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هنء

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

هَنِىْءٌ ذ What comes or happens to one without inconvenience, or trouble: (S, K:) [ what is pleasant, or productive of enjoyment; an unalloyed gratification, i. e., a thing that gives unalloyed enjoyment; see what follows:] as also ↓ مَهْنَأٌ, (K,) a subst., sometimes written and pronounced مَهْنَا; pl. مَهَانِئُ, sometimes written and pronounced مَهَانٍ. (TA.) [See مهنأ also below.] ― -b2- Pleasant, or productive of enjoyment, to the eater: or easy to swallow; not attended by trouble: or not succeeded by harm, even after its digestion. (Z, cited voce مَرُؤَ.) ― -b3- هَنِيْئًا مَرِيْئًا [May it be, or Eat it, or Drink it, with enjoyment, and with wholesome result: or with ease in the swallowing, and with quickness in digesting: &c.: see مَرُؤَ]. (S.) ― -b4- هَنِيْئًا لَهُ ذٰلِكَ [ May that be productive of enjoyment to him! ]. (TA.) ― -b5- هَنِيْئًا and مَرِيْئًا are of the number of epithets which are employed after the manner of inf. ns. significant of a prayer or good wish, governed in the acc. case by a verb understood. (Sb.)

Derived headwords

هَنِىْءٌ
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هَنِيْئًا مَرِيْئًا
هَنِيْئًا لَهُ ذٰلِكَ