مينة

See also: مینہ and مينه

Arabic

Alternative forms

• مِينَاء (mīnāʔ)

Etymology

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

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