سن اليأس

Arabic

Etymology

Literally: “age of despair”. Perhaps after Quran 65:4, where it says: وَاللّائِي يَئِسْنَ مِنَ الْمَحِيضِ مِن نِسَائِكُمْ (wa-llāʔī yaʔisna mina l-maḥīḍi min nisāʔikum, “those of your women who have despaired of menstruation”, i.e. “those who will certainly not menstruate again”).(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

سِنّ الْيَأْسِ • (sinn al-yaʔsi) f

1. menopause

Declension

Declension of noun سِنّ الْيَأْس (sinn al-yaʔs)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	سِنّ الْيَأْس sinn al-yaʔs	—
Nominative	—	سِنُّ الْيَأْسِ sinnu l-yaʔsi	—
Accusative	—	سِنَّ الْيَأْسِ sinna l-yaʔsi	—
Genitive	—	سِنِّ الْيَأْسِ sinni l-yaʔsi	—

Synonyms

• (euphemism) سِنّ الْأَمَلِ (sinn al-ʔamali, literally “age of hope”)