Lane’s articleمَنْ3 senses · 1 main
1
[Used in place of مَا in the sense of What?]
As in this line of El-Khansā: [O, what is wrong with my eye, that its tears do not dry?]
shāhid
أَلَا مَنْ لِعَيْنِى لَا تَجِفُّ دُمُوعُهَا
Quoted in the article فثأ.
1.1
مَنْ: for its dual مَنَانْ and مَنَيْنْ, and its plural مَنُونْ and مَنِينْ, see I'Ak, p. 319.
1.2
مَنْ لِى بِكَذَا: see بِ (near the end of the paragraph).
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[used for مَا in the sense of What? as in the following of El-Khansà, 1 O! what aileth mine eye, that its tears dry not? quoted in the TA, art. فثأ .] أَلَا مَنْ لِعَيْنِى لَا تَجِفُّ دُمُوعُهَا مَنْ : respecting its dual مَنَانْ and مَنَيْنْ , and its pl. مَنُونْ and مَنِينْ , see I'Ak, p. 319. مَنْ لِى بِكَذَا : see بِ (near the end of the paragraph).