هنء

Root entry · 31 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns things that come easily, without hardship or effort. It extends to concepts of ease, well-being, and receiving something agreeably. It also encompasses meanings related to giving, providing, and sustenance, as well as treating or applying substances.

Derived headwords

الهَنِيءُadjective

1.
Easy, effortlessboth
Describing something that comes without difficulty or hardship.
2.
Pleasant, agreeableboth
Describing something that is well-received or palatable.

المُهَنَّأُadjective

1.
Easy, effortlessboth
Something that comes without difficulty or hardship.

هَنِئَverb

1.
To become easyboth
To become something that comes without hardship or effort.
2.
To be palatableboth
To be agreeable or easy to consume.

هَنُؤَverb

1.
To become easyboth
To become something that comes without hardship or effort.
2.
To be palatableboth
To be agreeable or easy to consume.

هَنِئْتُ بِهِverb

1.
To enjoy itboth
To experience something as pleasant and easy.

هَنَأَنِيverb

1.
To be easy for meboth
Something came to me without hardship or difficulty.
2.
To be agreeable to meboth
Something was pleasant or palatable to me.

هَنَأَ لِيverb

1.
To be easy for meboth
Something came to me without hardship or difficulty.
2.
To be agreeable to meboth
Something was pleasant or palatable to me.

هَنَأَverb

1.
To be easyboth
To come without effort or hardship.
2.
To be agreeableboth
To be pleasant or palatable.

اسْتَهَنَأْتُهُverb

1.
To find it easyboth
To consider something easy or agreeable.
2.
To find it palatableboth
To find something agreeable to eat or consume.

المَهْنَأُnoun

1.
Ease, benefitboth
That which comes without hardship or effort; a benefit or gain.
2.
Pleasure, enjoymentboth
The enjoyment derived from something easy or beneficial.

المَهْنَاnoun

1.
Ease, benefitboth
That which comes without hardship or effort; a benefit or gain.
2.
Pleasure, enjoymentboth
The enjoyment derived from something easy or beneficial.

المَهَانِئُnoun

1.
Ease, benefitsboth
Plural of مهنأ, referring to things that come without hardship.
2.
Pleasures, enjoymentsboth
Plural of مهنأ, referring to enjoyments derived from easy gains.

تَهَنَّأَ بِهِverb

1.
To enjoy itboth
To experience something as pleasant and easy.

هَنَّأَهُverb

1.
To congratulateboth
To offer good wishes to someone on an occasion of joy or success.
2.
To giveboth
To bestow or grant something.
3.
To sustain, supportboth
To provide for or maintain someone.

أَهْنَأَهُverb

1.
To giveclassical
To bestow or grant something.

مِهْنَأٌname

1.
Name of a manclassical
A proper name for a male individual.

هَنَاءَةٌname

1.
Name of a manclassical
A proper name for a male individual.

هَانِئٌname

1.
Name of a manboth
A proper name for a male individual.

الهِنْءُnoun

1.
Gift, bestowalclassical
The act of giving or bestowing something.
2.
Abundant givingclassical
Generous or plentiful giving.

تَهَنَّأَverb

1.
To have abundant givingclassical
To be characterized by plentiful giving or generosity.
2.
To be sustained, supportedclassical
To be provided for or maintained.

الهَنِيءُnoun

1.
Easy gainboth
Something acquired without effort.

المَرِيءُadjective

1.
Easy to digestboth
Describing food that is easily digested and agreeable.

اسْتَهَنَأَverb

1.
To ask for a giftclassical
To request something from someone, seeking a bestowal.
2.
To be given a giftclassical
To receive something as a gift or bestowal.

الهِنَاءُnoun

1.
Pitch, tarboth
A substance used for coating, often applied to camels.
2.
A date clusterclassical
A cluster of dates on a palm tree.

هَنَأَ الإِبِلَverb

1.
To coat camelsboth
To apply pitch or tar to camels.

هَنَأَverb

1.
To repairclassical
To make something sound or good again.
2.
To eat until satisfiedboth
To consume food to the point of fullness.

