حنش

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

The root 'حنش' primarily relates to snakes and serpents, encompassing various types and their characteristics. It extends to the act of hunting or catching these creatures, and by extension, to driving or herding animals. Metaphorically, it can refer to someone of low or questionable lineage.

Derived headwords

الحنشnoun

1.
Snakeboth
A general term for a snake.
2.
Viperclassical
Specifically, a viper, often implied to be venomous.
3.
Large serpentclassical
A large, thick snake, possibly larger than a typical serpent.
4.
Black serpentclassical
A black variety of snake.
5.
Reptile with lizard-like headclassical
A creature whose head resembles that of a lizard or a gecko.

وفي الحديث: حتى يدخل الوليد يده في فم الحنش أي الأفعى — And in the Hadith: until the child puts his hand into the mouth of the serpent, meaning the viper.

حنشverb

1.
To huntboth
To hunt or catch something, particularly birds or vermin.
2.
To driveboth
To drive or herd animals, especially when they are moving unwillingly.
3.
To angerclassical
To make someone angry or agitated.
4.
To moveclassical
To move something from one place to another.

وحنش الشيء يحنشه وأحنشه: صاده — And he hunted/caught the thing, he hunts/catches it, and he hunted/caught it: he caught it.

وحنشه عن الأمر يحنشه: عطفه وهو بمعنى طرده — And he turned him away from the matter, he turns him away: he turned him away, and it means to drive him away.

أحنشتverb

1.
To roamclassical
To roam or move about in the dark, said of animals like lizards and jerboas.

ويقال للضباب واليرابيع قد أحنشت في الظلم أي اطردت وذهبت به — And it is said of lizards and jerboas that they have roamed in the darkness, meaning they have gone forth and moved about.

أحنشهverb

1.
To huntboth
To hunt or catch something.
2.
To driveboth
To drive or herd something, especially unwillingly.
3.
To angerclassical
To make someone angry.

وحنش الشيء يحنشه وأحنشه: صاده — And he hunted/caught the thing, he hunts/catches it, and he hunted/caught it: he caught it.

المحنوشnoun

1.
One bitten by a snakeclassical
One who has been bitten or stung by a snake (الحنش).
2.
One drivenclassical
One who is driven or herded along, especially unwillingly.

قال رؤبة: فقل لذاك المزعج المحنوش — Ru'bah said: So say to that one who is disturbed, the one bitten by a snake.

رجل حنشnoun

1.
Man of low lineageclassical
A man whose lineage or ancestry is considered ignoble or questionable.

رجل محنوشadjective

1.
Of questionable lineageclassical
Having a low or disparaged lineage; someone whose background is looked down upon.

ورجل محنوش: مغموز الحسب، وقد حنش — And a man محنوش: of disparaged lineage, and he has become so.

أحناشnoun

1.
Snakesboth
Plural of الحنش, referring to snakes.
2.
Creaturesclassical
A general term for creatures, including animals and birds, that are hunted.

ترى قطعا من الأحناش فيه — You see pieces of the creatures in it.

فلا ترأم الحيتان أحناش قفرة — So the whales do not eat the creatures of the desert.

أبو حنشname

1.
Kunyah of a manclassical
A kunyah (patronymic or teknonymic name) used for a man.

أبو حنش ينعمنا وطلق — Abu Hanash bestows favors upon us, and Talq.

بنو حنشname

1.
A clanclassical
A specific clan or lineage named Banu Hanash.

وبنو حنش: بطن — And Banu Hanash: a clan.

Parallel reading

الحنش: الحية، وقيل: الأفعى، وبها سمي الرجل حنشا.

Al-hanash: the snake, and it is said: the viper, and by it a man is named Hanash.

وفي الحديث: حتى يدخل الوليد يده في فم الحنش أي الأفعى، وهذا هو المراد من الحديث.

And in the Hadith: until the child puts his hand into the mouth of the serpent, meaning the viper, and this is what is intended by the Hadith.

في حديث سطيح: أحلف ما بين الحرتين «1» من حنش ؛

In the Hadith of Satih: I swear by what is between the two harrahs of serpents;

وقال ذو الرمة: وكم حنش ذعف اللعاب كأنه، ... على الشرك العادي، نضو عصام

And Dhu al-Rummah said: And how many a serpent, swift in its venom, as if it were, ... on the old trap, the emaciated one of 'Isam.

