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munyaẗ مُنْية , var. minyaẗ, pl. munaⁿ, def. al‑munà
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ID … • Sw – • BP … • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021
√MNW/Y
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n.f.
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1 wish, desire; 2 object of desire – WehrCowan1976.
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▪ Orel&Stolbova1994#1772: from protSem *m˅n˅y‑ ‘to want’, perh. from AfrAs *min‑ ‘dto.’ (weak basis for reconstruction).
▪ Militarev&Kogan2000 (SED I vb#41): The original meaning of the Sem vb., *mny, preserved in Ar, was prob. *‘to discharge sperm, excude vaginal secretion’ with a shift to ‘to have sexual desire’ and further to ‘desire, wish, want’ and ‘love’.
▪ For further details, cf. ↗minan ‘semen, sperm’.
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▪ See ↗minan.
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▪ See above, section CONC, and ↗minan ‘semen, sperm’.
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►BP#451tamannà, vb. V, to desire, wish: Dt‑stem.

►BP#3492ʔumniyyaẗ, pl. ʔamānin, def. al‑ʔamānī, n.f., wish, demand, claim, desire, longing, aspiration
►tamannin, def. al‑tamannī, pl. ‑āt, n., wish; desire; request: vn. V.

For other items of the root, cf. ↗manā~manà, ↗manan, ↗Manāẗ, ↗minan, and, for the general picture, ↗√MNW/Y.
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