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حنء

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of lush green vegetation, particularly grass and plants. It extends to the act of dyeing with henna and also refers to specific geographical locations and a personal name.

Derived headwords

حَنَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to be lush greenboth

    The land becomes lush green with abundant and dense vegetation.

حِنَاءٌnoun
  1. 1.
    lush greennessclassical

    Intense greenness and abundance of vegetation.

  2. 2.
    hennaboth

    The well-known plant and dye, used for coloring hair and skin.

حِنَاءَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    intense greennessclassical

    A more specific or intense form of lush greenness.

  2. 2.
    a wellclassical

    A specific well mentioned in the text, located in the lands of Tamim.

حَنَاءٌadjective
  1. 1.
    intensely greenclassical

    Describing something that is intensely green and verdant.

حَانِئٌadjective
  1. 1.
    intensely greenclassical

    Describing vegetation that is intensely green and flourishing.

حَنَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to dye with hennaboth

    To color one's beard or head with henna dye.

تَحْنِيءٌnoun
  1. 1.
    dyeing with hennaboth

    The act or process of coloring with henna.

تَحْنِئَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    dyeing with hennaboth

    The act or process of coloring with henna.

ابْنُ حَنَّاءَةَname
  1. 1.
    Ibn Hannā'ahclassical

    A personal name, referring to a specific man.

الحَنَّاءَتَانِname
  1. 1.
    Al-Hannā'atānclassical

    Two sand dunes located in the territory of the Tamim tribe.

Parallel reading

حنأت الأرض تحنأ: اخضرت والتف نبتها.
The land became lush green, its vegetation dense.
وأخضر ناضر وباقل وحانئ: شديد الخضرة.
And 'akhḍar', 'nāḍir', 'bāqil', and 'ḥāni' mean intensely green.
والحناء، بالمد والتشديد: معروف
And 'al-ḥinnā'', with elongation and doubling, is well-known.
والحناءة: أخص منه، والجمع حنان، عن أبي حنيفة
And 'al-ḥinnā'ah' is more specific than it, and its plural is 'ḥinān', according to Abu Hanifa.
ولقد أروح بلمة فينانة، ... سوداء، لم تخضب من الحنان
And I may return in the evening with a flowing lock of hair, ... black, not dyed with henna.
وحنأ لحيته وحنأ رأسه تحنيئا وتحنئة: خضبه بالحناء.
And he dyed his beard and dyed his head with 'taḥnī' and 'taḥni'ah': he colored it with henna.
وابن حناءة: رجل.
And 'Ibn Hannā'ah' is a man.
والحناءتان: رملتان في ديار تميم
And 'Al-Hannā'atān' are two sand dunes in the lands of Tamim.
ورأيت في ديارهم ركية تدعى الحناءة، وقد وردتها، وماؤها في صفرة.
And I saw in their lands a well called 'Al-Ḥinnā'ah', and I visited it, and its water was yellowish.