لينة

Arabic

Etymology 1

Adjective

لَيِّنَة • (layyina) f

1. feminine singular of لَيِّن (layyin)

Etymology 2

Adjective

لَيْنَة • (layna) f

1. feminine singular of لَيْن (layn)

Etymology 3

Uncertain. Hisham ibn al-Kalbi claims he had only heard the term from Yathrib and the Jews, therefore suggesting that the word is borrowed from Hebrew. He argues that because the Arabic root ل ي ن (l-y-n) is not related to the term’s meaning, he claims that the term cannot be derived from Arabic. However those Jews were monolingual Arabic speakers and no such Hebrew term is known, and some Islamic scholars contend the nativity of the word stating that the palm tree produces tender dates.

Noun

لِينَة • (līna) f (singulative, collective لِين m (līn), plural لِينَات (līnāt))

1. a kind of palm tree
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 59:5:

     مَا قَطَعْتُم مِّن لِّينَةٍ أَوْ تَرَكْتُمُوهَا قَائِمَةً عَلَىٰ أُصُولِهَا فَبِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ وَلِيُخْزِيَ الْفَاسِقِينَ

     mā qaṭaʕtum mmin llīnatin ʔaw taraktumūhā qāʔimatan ʕalā ʔuṣūlihā fabiʔiḏni l-lahi waliyuḵziya l-fāsiqīna

     Whatever you have cut down of [their] palm trees or left standing on their trunks - it was by permission of Allah and so He would disgrace the defiantly disobedient.

Declension

Declension of noun لِينَة (līna)

Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لِينَة līna	اللِّينَة al-līna	لِينَة līnat
Nominative	لِينَةٌ līnatun	اللِّينَةُ al-līnatu	لِينَةُ līnatu
Accusative	لِينَةً līnatan	اللِّينَةَ al-līnata	لِينَةَ līnata
Genitive	لِينَةٍ līnatin	اللِّينَةِ al-līnati	لِينَةِ līnati
Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لِين līn	اللِّين al-līn	لِين līn
Nominative	لِينٌ līnun	اللِّينُ al-līnu	لِينُ līnu
Accusative	لِينًا līnan	اللِّينَ al-līna	لِينَ līna
Genitive	لِينٍ līnin	اللِّينِ al-līni	لِينِ līni
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لِينَتَيْن līnatayn	اللِّينَتَيْن al-līnatayn	لِينَتَيْ līnatay
Nominative	لِينَتَانِ līnatāni	اللِّينَتَانِ al-līnatāni	لِينَتَا līnatā
Accusative	لِينَتَيْنِ līnatayni	اللِّينَتَيْنِ al-līnatayni	لِينَتَيْ līnatay
Genitive	لِينَتَيْنِ līnatayni	اللِّينَتَيْنِ al-līnatayni	لِينَتَيْ līnatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لِينَات līnāt	اللِّينَات al-līnāt	لِينَات līnāt
Nominative	لِينَاتٌ līnātun	اللِّينَاتُ al-līnātu	لِينَاتُ līnātu
Accusative	لِينَاتٍ līnātin	اللِّينَاتِ al-līnāti	لِينَاتِ līnāti
Genitive	لِينَاتٍ līnātin	اللِّينَاتِ al-līnāti	لِينَاتِ līnāti
Plural of variety	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لِينَات līnāt	اللِّينَات al-līnāt	لِينَات līnāt
Nominative	لِينَاتٌ līnātun	اللِّينَاتُ al-līnātu	لِينَاتُ līnātu
Accusative	لِينَاتٍ līnātin	اللِّينَاتِ al-līnāti	لِينَاتِ līnāti
Genitive	لِينَاتٍ līnātin	اللِّينَاتِ al-līnāti	لِينَاتِ līnāti