هَنِئَتِ الماشِيَةُverb

1.
To graze wellclassical
For livestock to find and eat good pasture, though not to satiety.

الإِهَانُnoun

1.
Date clusterclassical
A cluster of dates on a palm tree.

هَنَأَverb

1.
To sustain, supportboth
To provide for or maintain someone for a period.

هَنِئَverb

1.
To be satisfiedboth
To eat until one is full.

هَنَأَverb

1.
To treat (illness)classical
To apply a remedy or treatment, especially to an animal's ailment.

Parallel reading

ما أتاك بلا مشقة، اسم كالمشتى.

What comes to you without hardship, a noun like al-mushta.

وقد هنئ الطعام وهنؤ يهنأ هناءة: صار هنيئا، مثل فقه وفقه.

And food became hani' and hanu'a, it becomes hani'a, like fariha and fariha.

وهنئت الطعام أي تهنأت به.

And I enjoyed the food, meaning I took pleasure in it.

وهنأني الطعام وهنأ لي يهنئني ويهنؤني هنأ وهنأ، ولا نظير له في المهموز.

And the food was easy for me and easy for me, it becomes hani'ani and hanu'ani, hana and hana, and it has no parallel among the hamzated verbs.

ويقال: هنأني خبز فلان أي كان هنيئا بغير تعب ولا مشقة.

And it is said: So-and-so's bread was easy for me, meaning it was hani' without fatigue or hardship.

وقد هنأنا الله الطعام، وكان طعاما استهنأناه أي استمرأناه.

And Allah made the food easy for us, and it was food that we found easy, meaning we found it palatable.

فهنأه ومناه ، أي ذكره المهانئ والأماني، والمراد به ما يعرض للإنسان في صلاته من أحاديث النفس وتسويل الشيطان.

So it reminded him of his desires and wishes, meaning it reminded him of the pleasures and wishes, and what is meant is what occurs to a person in his prayer of self-talk and Satan's temptations.

لك المهنأ وعليه الوزر أي يكون أكلك له هنيئا لا تؤاخذ به ووزره على من كسبه.

You have the benefit and the sin is upon him, meaning your eating of it is hani', you are not held accountable for it, and its sin is upon the one who earned it.

لهم المهنأ وعليهم الوزر.

They have the benefit and the sin is upon them.

وهنأتنيه العافية وقد تهنأته وهنئت الطعام، بالكسر، أي تهنأت به.

And well-being made it easy for me, and I enjoyed it, and I enjoyed the food, with a kasra, meaning I took pleasure in it.

فارعي فزارة، لا هناك المرتع

So graze, Fazarah, may the pasture not be easy for you.

حنت ولات هنت وأنى لك مقروع

She longed, and it is not the time, and how could you be struck?

حنت أي حنت إلى عبد شمس ونزعت إليه.

She longed, meaning she longed for Abd Shams and was drawn to him.

ولات هنت أي ليس الأمر حيث ذهبت.

And it is not the time, meaning the matter is not as you think.

لات هنا ذكرى جبيرة، أم من ... جاء منها بطائف الأهوال

This is not the place for mentioning Jubayrah, or who ... brought from her the specters of terrors.

يقول: ليس الأمر حيث ذهبت إنما قلبك متيح في غير ضيعة.

He says: The matter is not as you think, rather your heart is engaged in something worthwhile.

وكانت الحياة حين حبت، ... وذكرها هنت، ولات هنت

And life was when she was loved, ... and remembering her was pleasant, and it was not the time.

أي ليس ذا موضع ذلك ولا حينه، والقصيدة مجرورة لما أجراها جعل هاء الوقفة تاء، وكانت في الأصل هنه بالهاء، كما يقال أنا وأنه، والهاء تصير تاء في الوصل.