والذعف: القاتل؛ ومنه قيل: موت ذعاف؛

And al-dha'f: the killer; and from it is said: a deadly poison;

وأنشد شمر في الحنش: فاقدر له، في بعض أعراض اللمم، ... لميمة من حنش أعمى أصم

And Shamir recited concerning al-hanash: So estimate for him, in some of the symptoms of epilepsy, ... a small affliction from a blind, deaf serpent.

فالحنش هاهنا: الحية، وقيل: هو حية أبيض غليظ مثل الثعبان أو أعظم، وقيل: هو الأسود منها، وقيل: هو منها ما أشبهت رؤوسه رؤوس الحرابي وسوام أبرص ونحو ذلك.

So al-hanash here: the snake, and it is said: it is a thick white snake like a python or larger, and it is said: it is the black one of them, and it is said: it is of them that whose heads resemble the heads of chameleons and geckos and the like.

وقال الليث: الحنش ما أشبهت رؤوسه رؤوس الحيات من الحرابي وسوام أبرص ونحوها؛

And Al-Layth said: Al-hanash is that whose head resembles the heads of snakes from chameleons and geckos and the like;

وأنشد: ترى قطعا من الأحناش فيه، ... جماجمهن كالخشل النزيع

And he recited: You see pieces of the creatures in it, ... their skulls like the swift, fleeing ones.

قال شمر: ويقال للضباب واليرابيع قد أحنشت في الظلم أي اطردت وذهبت به؛

Shamir said: And it is said of lizards and jerboas that they have roamed in the darkness, meaning they have gone forth and moved about;

وقال الكميت: فلا ترأم الحيتان أحناش قفرة، ... ولا تحسب النيب الجحاش فصالها

And Al-Kumait said: So the whales do not eat the creatures of the desert, ... nor do you think the she-camels' young are their cubs.

فجعل الحنش دواب الأرض من الحيات وغيرها؛

So he made al-hanash the creatures of the earth, from snakes and others;

وقال كراع: هو كل شيء من الدواب والطير.

And Kura' said: It is everything from the animals and birds.

والحنش، بالتحريك أيضا: كل شيء يصاد من الطير والهوام، والجمع من كل ذلك أحناش.

And al-hanash, with vowelization too: everything that is hunted from birds and vermin, and the plural of all that is ahnash.

وحنش الشيء يحنشه وأحنشه: صاده.

And he hunted/caught the thing, he hunts/catches it, and he hunted/caught it: he caught it.

وحنشت الصيد: صدته.

And she hunted the prey: she caught it.

والمحنوش: الذي لسعته الحنش، وهو الحية؛

And al-mahnush: he who was stung by the hanash, which is the snake;

قال رؤبة: فقل لذاك المزعج المحنوش

Ru'bah said: So say to that one who is disturbed, the one bitten by a snake.

والمحنوش: المسوق جئت به تحنشه أي تسوقه مكرهاً.

And al-mahnush: the driven one, you brought him being driven, meaning you drive him unwillingly.

يقال: حنشه وعنشه إذا ساقه وطرده.

It is said: he drove him and he drove him, if he drove him and expelled him.

ورجل محنوش: مغموز الحسب، وقد حنش.

And a man mahnush: of disparaged lineage, and he has become so.

وحنشه عن الأمر يحنشه: عطفه وهو بمعنى طرده، وقيل: «2» ... عنجه فأبدلت العين حاء والجيم شينا.

And he turned him away from the matter, he turns him away: he turned him away, and it means to drive him away, and it is said: he turned him away, and the 'ayn was substituted with ha' and the jim with shin.

وحنشه: نحاه من مكان إلى آخر.

And he moved him: he removed him from one place to another.

وحنشه حنشا: أغضبه كعنشه، وسنذكره.

And he angered him, hanashan: he angered him like 'anashahu, and we will mention it.

وأبو حنش: كنية رجل؛

And Abu Hanash: a kunyah of a man;

قال ابن أحمر: أبو حنش ينعمنا وطلق ... وعمار وآونة أثالا

Ibn Ahmar said: Abu Hanash bestows favors upon us, and Talq ... and 'Ammar, and at times Athala.

وبنو حنش: بطن.

And Banu Hanash: a clan.