لين

From the root ل ي ن‎ (l-y-n).

لَيِّن or لَيْن • (layyin or layn) (feminine لَيِّنَة‎ (layyina) or لَيْنَة‎ (layna), masculine plural لَيِّنُون‎ (layyinūn) or لَيْنُونَ‎ (laynūna) or أَلْيِنَاء‎ (ʔalyināʔ), feminine plural لَيِّنَات‎ (layyināt) or لَيْنَات‎ (laynāt), elative أَلْيَن‎ (ʔalyan))

1. soft
2. flabby, feeble
3. flexible, supple, elastic, tractable
4. tender, delicate
5. gentle, sociable, kind

   Antonyms: شَدِيد‎ (šadīd), عَنِيف‎ (ʕanīf), قَاسٍ‎ (qāsin)

   • Quran, 20:44

     ‏فَقُولَا لَهُ قَوْلًا لَّيِّنًا لَّعَلَّهُ يَتَذَكَّرُ أَوْ يَخْشَىٰ‎

     faqūlā lahu qawlan llayyinan llaʕallahu yataḏakkaru ʔaw yaḵšā

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

6. tanned

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• صُلْب‎ (ṣulb)

• → Swahili: laini

لِين • (līn) m

1. verbal noun of لَانَ‎ (lāna, “to be or become soft, tender, etc.”) (form I)

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

لَيَّنَ • (layyana) II, non-past يُلَيِّنُ‎‎ (yulayyinu)

1. to soften

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

لِينَ • (līna) (form I)

1. second-person feminine plural active imperative of وَلِيَ‎ (waliya)

From Arabic إِلَى أَيْن‎ (ʔila ʔayn, “to where”).

• IPA^(key): /liːn/

لِين • (līn)

1. (interrogative) to where?

   Synonym: لاين‎ (lāyin)