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حن

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

حَنَّةٌ حان حنه حننه حنة : see حَنَانٌ. ― -b2- It is said in a prov., لَا تَعْدَمُ نَاقَةٌ مِنْ أُمِّهَا حَنَّةً, and ↓ حَنِينًا, meaning [ The she-camel will not be without ] likeness [ to her mother ]: and one says of a man who resembles another man, and of any one who resembles his father and his mother, لَا تَعْدَمُ أَدْمَاآءُ مِنْ أُمِّهَا حَنَّةً [ A female camel of the colour termed أُدْمَة (i. e. white, or very white, &c.,) will not be without likeness to her mother ]. (TA. [See also Freytag's Arab. Prov. ii. 497.]) ― -b3- The [ grumbling cry termed ] رُغَاآء of a camel. (S, K.) -A2- A man's wife. (S, K.) -A3- See also what next follows.

Derived headwords

حَنَّةٌ
  1. 1.
تَعْدَمُ نَاقَةٌ مِنْ أُمِّهَا حَنَّةً
لَا تَعْدَمُ أَدْمَاآءُ مِنْ أُمِّهَا حَنَّةً