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لَانَ

to soften

VerbForm IRoot ل-ي-ن

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Present tense
يَلِينُ
Verbal nouns
لِيْن، لَيَان
Active participle
لَائِن
Passive participle
مَلِين

Most common words from the same root

Adjective
لَيِّن
soft
Verb · Form II
لَيَّنَ
to soften
Noun
لِينَة
a kind of palm tree
Noun
لِين

لَانَ in English

Verb · Form I

  1. to soften, to become soft intransitive
  2. to yield, give in, surrender, capitulate intransitive
    نَحْنُ فَلَّاحٌ وَعَامِل وَشَبَابٌ لَا يَلِين / نَحْنُ جُنْدِيٌّ مُقَاتِل نَحْنُ صَوْتُ الكَادَحِينWe are farmers, workers, and unyielding youth / We are soldiers, we are the voice of laborers1956, “Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party Anthem”, Sulaiman al-Issa (lyrics), archived from the original on 22 Aug 2026
  3. to relent, to calm down intransitive
  4. to become milder intransitive
  5. to become friendlier intransitive
  6. to become easy intransitive

Words from the root ل-ي-ن

Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →

لَانَ · present يَلِينُ
Form I · The plain action

to soften, to become soft; to yield, give in, surrender, capitulate; to relent, to calm down

لِين
Verbal noun
لَيَان
Verbal noun
لَائِن
Active participle
مَلِين
Passive participle
لَيَّنَ · present يُلَيِّنُ
Form II · Causative or intensive

to soften

تَلْيِين
Verbal noun
مُلَيِّن
Active participle
مُلَيَّن
Passive participle
لَيِّن
Adjective
soft
لِينَة
Noun · f.
a kind of palm tree
أَلْيَن
Adjective
elative degree of لَيْن

لَانَ conjugation

Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.

PronounPastPresentSubjunctiveJussiveImperative
أَنَا Iلِنْتُأَلِينُأَلِينَأَلِنْ—
أَنْتَ you (m.)لِنْتَتَلِينُتَلِينَتَلِنْلِنْ
أَنْتِ you (f.)لِنْتِتَلِينِينَتَلِينِيتَلِينِيلِينِي
هُوَ heلَانَيَلِينُيَلِينَيَلِنْ—
هِيَ sheلَانَتْتَلِينُتَلِينَتَلِنْ—
أَنْتُمَا you twoلِنْتُمَاتَلِينَانِتَلِينَاتَلِينَالِينَا
هُمَا they two (m.)لَانَايَلِينَانِيَلِينَايَلِينَا—
هُمَا they two (f.)لَانَتَاتَلِينَانِتَلِينَاتَلِينَا—
نَحْنُ weلِنَّانَلِينُنَلِينَنَلِنْ—
أَنْتُمْ you all (m.)لِنْتُمْتَلِينُونَتَلِينُواتَلِينُوالِينُوا
أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.)لِنْتُنَّتَلِنَّتَلِنَّتَلِنَّلِنَّ
هُمْ they (m.)لَانُوايَلِينُونَيَلِينُوايَلِينُوا—
هُنَّ they (f.)لِنَّيَلِنَّيَلِنَّيَلِنَّ—
Verbal nounلِيْن، لَيَان
Active participleلَائِن
Passive participleمَلِين

لَانَ in a sentence

Dictionary examples

to yield

نَحْنُ فَلَّاحٌ وَعَامِل وَشَبَابٌ لَا يَلِين / نَحْنُ جُنْدِيٌّ مُقَاتِل نَحْنُ صَوْتُ الكَادَحِينWe are farmers, workers, and unyielding youth / We are soldiers, we are the voice of laborers1956, “Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party Anthem”, Sulaiman al-Issa (lyrics), archived from the original on 22 Aug 2026

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