Līnah
لِينَة
Say it LEE-nah
A date palm
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Qurʾān: 59:5
- Also spelled
- Lina, Leena, Leenah, Linah
Meaning & source
A palm tree (a kind of date palm).
In the Qurʾān this word only appears with the article (59:5); the bare form is copied from Lisān al-ʿArab.
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قَالَ الْفَرَّاءُ: كُلُّ شَيْءٍ مِنَ النَّخْلِ سِوَى الْعَجْوَةِ فَهُوَ مِنَ الليِّنِ، وَاحِدَتُهُ لِينَةٌ
Ibn Manẓūr, Lisān al-ʿArab, vol. 13, p. 393 (Dār Ṣādir, Beirut, 3rd ed. 1414 AH)