ي • م • ن

, (T, M, K,) and يَمِنَ, (M, K,) He was prosperous; fortunate; lucky. (T, M, K.)

: see 3 in art. شأم in two places.

He made it to incline towards the right: see an ex. voce سِنٌّ (near the end of the paragraph). أَيْمَنَ: see أَشْأَمَ in two places. أَيْمَنْتُ إِبِلِى: see أَيْسَرْتُ.

He was placed on his right side in the grave. (TA, voce عَلْبَى.) تَيَمَّنَ بِهِ i. q. تَبَرَّكَ بِهِ [q. v.]. (S.) فُلَانٌ يُتَيَمَّنُ بِرَأْيِهِ, i. e. يُتَبَرَّكُ بِهِ, (T,) app. One is fortunate in, or derives a blessing from, his counsel. He augured good by it, or from it; or looked for good fortune, or a blessing, from it; syn. تَبَّرَكَ بِهِ: (Mgh, Msb, &c:) opposed to تَشَأءَمَ بِهِ, in the K, art. طير; and in Bd, xvii. 14; and well known. تَيَمَّنَ بِكَلِمَةٍ [He augured good from the word], (Har, p. 488,) and بِكَلَامٍ. (Msb. in art. فأل.)

: see تَشََّامَ. تَيَامَنُوا: see 3 in art. يسر.

[The right, as opposed to the left; see Kur, xix. 53, xx. 82, and xxviii. 30:] contr. of أَيْسَرُ; and [in like manner] ↓ مَيْمَنَةٌ is contr. of مَيْسَرَةٌ. (S.) أَيْمَنُ, contr. of أَشْأَمُ, as signifying The right, opposed to the left: and as signifying Lucky, or auspicious: pl. أَيَامِنُ. See أَشْأَمُ. It is also used in the sense of يُمْنٌ: see أَشْأَمُ. Also More, and most, lucky, or auspicious, or happy: see 8 in art. فيءل.

, used only in swearing, is a sing. noun, not a particle, nor pl. of يَمِينٌ: and is derived from يُمْنٌ. (Mughnee.)

: see an ex. of this word, voce ثَابِرٌ.

The location that is on the right. يَمِينٌ also, The south. See سَرْحٌ. يَمِينُ also signifies A covenant (Bd, and Jel in lxviii. 39) confirmed by an oath. (Bd, ibid.) يَمِينُ اللّٰهِ The oath by attestation of God: see أَيْمُ اللّٰهِ, and عَهْدُ اللّٰهِ. حَلَفْتُ يَمِينًا [I swore, or have sworn, an oath]. (T, S, M, voce أَمِينٌ, which see. You say, يَمِينَ اللّٰهِ لَا أَفْعلُ (as in some copies of the S [meaning, حَلَفْتُ يَمِينَ اللّٰهِ]): or يَمِينُ اللّٰهِ (as in other copies [meaning, يَمِينُ اللّٰهِ قَسَمِى]). See a similar form of oath voce حَرَامٌ. يَمِينًا صَادِقَةً لَأَفْعَلَنَّ: see زَعْمةٌ.

The right wing of an army. See أَيْمَنُ.

Fortunate; happy; (T, M, MA, KL;) blest. (T.) See an ex. voce عَرِيكَةٌ.

The having [or receiving] a blessing. (K L.)

for تَأْمَنَّا: see أَمِنَهُ.

: see يَاسِرٌ.

A garment of Yemen: see a verse voce تَسْهِيمٌ.

and يَمَانُونَ: see تِهَامِىٌّ.

Prosperity; good fortune; good luck; auspiciousness; (T, S, M, K;) contr. of شُوءْمٌ, (M,) and of نَحْسٌ. (L, art. سعد.)

: its pl. seems to be يُمَنٌ. See بُرْدٌ.