حرن

1 حَرَنَ حار حرن حرنن aor. حَرُنَ ; (S, Mgh, Msb, K;) and حَرُنَ; (S, Msb, K;) inf. n. حِرَانٌ (Mgh, Msb, K) and حُرُونٌ, (Mgh, Msb,) or the former is a simple subst., and the latter is the inf. n., (S,) and حُرَانٌ; (K;) said of a horse (S, Mgh, Msb, K) or similar beast, (Msb, K,) He was, or became, restive, or refractory, and, when vehemently running, stopped: (S:) or stopped, and was restive, or refractory: (Mgh:) or stopped when one desired to call into action his power of running: said peculiarly of a solid-hoofed animal: (M, K:) or, accord. to Lh, one says also حرنت النَّاقَةُ, meaning the she-camel stood still, and would not move from her place: and حِرَانٌ is used by AO in relation to a she-camel. (TA.) And حَرَنَ, inf. n. حُرُونٌ i. q. تَأَخَّرَ [ He went back or backwards, drew back, receded, &c.]. (As, TA.) ― -b2- حَرَنَ بِالمَكَانِ, inf. n. حُرُوُنَةٌ, [perhaps a mistranscription for حُرُونٌ,] He kept, or clave, to the place, and did not quit it. (TA.) ― -b3- حَرَنَ فِى البَيْعِ (tropical:) He did not exceed nor fall short in selling. (S, K, TA.) -A2- حَرَنَ القُطْنَ He separated and loosened the cotton [ by means of a bow and a kind of wooden mallet, by striking the string of the bow with the mallet ]; syn. نَدَفَهُ. (K.)