Meaning, this is not the place or time for that, and the poem is in the genitive case because he made the final ha' a ta', and it was originally 'hanah' with a ha', just as one says 'ana' and 'anah', and the ha' becomes a ta' in connection.

فأما ما حكاه أبو عبيد من قول المتمثل من العرب: حنت ولات هنت وأنى لك مقروع، فأصله الهمز، ولكن المثل يجري مجرى الشعر، فلما احتاج إلى المتابعة أزوجها حنت.

As for what Abu Ubaid narrated from the saying of an Arab who represented himself: 'She longed, and it is not the time, and how could you be struck?', its origin is hamza, but the proverb runs like poetry, and when he needed to follow it, he paired it with 'hanat'.

وطعام هنيء: سائغ، وما كان هنيئا، ولقد هنؤ هناءة وهنأة وهنأ، على مثال فعالة وفعلة وفعل.

And hani' food: palatable, and what was hani', and indeed it became hani'a, han'ah, and hana, on the pattern of fa'alah, fa'lah, and fa'al.

والتهنئة: خلاف التعزية.

And al-tahni'ah: is the opposite of al-ta'ziyah (condolence).

يقال: هنأه بالأمر والولاية هنأ وهنأه تهنئة وتهنيئا إذا قلت له ليهنئك.

It is said: He congratulated him on the matter and the authority, hana and hana'ahu tahni'atan and tahniy'an if you said to him, 'May it bring you joy.'

فكلوه هنيئا مريئا.

So eat it, hani'an mari'an (pleasantly and agreeably).

قال الزجاج تقول: هنأني الطعام ومرأني.

Al-Zajjaj said: You say: The food was easy for me and agreeable for me.

وفي المثل: تهنأ فلان بكذا وتمرأ وتغبط وتسمن وتخيل وتزين، بمعنى واحد.

And in the proverb: So-and-so experienced such-and-such with ease, and found it agreeable, and was envied, and grew fat, and was adorned, all with one meaning.

خير الناس قرني ثم الذين يلونهم ثم يجيء قوم يتسمنون.

The best of people are my generation, then those who follow them, then a people will come who grow fat.

معناه: يتعظمون ويتشرفون ويتجملون بكثرة المال، فيجمعونه ولا ينفقونه.

Its meaning: they become arrogant, honored, and adorned with abundant wealth, gathering it and not spending it.

يقال في الدعاء للرجل هنئت ولا تنكه أي أصبت خيرا ولا أصابك الضر، تدعو له.

It is said in a prayer for a man: 'Hani'ta, and may no harm befall you,' meaning you have attained good and no harm has befallen you, praying for him.

قال سيبويه: قالوا هنيئا مريئا، وهي من الصفات التي أجريت مجرى المصادر المدعو بها في نصبها على الفعل غير المستعمل إظهاره، واختزاله لدلالته عليه، وانتصابه على فعل من غير لفظه، كأنه ثبت له ما ذكر له هنيئا.

Sibawayh said: They said 'hani'an mari'an', and it is among the adjectives that are treated like verbal nouns invoked in their accusative case as an unexpressed verb, and its omission due to its indication, and its accusative case as a verb not of its own form, as if what was mentioned for him was established for him as hani'.

أظفره الله فليهنئ له الظفر

May Allah grant him victory, so let the victory be joyous for him.

يقال هنأه ذلك وهنأ له ذلك، كما يقال هنيئا له، وأنشد بيت الأخطل.

It is said: 'Hana'ahu dhalika' and 'Hana lahu dhalika', just as one says 'Hani'an lahu', and he cited the verse of Al-Akhtal.

وهنأ الرجل هنأ: أطعمه.

And 'hana' the man, 'hana': he fed him.

وهنأه يهنؤه ويهنئه هنأ، وأهنأه: أعطاه، الأخيرة عن ابن الأعرابي.

And 'hana'ahu' he feeds him, and 'haniahu' he feeds him, 'hana', and 'ahna'ahu': he gave him, the latter from Ibn Al-A'rabi.

