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Form 8  ·  3 entries  ·  Qur'ānic frequency 4

Form 8اِمْتَهَنَهُ1 sense

Core sense — he used it for service and workgenerated

8.1

He used it for service and work; the same as اِبْتَذَلَهُ, which see.

He held it in low esteem.

Show Lane's original text
He used it for service and work: (K:) i. q. اِبْتَذَلَهُ , q. v.: (S, Msb:) He held it in mean estimation. (Har, p. 65.)

Derived nouns 2

Nounمَِهْنَةٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — service, work; the clothes worn in servicegenerated

1

[Synonymous with عَمَلٌ and فِعْلٌ, and meaning work, labour, or] service; ministration; the performance of an office.

1.1

Also the clothes worn in service, or when doing work.

Show Lane's original text
[is syn. with عَمَلٌ and فِعْلٌ , and means work, labour, or] service; ministration; performance of an office. (S, &c.) Also, The clothes worn in service, or in the performance of business. (Msb.)
Nounمَهِينٌ1 sense

Core sense — contemptible, abject; weak; having little judgmentgenerated

1

Contemptible; abject; weak; having little judgment and discrimination.

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Contemptible; abject: (S, K) weak: having little judgment and discrimination. (K.)