م • أ • ن

He sustained them; bore the burden of, or undertook, their maintenance; he maintained them. (S, K, arts. مأن and مون.) مَأَنَ القَوْمَ and ↓ مَأَّنَهُمْ He maintained, or sustained, the people, or party. (M.)

of the belly: see جَأْبَةٌ. المَأْنَتَانِ of the hump of a camel: see قَحَدَةٌ.

A weight, or burden. (Mgh, Msb.) See مِثْقَالٌ. Trouble, molestation, or embarrassment; as also ↓ مُؤْنَةٌ: pl. of the former مَؤُونَاتٌ; and of the latter مُؤَنٌ. (MA.) The requisite means of subsistence. (KL.) مَؤُونَةُ الجِمَاعِ: see زَافِنَةٌ: it seems to mean the pudendum muliebre considered as the means of جِمَاع.

: see art. ان, where will be found the explanations of this word given in the S and K in art. مأن.

i. q. قُوْتٌ [Food, &c.]; (M;) a dial. var. of ↓ مَؤُونَةٌ (q. v.); as also مُونَةٌ: pl. مُؤَنٌ. (Msb.)