هذا مهنأ قد جاء، بالهمز، وهو اسم رجل.

This is Muhanna', he has come, with hamza, and it is a man's name.

إنما سميت هانئا لتهنئ ولتهنأ أي لتعطي.

He was only named Hani' to give and to be given, meaning to give.

والهنء: العطية، الاسم: الهنء، بالكسر، وهو العطاء.

And al-hin'u: is the gift, the noun: al-hin'u, with a kasra, and it is the giving.

تهنأ فلان إذا كثر عطاؤه، مأخوذ من الهنء، وهو العطاء الكثير.

So-and-so experienced abundant giving if his giving increased, derived from al-hin', which is abundant giving.

لا أرى لك هانئا.

I do not see anything for you from Hani'.

إنما سميت هانئا لتهنأ أي لتعول وتكفي، يضرب لمن عرف بالإحسان، فيقال له: أجر على عادتك ولا تقطعها.

He was only named Hani' to be supported, meaning to support and suffice, used for one known for kindness, and it is said to him: Continue your habit and do not cut it off.

هنأك الله ومرأك وقد هنأني ومرأني، بغير ألف، إذا أتبعوها هنأني، فإذا أفردوها قالوا أمرأني.

May Allah make it easy for you and agreeable for you, and it was easy for me and agreeable for me, without an alif, if they followed it with 'hani'ani', but if they isolated it, they said 'amra'ani'.

منها الهنيء، وسائح في قرقرى

Among them is al-Hani', and a flowing stream in Qarqara.

نحسن الهنء، إذا استهنأتنا، ... ودفاعا عنك بالأيدي الكبار

We are good at giving, when you ask us for a gift, ... and defending you with great hands.

من الحق، إلا ما استهانوك نائلا

Of the right, except what they allowed you to take as a gift.

استهنأ فلان بني فلان فلم يهنؤوه أي سألهم، فلم يعطوه.

So-and-so asked the sons of so-and-so for a gift, and they did not give it to him, meaning he asked them, and they did not give it to him.

ومستهنئ، زيد أبوه، فلم أجد ... له مدفعا، فاقني حياءك واصبري

And asking for a gift, Zayd his father, and I did not find ... a way to repel him, so avert your shyness and be patient.

ما هنئ لي هذا الطعام أي ما استمرأته.

This food was not easy for me, meaning I did not find it palatable.

وهنأ الطعام هنأ وهنأ وهناءة: أصلحه.

And 'hana' the food, 'hana', 'hana', and 'hana'ah': he repaired it.

وقد هنأ الإبل يهنؤها ويهنئها ويهنؤها هنأ وهناء: طلاها «2» بالهناء.

And he coated the camels, he coats them, and he coats them, 'hana' and 'hanaa': he coated them with al-hina'.

لأن أزاحم جملا قد هنئ بقطران أحب إلي من أن أزاحم امرأة عطرة.

For me to jostle a camel that has been coated with pitch is more beloved to me than to jostle a perfumed woman.

ليس الهناء بالدس؛ الدس أن يطلي الطالي مساعر البعير، وهي المواضع التي يسرع إليها الجرب من الآباط والأرفاغ ونحوها، فيقال: دس البعير، فهو مدسوس.

Al-hina' is not by al-dass; al-dass is for the coater to coat the camel's armpits, which are the places where scabies quickly spreads, such as the armpits and groins and the like, so it is said: The camel is 'dass', and it is 'madsoos'.

إن كنت تهنأ جرباها أي تعالج جرب إبله بالقطران.

If you were treating its scabies, meaning you were treating his camels' scabies with pitch.

وهنئت الماشية هنأ وهنأ: أصابت حظا من البقل من غير أن تشبع منه.

And the livestock grazed, 'hana' and 'hana': they found a portion of the pasture without becoming full from it.

وأكلنا من هذا الطعام حتى هنئنا منه أي شبعنا.

And we ate of this food until we were satisfied from it, meaning we were full.