
[edit]Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | مَنِي manī |
الْمَنِي al-manī |
مَنِي manī |
Nominative | مَنِيٌّ maniyyun |
الْمَنِيُّ al-maniyyu |
مَنِيُّ maniyyu |
Accusative | مَنِيًّا maniyyan |
الْمَنِيَّ al-maniyya |
مَنِيَّ maniyya |
Genitive | مَنِيٍّ maniyyin |
الْمَنِيِّ al-maniyyi |
مَنِيِّ maniyyi |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | مَنِيَّيْن maniyyayn |
الْمَنِيَّيْن al-maniyyayn |
مَنِيَّيْ maniyyay |
Nominative | مَنِيَّانِ maniyyāni |
الْمَنِيَّانِ al-maniyyāni |
مَنِيَّا maniyyā |
Accusative | مَنِيَّيْنِ maniyyayni |
الْمَنِيَّيْنِ al-maniyyayni |
مَنِيَّيْ maniyyay |
Genitive | مَنِيَّيْنِ maniyyayni |
الْمَنِيَّيْنِ al-maniyyayni |
مَنِيَّيْ maniyyay |
Plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | مُنْي muny |
الْمُنْي al-muny |
مُنْي muny |
Nominative | مُنْيٌ munyun |
الْمُنْيُ al-munyu |
مُنْيُ munyu |
Accusative | مُنْيًا munyan |
الْمُنْيَ al-munya |
مُنْيَ munya |
Genitive | مُنْيٍ munyin |
الْمُنْيِ al-munyi |
مُنْيِ munyi |
Synonyms
[edit]- سَائِل مَنَوِيّ (sāʔil manawiyy)
Related terms
[edit]- مَنَوِيّ (manawiyy)
Descendants
[edit]- Gulf Arabic: مني (mani)
- → Azerbaijani: məni
- → Bashkir: мәней (məney)
- → Pashto: مني (mani)
- → Persian: منی (mani)
- → Indonesian: mani
- → Maranao: mani
- → Swahili: manii
- → Ottoman Turkish: منی
- → Turkish: meni
- → Uyghur: مەنى (meni)
- → Uzbek: maniy
Etymology 2
[edit]Prepositional phrase
[edit]مِنِّي or مِنِّيَ • (minnī or minniya)
- Form of مِنْ (min) including first-person singular personal pronoun as object.
Etymology 3
[edit]Verb
[edit]- second-person feminine singular active imperative of مَنَّ (manna)
Gulf Arabic
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Perhaps univerbation of من (min, “from”) and هني (hnī, “here”)? (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]مِنّي • (minnī)
Etymology 2
[edit]Learned borrowing from Arabic مَنِيّ (maniyy).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]مَني • (mani) m
Etymology 3
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Preposition
[edit]مِنّي • (minni)
- first-person singular pronominal form of من (min): from me
Pashto
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]مني • (maní) m
Sindhi
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Kachchi મન્ની (mannī).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]مِنيِ • (manī) f (Devanagari मनी)
Further reading
[edit]- Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “مني”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
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